FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 23: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 23.1

FAR 23.108 Required Environmental Protection Agency purchasing programs.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section directs contracting officers to buy products and services that meet EPA purchasing program requirements, but only after statutory purchasing program requirements are met. It matters to contractors because EPA-compliant offerings may be favored in federal purchasing decisions.

Applies to: Contracting officers purchasing products and services

What it requires

Purchase to the maximum extent practicable products and services that meet EPA purchasing program requirements described in 23.108-1 through 23.108-3
Meet statutory purchasing program requirements in 23.107 first

Key terms: EPA purchasing program requirements · statutory purchasing program requirements · maximum extent practicable · contracting officers

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

In accordance with 23.104(c), contracting officers shall, after meeting statutory purchasing program requirements in 23.107, purchase to the maximum extent practicable products and services that meet EPA purchasing program requirements described in 23.108-1 through 23.108-3.

Sections it refers to

23.104 General procedures.
23.107 Statutory purchasing programs.
23.108-1 Water-efficient products.
23.108-3 Products and services that are subject to EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels.

Sections that refer to it

23.104 General procedures.

← 23.107-4 Products that contain, use, or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances or products that contain or use high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons. · 23.108-1 Water-efficient products. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 23

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk ↗ · proposed 2025-01-13
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · proposed 2024-01-09 · comments due 2024-03-11

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.