| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.29 |
| Liaison | Samuel Crowl |
| Submission Date | Feb. 20, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Ohio University
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.50 / 3.00 |
Diana
McGrew Assistant Director of Procurement Purchasing |
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Part 1: Institution-Wide Policies
Yes
A copy of the policies, guidelines or directives:
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The policies, guidelines or directives:
Standard evaluation criteria used in all RFPs: "Environmental and Sustainability Initiatives - The University recognizes its responsibility to foster stewardship of our natural resources and to promote environmental citizenship through its purchasing decisions when practicable. Please provide information on any environmentally friendly or sustainability initiatives that have been implemented at the manufacturing, transportation, distribution or other processes in the supply chain."
Guidelines from the Finance/Purchasing/Supplier Information webpage (https://www.ohio.edu/finance/purchasing/supplier-information, scroll down)
"Sustainability
The Department of Finance fully supports the efforts of the Office of Sustainability and the Ohio University Sustainability plan. The Office of Sustainability has released guidelines for sustainable purchasing. These guidelines include sustainable attributes of purchased goods, disposal of goods, and a recommended sustainability clause for RFPs and RFQs."
Sustainable Purchasing guidelines from the Office of Sustainability page referenced on the Supplier Information page are at https://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/programs/Procurement.cfm.
Part 2: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Yes
Which of the following best describes the institution’s use of LCCA?:
Institution employs LCCA less comprehensively, e.g. for certain types of systems or projects and not others
A brief description of the LCCA policy and/or practices:
Ohio University uses third party LCCA in procurement, though does not do its own in house LCCA. An example is the purchase of low temperature freezers by Fisher Scientific. Fisher presents LCCA about freezers to researchers, who then can choose to purchase those with the low life cycle costs.
Part 3: Commodity-Specific Sustainability Criteria
To count, the criteria must address the specific sustainability challenges and impacts associated with products/services in each category, e.g. by requiring or giving preference to multi-criteria sustainability standards, certifications and labels appropriate to the category. Broader, institution-wide policies should be reported in Part 1, above.
Chemically Intensive Products and Services
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for chemically intensive products and services:
"Ability to offer sustainable products" is one of the proposal evaluation criteria for the University's custodial and janitorial supply RFPs. Also see sustainability criteria at https://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/programs/Procurement.cfm for cleaning supplies guidelines.
Construction and Renovation
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for construction and renovation products:
There is a published sustainability statement in the University Architecture, Design & Construction design standards, which can be found at https://author.oit.ohio.edu/design-construction/upload/D-C-Standards-04-19-17.pdf. Ohio University requires all new buildings and substantial renovations over $2 million to be LEED Silver certified.
Information Technology (IT)
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for IT products and services:
See sustainability criteria at https://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/programs/Procurement.cfm for the requirement for EPEAT Gold computer and computer appliances.
Food Services
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for food services:
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Garments and Linens
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for garments and linens:
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Professional Services
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for professional services:
Sustainability criteria were used to evaluate recent utilities and water contracts; LEED criteria are used in evaluating A&E contracts.
Transportation and Fuels
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for transportation and fuels:
See sustainability criteria at https://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/programs/Procurement.cfm for vehicle purchasing guidelines.
Wood and Paper
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for wood and paper products:
See sustainability criteria at https://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/programs/Procurement.cfm for sustainably harvested guidelines for wood products and post-consumer recycled content for paper purchases.
Other Commodity Categories
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for other commodity categories:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data provided by Diana McGrew on 1/29/18 and on 4/25/18.
Updated Food Services and Other Commodity Categories to "No" based on AASHE review. 5/11/18 ERG
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.