[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR23.703]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 23_ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart 23.7_Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and 

                                Services

 

Sec. 23.703  Policy.



    Agencies must--

    (a) Implement cost-effective contracting preference programs 

promoting energy-efficiency, water conservation, and the acquisition of 

environmentally preferable products and services; and

    (b) Employ acquisition strategies that affirmatively implement the 

following environmental objectives:

    (1) Maximize the utilization of environmentally preferable products 

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services (based on EPA-issued guidance).

    (2) Promote energy-efficiency and water conservation.

    (3) Eliminate or reduce the generation of hazardous waste and the 

need for special material processing (including special handling, 

storage, treatment, and disposal).

    (4) Promote the use of nonhazardous and recovered materials.

    (5) Realize life-cycle cost savings.

    (6) Promote cost-effective waste reduction when creating plans, 

drawings, specifications, standards, and other product descriptions 

authorizing material substitutions, extensions of shelf-life, and 

process improvements.

    (7) Consider the use of biobased products.



[65 FR 36020, June 6, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 65353, Dec. 18, 2001]