Contract Language

All other purchasers are encouraged to use the following contract language to ensure the products they buy meet the EPEAT standard:

All desktops, laptops, and computer monitors provided under this contract are required to have achieved Bronze registration or higher under the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). EPEAT is a procurement tool designed to help large volume purchasers evaluate, compare, and select desktop computers, laptops, and monitors based upon their environmental attributes as specified in the consensus-based IEEE Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (1680).

Additional consideration will be provided for products that have achieved EPEAT Silver or EPEAT Gold registration. The registration criteria and a list of all registered equipment are provided at http://www.epeat.net .

In addition to requiring EPEAT registration, purchasers are also encouraged to track their EPEAT purchases. The information requested in the contract language below can then be used to calculate the environmental benefits of an organization’s EPEAT purchases using a calculator being developed under an EPA grant.

Suppliers are required to provide quarterly reports quantifying the number of EPEAT registered products purchased under this contract. The information must be reported in a matrix providing the following data for the current quarter, the fiscal year, and the duration of the contract.

	Unregistered		EPEAT Bronze		EPEAT Silver		EPEAT Gold		Total
	No. of products	$ Spent	No. of products	$ Spent	No. of products	$ Spent	No. of products	$ Spent	No. of products	$ Spent
Desktop Computer Units
Laptops /notebooks
Monitors (LCD)
Monitors (CRT)
Total

U.S. Federal Agency Contract Language

IEEE 1680 STANDARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL COMPUTER PRODUCTS (DEC 2007)

“Personal computer product” means a notebook computer, a desktop computer, or a computer monitor, and any peripheral equipment that is integral to the operation of such items. For example, the desktop computer together with the keyboard, the mouse, and the power cord would be a personal computer product. Printers, copiers, and fax machines are not included in peripheral equipment, as used in this definition.

(b) Under this contract, the Contractor shall deliver, furnish for Government use, or furnish for contractor use at a Government-owned facility, only personal computer products that at the time of submission of proposals were EPEAT Bronze registered or higher. Bronze is the first level discussed in clause 1.4 of the IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products.

Alternate I (Dec 2007). As prescribed in 23.706(b)(2), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic clause:

(b) Under this contract, the Contractor shall deliver, furnish for Government use, or furnish for contractor use at a Government-owned facility, only personal computer products that at the time of submission of proposals were EPEAT Silver registered or higher. Silver is the second level discussed in clause 1.4 of the IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products.

Per contract clause IEEE 1680 STANDARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL COMPUTER PRODUCTS, all computer desktops, laptops, and monitors provided under this contract are required to be registered under the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) at the time of bid submission.

Suppliers are required to block non-EPEAT registered products on their electronic catalogs that customers may buy from through this contract.

	Unregistered	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Total
Desktops
Laptops
Monitors

The Federal Acquisition Regulations are available online from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, at: http://www.acqnet.gov/far/.

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