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6.A. - Page 245 of 251 <br />ATTACHMENT C <br />8.2.1 Procure environmentally friendly goods and services that meet <br />Departmental performance standards and requirements at a competitive <br />cost. <br />8.2.2 Consider short-term and long-term costs when comparing product <br />alternatives and preparing bid specifications, including the costs over the life <br />of the product, including maintenance, operating, insurance, disposal, <br />recycling, replacement, potential liability costs, and expected lifetime. <br />8.3 Bid Evaluation Preferences <br />8.3.1 Require successful bidders to certify in writing that the environmental <br />attributes claimed in competitive bids are accurate. In compliance with State <br />law, vendors shall be required to specify the minimum or actual percentage <br />of recovered and post -consumer material in their products, even when such <br />percentages are zero. <br />8.3.2 Upon request, buyers preparing the specifications for competitive bids must <br />be able to provide justification for product choices that do not meet the <br />environmentally preferable purchasing criteria in this policy. <br />9.0 PROGRAM EVALUATION <br />The Citywide interdepartmental team will provide a narrative report periodically to the <br />Department Heads on the implementation of this policy. <br />9.1 Metrics and Benchmarking <br />9.1.1 The Citywide interdepartmental team will develop and implement a <br />monitoring and tracking system as a tool to confirm compliance with this <br />policy. <br />9.1.2 Departments will require vendors to supply data for performance tracking <br />and evaluation of the City's environmentally responsible purchasing program <br />upon request. <br />9.1.3 Departments will compile records for producing an annual summary of the <br />City's environmentally responsible/sustainable purchasing actions and to <br />evaluate the effectiveness in reducing the environmental impacts of City <br />procurement, as feasible and practicable. <br />9.1.4 As feasible, the narrative report will include types, quantities, and dollar <br />amounts of climate -friendly products and services purchased in the previous <br />year and dollar amounts of conventional products and services, will identify <br />and discuss instances where this policy is waived or its requirements found <br />impracticable, and will highlight barriers to procurement of climate -friendly <br />products and services. <br />11of17 I 'age <br />550 <br />