Lighting Equipment

Green purchasing guidance for lighting equipment, including: lamps, ballasts, luminaries, and retrofit kits.

Required specifications

The following have been identified as green specifications relevant to the good/services as minimum mandatory requirements. These would not be part of a scored exhibit. If you are using the Washington state procurement manual templates, the following should be inserted in the relevant document that describes the product or performance requirements.

  • Bidders should offer LED lamps, retrofit kits, and luminaires as replacements for incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lighting equipment to the greatest extent practicable. Inefficient and mercury-containing lighting may be offered only when there is no practical LED alternative available.
  • All LED Lighting must have one of the following third-party certifications:
    • ENERGY STAR
    • DesignLights Consortium (DLC)
    • CA Title 20 compliant (applies to LED retrofit kits and replacements for HID lamps)
  • All exterior luminaires must be cutoff (i.e., nighttime-friendly).
  • Bidders must offer recycling kits and/or takeback services, particularly for mercury-containing light equipment (e.g., fluorescent and HID lamps) and ballasts that are removed when new luminaires and retrofit kits are purchased on this contract.

Preferred specifications

The following have been identified as green specifications relevant to the goods/services as preferred specifications to be scored. These would be part of your evaluation. If you are using the Washington state procurement manual templates, the following should be inserted in the relevant document that is used for evaluation.

  • DLC Premium certified
  • RoHS compliant
  • Products with the longest rated life and warranties
  • Outdoor luminaires certified by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) or DLC Luna

Laws, rules, and executive orders

These laws, rules, and executive orders are the basis for these specifications: