Y-12 practices affirmative procurement, purchasing environmentally friendly products.

Procurement

The Y-12 National Security Complex is committed to obtaining the best value in the products and services it purchases, accomplished through

  • Implementing subcontracting practices that are regarded as the Standard of Excellence by the Department of Energy and others
  • Exhibiting the highest ethical standards
  • Being good stewards of the taxpayer's dollars

Y-12 practices affirmative procurement, purchasing environmentally friendly products, including those with reduced packaging and those manufactured totally or in part from recovered/recycled materials.

Y-12 is authorized to use Government Services Administration supply sources for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and services (view authorization letter, PDF). Authority to commit Y-12 for purchases is vested in Procurement staff. Suppliers should act only on purchase commitments made by authorized Procurement personnel.

Notice: Effective November 29, 2007, the BWXT Y‑12, L.L.C. name changed to Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y‑12, LLC (B&W Y-12). For details, see letter to suppliers.