SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Sustainable Products Information Sought from Manufacturers and Distributors for Pre-Approved List
- Notice Date
- 5/26/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 423990
— Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Acquisition Management Division (3PQC) new, THE STRAWBRIDGE BUILDING, 20 NORTH 8TH STREET, Philadelphia,, Pennsylvania, 19107-3191, United States
- ZIP Code
- 19107-3191
- Solicitation Number
- SustainableProductsRFI
- Archive Date
- 6/10/2016
- Point of Contact
- Rebecca Stevens,
- E-Mail Address
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rebecca.stevens@gsa.gov
(rebecca.stevens@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY Background: GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS) supports over 1.1 million federal workers by managing more than 9,000 federally owned or leased properties - 378 million square feet of workspace. To streamline service and construction contractor and lessor compliance with sustainable product requirements, PBS is creating a list of pre-approved sustainable products that its contractors may, at their discretion, use to meet sustainability requirements where products are used or delivered as part of their contracts. Contractors will not be required to use this list; however, certain submittal requirements will be waived or reduced where contractors have used products on the list. To create the list, manufacturers and distributors are encouraged to submit information on frequently-used products in nine categories (“Key Sustainable Products”) that comply with PBS’s requirements. These requirements are as follows: PBS Key Sustainable Products and Standards Construction Products Product Category Sustainability Standard Nylon carpet NSF 140 Gold certification and ≥ 10% post-consumer recovered content Interior latex paint ≤ 50 grams per liter (g/L) VOCs post-tint (i.e. SCAQMD Rule 1113 standard) Gypsum board GreenGuard Gold certification Acoustical ceiling tiles Meets the California Section 01350 standard for low-VOC materials and To tal recycled content ≥ 20% and Recyclable in a closed loop process and USDA BioPreferred and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) available Custodial Products Product Category Sustainability Standard Paper towels ≥ 50% post-consumer recycled content and 100% total recycled content OR Green Seal (GS-1) Bathroom tissue ≥ 25% post-consumer recycled content and 100% total recycled content OR Green Seal (GS-1) Hand Soap Green Seal (GS-41) or EcoLogo (UL 2784) or EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) AND USDA BioPreferred Multipurpose Cleaner Green Seal (GS-37) or EcoLogo (UL 2759) or EPA Safer Choice (formerly Design for the Environment) Wastebasket liners (24” x 33” or s maller) ≥ 20% post-consumer recycled content or UL 126 (formerly CCD 126 ) How to Submit Responses: Manufacturers and distributors should respond to this RFI by downloading the attached spreadsheet; listing any products that comply with the standards listed above; and emailing the completed spreadsheet to rebecca.stevens@gsa.gov along with proof of compliance for each product. The following documents, in electronic form, will be accepted as proof of compliance for the purposes of this RFI: For private third-party standards (Green Seal, EcoLogo, GreenGuard Gold, and NSF-140): copy of applicable certification. For recovered content: Manufacturer certification or Environmental Product Declaration or third-party certification. For USDA BioPreferred: Certification to display the USDA Certified Biobased Product label. For California Rule 1113: Manufacturer or third-party certification of VOC content. For California Section 01350: Manufacturer certification or Environmental Product Declaration or third-party certification of VOC emissions. For Environmental Product Declaration: Copy of Environmental Product Declaration. Products for which information requested is not provided or for which inadequate proof of compliance is furnished will not be included on the pre-approved product list. Responses will be accepted until 11:59 EST on May 26, 2016. The list will be reestablished annually through a new RFI. Note: Respondents are advised not to include any confidential business information in the responses as the Government does not guarantee confidentiality of the information received. FAR Clauses: 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of gathering information on new sustainable building technologies. Questions: Questions about this announcement should be directed to Rebecca Stevens at rebecca.stevens@gsa.gov.
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