Paint Removers and Thinners

Green purchasing guidance for paint removers and thinners.

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.

  • Paint removers must be devoid of methylene chloride, n-Methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), ethyl benzene, formaldehyde, toluene and trichloroethylene. See a full list of Prop 65 chemicals.

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.

  • Avoidance of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). RCW 39.26.310 and DES Purchasing Preference for Products that Do Not Contain Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (DES-310-00)
    Statutory Preference for Products Containing Hydrofluorocarbons. Pursuant to RCW 39.26.310, Enterprise Services is providing a bid preference in the amount of five percent (5%) per product line item tested to any bidder that provides products that [do not containing HFCs/contain a low amount of global warming potential refrigerants/are not designed to function only in conjunction with HFCs/are not manufactured using HFCs/are manufactured with a low amount of global warming potential refrigerants] . Bidders who seek to obtain the five percent (5%) bid preference in Exhibit C-Bid Price must identify the products [not containing HFCs/contain a low amount of global warming potential refrigerants/that are not designed to function only in conjunction with HFCs/are not manufactured using HFCs/are manufactured with a low amount of global warming potential refrigerants] as indicated in Exhibit C – Bid Price.
  • Additional desirable environmental and health attributes include:
    • USDA Certified Biobased products by the USDA's BioPreferred Program
    • Have a third-party transparency label disclosing ingredients such as a Health Product Declaration (HPD) or Declare Label
    • Safer Choice

Laws, rules, and executive orders

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