Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Presidential Executive Orders require the purchasing of biobased products by federal agencies. Federal agencies and their contractors are required to give a purchasing preference to biobased products.
Required Contract Clauses:
Required Clauses for Service and Construction Contracts
To inform contractors to give preference to biobased products, two contract clauses are required:
Clause 52.223-23 - Sustainable Products and Services (which informs the contractor of the statutory requirement to give a purchasing preference to biobased products).
Clause 52.223-2 – Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (which requires reporting of biobased product purchasing in the System for Award Management)
Required Clauses for Supply Contracts
If the supplies being purchased fall within categories designated for federal procurement, two clauses are required:
Clause 52.223-1 – Biobased Product Certification
and Clause 52.223-23 – Sustainable Products and Services (which informs the contractor of the statutory requirement to give a purchasing preference to biobased products).
Biobased Quick Reference Guide for Contracting Officers Provides a quick check off list for including biobased purchasing requirements in solicitations and contracts, including contractor reporting requirements.
Recommended Methodologies for Establishing "Biobased-Only Contract" Annual Purchasing Targets This document presents the recommendations of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA BioPreferred Program for methodologies to establish annual targets for contracts with biobased-only requirements.
The following contract samples provide model biobased product purchase language for solicitations and contracts. Sample Biobased Contract Language for:
The following are some sources of agency-specific biobased purchasing information.
