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Contract Clauses for Solicitation 470SMD20R0001 Refresh Number 19 Contract Number: GS -07F -0031W <br />(2) The use of integrated whole -building designs that rely upon renewable energy resources, <br />including passive solar design. <br />(c) Identification Requirements. <br />(1) The offeror must identify products that โ€” <br />(i) Are compliant with the recovered and post -consumer material content levels <br />recommended in the Recovered Materials Advisory Notices (RMANs) for <br />EPA -designated products in the CPG program (http://www.epa.gov/cpgo; <br />(ii) Contain recovered materials that either do not meet the recommended levels in the <br />RMANs or are not EPA -designated products in the CPG program (see FAR 23.401 and <br />http://www.epa.gov/cpg/); <br />(iii) Are energy-efficient, as defined by either ENERGY STAR® and/or FEMP's <br />designated top 25th percentile levels (see ENERGY STAR® at <br />http://www.energystar.gov/ and FEMP at <br />http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/Procurement/); <br />(iv) Are water -efficient <br />(v) Use renewable energy technology; <br />(vi) Are remanufactured; and <br />(vii) Have other environmental attributes. <br />(2) These identifications must be made in each of the offeror's following mediums: <br />(i) The offer itself. <br />(ii) Printed commercial catalogs, brochures, and pricelists. <br />(iii) Online product website. <br />(iv) Electronic data submission for GSA Advantage! submitted via GSA's Schedules <br />Input Program (SIP) software or the Electronic Data Inter -change (EDI). Offerors can use <br />the SIP or EDI methods to indicate environmental and other attributes for each product <br />that are translated into respective icons in GSA Advantage!. <br />(d) An offeror, in identifying an item with an environmental attribute, must possess <br />evidence or rely on a reasonable basis to substantiate the claim (see 16 CFR part 260, <br />Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims). The Government will accept an <br />offeror's claim of an product's environmental attribute on the basis ofโ€” <br />(1) Participation in a Federal agency sponsored program (e.g., the EPA and DOE <br />ENERGY STAR® product labeling program); <br />(2) Verification by an independent organization that specializes in certifying such claims; <br />or <br />(3) Possession of competent and reliable evidence. For any test, analysis, research, study, or other <br />evidence to be "competent and reliable," it must have been conducted and evaluated in an <br />objective manner by persons qualified to do so, using procedures generally accepted in the <br />profession to yield accurate and reliable results. <br />Page: 122 of 216 <br />209 <br />