DRIVERS and GUIDELINES
Multiple acts of Congress, Executive orders,
and Federal regulations direct preferred procurement
of products by Federal agencies. The U.S. Department
of Energy Order
450.1A sets forth Departmental policy governing
environmental programs and DOE
Order 430.2B directs life cycle cost analyses
to be undertaken when purchasing products. The
overarching drivers are summarized in Chapter
23 of the Acquisition
Guide. The preferred products designated
by Congress for purchase with specific attributes
each have different purchasing requirements.
The following list of preferred procurement
programs requires DOE response:
Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing in Environmental Management
Systems
Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing
Biobased
Products
Electronic
Stewardship
Energy/Water
Efficient Products
Fuel/Vehicles
- Alternatives
Non-Ozone
Depleting Substances
Recycled
Products
Sustainable
Buildings
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing in Environmental Management Systems
The Regulations:
- Require inclusion of environmentally preferable purchasing
as a component of the Environmental Management System.
The DOE office responsible for implementation is HS.
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing
The Regulations:
- Require establishment of an Environmental Preferable
Purchasing Program
- Require giving preference to the purchase of
environmentally preferable products and services
- Require consideration of life cycle costs and savings in
planning and making determiniations about investments in all
capital assets, services, and procurements
- Require incentive and award programs to reward exceptional
individual and team performance in implementing the goals
The DOE Offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Biobased Products
The Regulations:
- Require giving preference to the purchase of products designated
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to contain
biobased content
- Provide for USDA certification or approval
of biobased products
- Allow exemptions for non-purchase based
on the CAP (Cost too high, not Available,
does not meet Performance criteria)
- Require, in case of conflict, recycled criteria take
precedence over preferred or biobased criteria
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Electronic Stewardship
The Regulations:
- Require an electronics stewardship plan
- Require 95 percent of purchases of equipment available
as Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
products be EPEAT registered
- Require enabling the Energy Star® feature on computers
and monitors
- Require extending the useful life of agency electronic equipment
- Require environmentally sound practices with respect to
disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the end
of its useful life
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Energy/Water
Efficient Products
The Regulations:
- Require giving preference to the purchase of ENERGY STAR® products
identified by DOE and EPA, FEMP-designated energy-efficient products
and, in general, energy and water efficient products
- Require improved energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse
gas emissions through reduction of energy intensity by 3 percent
annually through the end of FY2015 or by 30 percent by the end of FY2015,
relative to the baseline of the agency's energy use in FY2003. To be
on track, the reduction of energy intensity goal for FY2007 is 6
percent
- Require at least half of the statutorily required renewable
energy consumed by the agency in a fiscal year comes from new renewable
sources. Per FY2008 OMB Scorecard, 1.5 percent from new sources
(thermal, mechanical, or electric) and total of 3 percent from renewable
electricity sources
- Require, to the extent feasible, renewable energy generation
projects on agency property for agency use
- Require reduction of water consumption intensity relative
to the baseline of the agency's water consumption in FY 2007,
through life-cycle cost effective measures by 2 percent annually
through the end of FY 2015 or 16 percent by the end of FY 2015
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Fuel/Vehicles
- Alternative
The Regulations:
- Require giving preference to the purchase of alternative
fuels and vehicles
- Require 75% of a Federal fleet's covered vehicle
(under 8,500lb) acquisitions be alternative fuel vehicles
(AFV)
- Require 95% of dual fuel vehicles be operated on alternative
fuels unless waiver approved by DOE
- Requires an annual reduction in AFV waivers from previous
year of 10% if >50% AFVs waivered or 2% if <50% AFVs waivered for
an OMB Scorecard green rating or an annual reduction in AFV waivers
from previous year of 5% if >50% AFVs waivered or 1% if <50% AFVs
waivered for a yellow rating beginning in FY2009
- Require reduction in fleet's total consumption of petroleum
products by 2% annually through end of fiscal year 2015
- Require increase in total fuel consumption that is
non-petroleum-based by 10% annually
- " Require use of plug-in hybrid (PIH) vehicles when PIH
vehicles are commercially available at a cost reasonably comparable,
on the basis of life-cycle cost, to non-PIH vehicles
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Non-Ozone Depleting Substances
The Regulations:
- Require giving preference to the purchase of safe alternatives to
ozone-depleting substances (ODS) as approved by the EPA's Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program
- Require plans to replace ODSs that target cost effective
elimination of ODSs in new equipment and facilities and by phasing out ODS
applications as the existing equipment using those substances reaches its
expected service life
- Require agencies to consider 1) maintaining equipment to prevent or
fix leaks and 2) replacing leaking equipment when repair is no longer
cost-effective or where it is life-cycle cost-effective to replace the
equipment
- Require revision of personal property management policies to
preclude the disposal of ODSs removed or reclaimed from its facilities or
equipment, including disposal as part of a contract, trade, or donation,
without prior coordination with the Department of Defense
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Recycled Products
The Regulations:
- Require giving preference to the purchase of products designated
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that contain recycled
content and especially printing and writing paper with a minimum of
30 percent post-consumer recycled content
- Require purchasers to verify the recycled content in the products they
purchase
- Allow exemptions for non-purchase based
on the CAP (Cost too high, not Available,
does not meet Performance criteria)
- Require, in case of conflict, recycled criteria take precedence over biobased criteria
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE, HS, and MA.
Sustainable Buildings
The Regulations:
- Require that new construction and major renovation of agency buildings comply with the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings set forth in the Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding (2006)
- Require 15 percent of the existing Federal capital asset building inventory incorporate the sustainable practices set forth in the Guiding Principles by FY2015
- Require implementing within the agency sustainable practices for high performance construction, lease, operation, and maintenance of buildings
- Require contracts for contractor operation of government-owned facilities or vehicles entered into after January 26, 2007 require the contractor to comply with the provisions of this order with respect to such facilities or vehicles to the same extent as the agency would be required to comply if the agency operated the facilities or vehicles
- Require agreements, permits, leases, licenses, or other legally-binding obligations between the agency and a tenant or concessionaire entered into after January 26, 2007 require, to the extent the head of the agency determines appropriate, that the tenant or concessionaire take actions relating to matters within the scope of the contract that facilitate the agency's compliance with this order
The DOE offices responsible for implementation are EERE.
This page was last updated on July 23, 2008
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