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Contracted Printing Services
Printing paper and products related to printing services, such as inks.
Products
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Inks, Sheetfed
Last Updated: 9/4/2012 1:59:40 PMProduct Type Procurement Info i Where to Buy i Color - 67 percent minimum biobased content (eff. 4/4/2013)
- N/A
Black - 49 percent minimum biobased content (eff. 4/4/2013)
- N/A
BioPreferred maintains an electronic product catalog listing products that either 1. are eligible for preferred federal procurement, or 2. have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Newspaper Inks
Last Updated: 9/4/2012 3:07:00 PMProcurement Info i Where to Buy i - 32 percent minimum biobased content (eff.4/4/2013)
N/A BioPreferred maintains an electronic product catalog listing products that either 1. are eligible for preferred federal procurement, or 2. have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Newsprint
Last Updated: 1/15/2013 11:03:06 AMProcurement Info i Where to Buy i - 20-100% recovered fiber; including 20-85% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 81 I B SIN 617 7
- FSSI Office Supplies
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Printing and Writing Paper
Last Updated: 6/22/2012 3:41:30 PMProduct Type Procurement Info i Where to Buy i File Folder Labels - 100% postconsumer fiber
Carbonless - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Cards (e.g., index) - 50% recovered fiber; including 20% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Check Safety Paper - 10% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
Coated Printing Paper - 10% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
Cotton - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
File Folders, Manila and Colored - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Forms Bond (e.g., computer printout) - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Machine Finish Groundwood - 10% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
Offset - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
Doilies - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
Pressboard Report Covers and Binders - 50% recovered fiber; including 20% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Copier and Reprographic - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- GSA Global Supply
- FSSI Office Supplies
Supercalendered - 10% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
Tablet - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- AbilityOne
- FSSI Office Supplies
Tags and Tickets - 50% recovered fiber; including 20% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
Text and Cover - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
Unbleached Kraft Envelopes - 10% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
White Wove Envelopes - 30% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
White, Colored, Manila Kraft Envelopes - 10-20% postconsumer fiber
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- FSSI Office Supplies
If papers containing 30 percent postconsumer fiber are not reasonably available, do not meet reasonable performance requirements, or are only available at an unreasonable price, federal agencies shall purchase printing and writing papers composed of 20 percent post consumer fiber content. (source: Instructions for Implementing E.O. 13423)
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Specialty Inks
Last Updated: 9/4/2012 3:41:05 PMProcurement Info i Where to Buy i - 66 percent minimum biobased content (eff. 4/4/2013)
N/A BioPreferred maintains an electronic product catalog listing products that either 1. are eligible for preferred federal procurement, or 2. have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Toner Ink
Last Updated: 9/4/2012 3:36:58 PMProduct Type Procurement Info i Where to Buy i Print Speed <25 ppm - 34 percent minimum biobased content (eff. 4/4/2013)
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
Print Speed >25 ppm - 20 percent minimum biobased content (eff. 4/4/2013)
- Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
BioPreferred maintains an electronic product catalog listing products that either 1. are eligible for preferred federal procurement, or 2. have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
- * - Federal agencies are required to purchase products as designated or specified under this program.
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Vegetable-Based Inks
Last Updated: 6/11/2012 8:35:56 AMProcurement Info i Where to Buy i N/A - Schedule 75 SIN 75 200
- Buy on GSA Advantage!
- UNICOR
Contracted Printing Services - References and Guidance
Additional Guidance
Specialty inks include CD printing, erasable, FDA compliant, invisible, magnetic, scratch and sniff, thermochoromic, and inks used for tree marking.
The revised FAR clause 52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, requires contractors to report annually "on the product types and dollar value of any USDA-designated biobased products purchased by the Contractor during the previous Government fiscal year." Agencies are required to identify an environmental point of contact to receive this information.
Identifies the applicable environmental program(s) and any minimum content levels (applicable to products containing biobased content or recovered materials only) recommended for federal purchases.
Lists sources where federal buyers may purchase the identified green product, including the applicable GSA Multiple Award Schedule, GSA Global Supply, AbilityOne, and UNICOR. Note that GSA sources do not currently identify Design for the Environment labeled products. Since not all products offered by these sources meet applicable green purchasing requirements, buyers must verify that products purchased meet the desired environmental criteria.
Lists federal requirements related to the purchase of this item, including applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements