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Furthermore, all City employees with purchasing authority shall purchase products that <br /> are durable, long-lasting, reusable or refillable, and avoid purchasing one-time use or <br /> disposable products. <br /> Products meeting the standards listed below shall be considered "preferred" and selected <br /> over non-preferred products. A detailed description of each standard is defined in the <br /> City's Green Purchasing Guidelines in Appendix A. <br /> • Source Reduction <br /> • Recycled Content Products <br /> • Energy Efficient and Water Saving Products <br /> • Green Building Products and Practices <br /> • Sustainable(Bay Friendly)Landscaping Products and Practices <br /> • Toxics and Pollution Prevention Products and Practices <br /> • Bio-Based Products <br /> • Certified Forest Conservation Products <br /> • Recovered Organic Waste Products—SB 1383 Compliance <br /> 5.2. Responsibilities <br /> 5.2.1. Human health and safety is of utmost importance and takes precedence <br /> over all other practices.Nevertheless,the City recognizes its duty to act in a <br /> fiscally responsible and timely manner. <br /> 5.2.2. Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed as requiring a buyer to <br /> procure products that do not perform adequately for their intended use, exclude <br /> adequate competition, pose a threat to human health or safety, or are not available <br /> at a reasonable price in a reasonable period of time. <br /> 5.2.3. Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed as requiring the City, <br /> department, purchaser, or contractor to take any action that conflicts with local, <br /> state, or federal requirements. <br /> 5.3. Implementation <br /> 5.3.1. Each department head shall implement this policy in his or her <br /> department in coordination with other City personnel as appropriate. <br /> 5.3.2. 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 of <br /> recovered and post-consumer material in their products, even when such <br /> percentages are zero. This requirement may be waived by a department head <br /> for emergency and as- needed contracts, with the exception that a department <br /> head may not waive this requirement for as-needed contracts for paper <br /> Purchasing Procedures and Manual 19 <br />