FAR Part 23 Changes
Changes to FAR Part 23 necessitate changes to Section I of new contracts
What Remains the Same with FAR Part 23?
- Requirement to give a purchasing preference to biobased products
- Requirement to include Clause 52-223-2 in service and construction contracts
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 23 has been updated to make sustainable purchasing requirements clearer. There are no changes to the statutory requirement to give a purchasing preference to biobased products and the requirement to include Clause 52.223-2 in your contracts. Here are a few of the changes that you will notice:
What's New with FAR Part 23?
- Clause 52.223-23 that combines both the statutory (i.e. required by law) and non-statutory sustainable purchasing programs
- The renaming of Clause 52.223-2 to Reporting of Biobased Product Purchases Under Service and Construction Contracts
- Changes title of Clause 52.223-2 to Reporting of Biobased Product Purchasing Under Service and Construction Contracts.
- Creates a new omnibus contract clause at FAR 52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services, to uniformly communicate the Government's requirements for sustainable products and services including biobased purchasing requirements.
- Dedicates FAR part 23 to environmental matters by moving unrelated content.
- Consolidates and updates statutory programs (required by law) and other environmental purchasing programs in FAR subpart 23.1, Sustainable Products and Services.
- Removes certain contractor reporting requirements in the clauses 52.223-11, 52.223-12, and 52.223-5.
