(1) The
director of general administration, through the state purchasing
director, shall develop specifications and adopt rules for the
purchase of products which will provide for preferential purchase
of products containing recycled material by:
(a) The use of a weighting factor determined by the amount
of recycled material in a product, where appropriate and known in
advance to potential bidders, to determine the lowest responsible
bidder. The actual dollars bid shall be the contracted amount. If the department determines, according to criteria established
by rule that the use of this weighting factor does not encourage
the use of more recycled material, the department shall consider
and award bids without regard to the weighting factor. In making
this determination, the department shall consider but not be
limited to such factors as adequate competition, economics or
environmental constraints, quality, and availability.
(b) Requiring a written statement of the percentage range of
recycled content from the bidder providing products containing
recycled [material]. The range may be stated in five percent
increments.
(2) The director shall develop a directory of businesses
that supply products containing significant quantities of
recycled materials. This directory may be combined with and made
accessible through the database of recycled content products to
be developed under RCW 43.19A.060.
(3) The director shall encourage all parties using the state
purchasing office to purchase products containing recycled
materials.
(4) The rules, specifications, and bid evaluation shall be
consistent with recycled content standards adopted under RCW 43.19A.020.
[1991 c 297 § 5; 1988 c 175 § 2; 1987 c 505 § 26; 1982 c 61 § 2.]
NOTES:
Captions not law -- 1991 c 297: See RCW 43.19A.900.
Effective date -- 1988 c 175: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1988." [1988 c 175 § 4.]
Recycled product procurement: Chapter 43.19A RCW.
State purchasing and material control director: RCW 43.19.180.