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

FAR 23.108-3 Products and services that are subject to EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels.

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 describes the EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program, which helps Federal agencies identify and procure environmentally preferable products and services using EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels. It also points to an EPA website for more information. It matters to contractors because these recommendations may shape what agencies look for when buying products and services.

Applies to: Federal agencies and contractors involved in sustainable procurement

Key terms: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program · Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels · multi-attribute standards · life-cycle based standards · third-party certification body

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

The text

(a) Program. The EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program helps Federal agencies identify and procure environmentally preferable products and services to meet zero emissions and other sustainable procurement goals by providing Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels. The EPP recommendations give preference to multi-attribute or life-cycle based standards and ecolabels that address key environmental and human health impact areas and where product conformance is determined by a competent third-party certification body.

(b) Resource. For additional information on EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels, see https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/recommendations-specifications-standards-and-ecolabels-federal-purchasing.

Sections that refer to it

  • 23.108 Required Environmental Protection Agency purchasing programs.

← 23.108-2 Chemically-intensive products. · 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 23

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

FAR 23.108-3 Products and services that are subject to EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels · SpendQuery