Strategies to Ensure Successful Delivery of Sustainable Products and Services

There are pre-award and post-award strategies to help the acquisition workforce verify contractor compliance with sustainability requirements specified in contracts. The Green Procurement Compilation is your first step in specifying sustainable products and services. Go to the Green Procurement Compilation to find the environmental purchasing program requirements that apply to federal acquisitions. It is up to the contractor to provide credible and verifiable documentation to demonstrate a product or service meets the sustainable requirements included in the contract. Review Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 for a definition of sustainable products and services, including applicable designated product requirements.

An important resource for verifying environmental information about a product is an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). EPDs are Type III environmental declarations that communicate standardized environmental information about the life cycle impact of a product.

Resources

• Pre-Award Strategies to Ensure Successful Delivery of Sustainable Products and Services
  
• Post Award Strategies for Verifying Successful Delivery of Sustainable Products and Services