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Purchasing Procedures and Manual 19 <br />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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 />Page 147 of 373