{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-352.223-71","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 352.223-71","heading":"352.223-71 Instructions to Offerors—Sustainable Acquisition.","body":"As prescribed in HHSAR 323.7103, the Contracting Officer shall insert the following provision:\nInstructions to Offerors—Sustainable Acquisition (DEC 2015)\nOfferors must include a Sustainable Acquisition Plan in their technical proposals. The Plan must describe their approach and the quality assurance mechanisms in place for applying FAR 23.1, Sustainable Acquisition Policy (and other Federal laws, regulations and Executive Orders governing sustainable acquisition purchasing) to this acquisition. The Plan shall clearly identify those products and services included in Federal sustainable acquisition preference programs by categorizing them along with their respective price/cost in the following eight groups: Recycled Content, Energy Efficient, Biobased, Environmentally Preferable, Electronic Product Environment Assessment Tool, Water-Efficient, Non-Ozone Depleting Substances, and Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Alternative Fuels.\n(End of provision)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 3—HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—CLAUSES AND FORMS","PART 352—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES","Subpart 352.2—Texts of Provisions and Clauses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"5a292eae333efa9afc9f7f1a6f005a233e4d7845126b8f4b2c2c9d7e660f03af","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-352.223-70","next":"us/48-cfr-352.224-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}