California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement

Approx 85% of business partners are covered by policies, guidelines and/or agreements that require adherence to minimum standards governing employee wages, benefits, working conditions and rights? . See CSU General Provisions re: Nondiscrimination, Drug-Free Workplace Certification, Forced, Convict, Indentured and Child Labor, Child Support Compliance Act, American With Disabilities Act. Requirement for a minimum 3% Disabled Veterans Business Enterprises (DVBE) participation in all formally solicited services. A Small Business incentive is awarded to Dept General Services Certified Small Businesses in formally solicited services. Custodial services for the University needs to be strongly managed by a Contractor, environmentally preferable, sustainable, flexible, and able to grow with the University. They must also be in line with the CSUMB Climate Action Plan (http://sustainability.csumb.edu/campus-sustainability-committee). Throughout this Scope of Work, there will be references to where a Custodial Services Contractor will assist the University to meet the goals dictated in the Climate Action Plan. Custodial services will be conducted meeting the requirements for International Sanitary Supply Association Cleaning Industry Management Standard for Green Buildings (ISSA- CIMS GB) (http://www.issa.com/?id=cims_green_building). It is required that a service provider maintains ISSA-CIMS GB certification throughout the duration of a contract.

A comprehensive LCCA is employed for all new construction. (Per CSU system-wide policy). No analysis is done on individual products.

Per CSU policy there is a design silver minimum and all aspects of the projects are reviewed for USGBC LEED standards as well as California Building Code.

As relevant IT products must be EnergyStar compliant. This is written into the process for purchasing electronics below: Step 4: Have purchase requisition (PR) reviewed and signed by IT Once you have completed the purchase requisition (PR) and filled out the computer request form, IT needs to review and sign the requisition before it goes to Purchasing. IT will: Check the purchase requisition for accuracy -Confirm that the make/model can be supported and is from an approved reseller -Confirm the computer has an EPEAT Registry rating of Silver or better -Confirm there is a computer request form associated with each order. IT Completed purchase requisition should be sent to Henry Simpson, Director of Technology Support Services. https://csumb.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1846/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=26210

The CSU Policy has requirements for meeting Real Food Challenge requirements as well as single use plastics in food policy.

CSU standards require campuses to prioritize EV purchases for campus fleet vehicles and justify if a purchase of non-EV is required.

A requirement for at least 50% must contain minimum 30% PCW content for paper products and printing and writing paper. Mandated selection of minimum 30% PCW for all printing and copy paper.

Plastic. Effective Date: December 17, 2018 | Revised Date: POLICY OBJECTIVE This policy articulates the CSU’s requirements related to single-use plastics to ensure procurement and contracting activities are in compliance with CSU’s sustainability goals and applicable regulations. POLICY STATEMENT Campuses shall establish purchasing practices that assure, to the maximum extent economically feasible, the purchase of single-use plastics including plastic straws, plastic water bottles, and plastic bags are eliminated. Purchase preference shall be given to reusable products, followed by locally compostable and/or recyclable products. Procurement, auxiliaries, and all relevant stakeholders will work with campus sustainability staff to assess and select the most sustainable alternatives. CSU sustainability policies, including but not limited to 5236.00 and 5235.00, apply to Auxiliary Organizations incorporated to support the California State University. Campus responsibilities: ● Eliminate single-use plastic water bottles by January 1, 2023 or upon contract renewal if existing contract terms prohibit. A 25% reduction in single-use plastic water bottles purchased and supplied will be achieved annually. ● Eliminate plastic straws no later than January 1, 2019.1 ● Eliminate single-use plastic carryout bags no later than January 1, 2019.2 ● Eliminate single-use polystyrene (e.g. STYROFOAM™) food service items no later than January 1, 2021. 3 ● Replace single-use plastic items with materials that are reusable, locally compostable and/or recyclable. Exceptions to the above are only to be made for complying with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements4 or when it is demonstrated that compliance with the above will result in undue hardship on students or campus organizations.