RCW 43.19A.070
Education program—Product substitution list—Model procurement guidelines.
(1) The department shall implement an education program to encourage maximum procurement of recycled products by state and local government entities. The program shall include at least the following:
(a) Technical assistance to all state and local governments and their designated procurement officers on the requirements of this chapter, including preparation of model purchase contracts, the preparation of procurement plans, and the availability of recycled products;
(b) Two or more workshops annually in which all state and local government entities are invited;
(c) Information on intergovernmental agreements to facilitate procurement of recycled products.
(2) The director shall, in consultation with the department of ecology, make available to the public, local jurisdictions, and the private sector, a comprehensive list of substitutes for extremely hazardous, hazardous, toxic, and nonrecyclable products, and disposable products intended for a single use. The department and all state agencies exercising the purchasing authorities of the department shall include the substitute products on bid notifications, except where the department allows an exception based upon product availability, price, suitability for intended use, or similar reasons.
(3) The department shall prepare model procurement guidelines for use by local governments.
[ 1991 c 297 § 9.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.19A - Recycled Product Procurement.
43.19A.020 - Recycled product purchasing—Federal product standards.
43.19A.022 - Recycled content paper for printers and copiers—Purchasing priority.
43.19A.030 - Local government duties.
43.19A.040 - Local government adoption of preferential purchase policy optional.
43.19A.050 - Strategy for state agency procurement.
43.19A.060 - Database of products and vendors.
43.19A.070 - Education program—Product substitution list—Model procurement guidelines.
43.19A.080 - Bid notification to state recycled content requirements.
43.19A.110 - Local road projects—Compost products.
43.19A.120 - Use of compost products in projects.
43.19A.130 - Local governments encouraged to enter compost product purchasing agreements.
43.19A.140 - Use of biochar in public works projects.
43.19A.150 - Cities and counties required to adopt a compost procurement ordinance—Report.