§ 37-2-76 - State purchase of recycled products.
SECTION 37-2-76
§ 37-2-76 State purchase of recycledproducts. – (a) The state shall, through its purchasing policy and practice, affirmativelypromote the use of recycled products. The department of administration inconjunction with the department of environmental management shall, throughregulations, establish a time table requiring increased utilization by thestate of recycled products. In January of each year, the department ofadministration shall report to the general assembly the state's progress inutilizing recycled products materials and supplies for the preceding twelve(12) months.
(b) With respect to office paper products, at least fiftypercent (50%) of the expenditure for office paper products purchased by thestate of Rhode Island, its agencies, and departments, shall be recycled paperproducts by fiscal year 1995.
(c) The department of administration in conjunction with thedepartment of environmental management shall annually establish comprehensivetechnical specifications based on research by the department of environmentalmanagement for the recycled products, materials, and supplies to be purchasedby the state under this section. These specifications shall include the minimumperformance and quality attributes as well as minimum preconsumer andpost-consumer content.
(d) The director of the department of administration, actingas chief purchasing officer of the state, shall direct that all subsequentpurchases of the subject recycled products, materials, and supplies by thestate, its agencies, and departments shall meet the source certification ofpre-consumer and/or post-consumer content standards established undersubsection (c) of this section.
(e) Subsequent discovery by the state, its agencies, ordepartments that products delivered by vendors to the state as "recycledproducts" do not satisfy the specifications of "recycled" content stated in theaward, shall be grounds for the return of all discrepant goods, refunding ofall money paid, termination of all outstanding contracts and orders, and at thediscretion of the chief purchasing officer suspension of the vendor'sinvolvement in state procurement for a period of up to twenty-four (24) months.