Green Purchasing
Green purchasing, also called environmentally preferred purchasing, means making thoughtful, strategic decisions to buy goods and services that have less negative environmental and health impacts than similar products.
Green Purchasing Guide for state agencies
The Green Purchasing Guide includes:
- An overview of state green purchasing laws, policies and executive orders.
- Checklists and questionnaires for identifying green purchases.
- Sample certifications and labels.
- Boilerplate language for incorporating green goods and services into solicitations and contracts.
Download the Green Purchasing Guide:
Green purchasing specifications
We’ve provided green purchasing specifications as a starting point for procurement and purchasing staff. They are organized by category, and each product-specific specification includes state policies, laws and third-party environmental certifications and standards.
Purchasers can copy and paste the specifications into solicitations as mandatory bid or purchasing requirements, price preferences, and additional desirable best value attributes. Purchasers can also refer to these specifications to guide purchasing decisions.
- Building construction and maintenance products
-
- Adhesives and sealants
- Carpet
- Ceiling tiles
- Cement and concrete
- Compost
- Drywall, fiberboard, gypsum panels, wallboard
- Flooring
- Heavy duty construction equipment
- Insulation
- Lab equipment
- Lubricants
- Paint (not including interior virgin latex)
- Paint primers
- Paint removers/thinners
- Plumbing
- Portable toilets and handwash stations
- Restroom and shower dividers/partitions
- Roofing
- Cleaning equipment
- Electronic equipment
- Energy-related equipment
- Fleet equipment
- Food service equipment
- Medical equipment
- Office supplies
- Outdoor products
Green purchasing templates and tools for state agencies
- Vendor green products reporting template (Excel, 1MB)
- Vendor green products price sheet template (Excel, 1MB)
- Procurement definitions (Excel, 1MB)
- Washington State Green Cleaning Toolkit (PDF, 7.92MB)
- Washington State Reducing Single-Use Plastics and Solid Waste Toolkit (PDF, 497.13KB)
- Environmental Preference Bidder Certification (PDF 225KB)
- Green Purchasing Best Value Survey Questions for Bidders (PDF 337KB)
- Green Purchasing Questions for Procurement Coordinators (PDF 249KB)
Electric vehicles
State Efficiency & Environmental Performance
- State Efficiency & Environmental Performance (commerce.wa.gov)
- Executive Order 20-01 (PDF, governor.wa.gov)
Green purchasing in Washington state
Contact us
Cheral Manke
Contracts & Procurement
Phone 360-407-9042
Email cheral.manke@des.wa.gov
Leatta Dahlhoff
Environmental Technical Analyst
Phone 360-407-8108