Restroom and Shower Dividers and Partitions

Green purchasing guidance for restroom and shower dividers and partitions.

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.

  • State Purchasing of Recycled-Content Product. Recycled Content Purchasing Preference Policy (POL-DES-255-00) states, "In establishing environmental requirements and preferences for products that contain recycled materials, agencies shall reference the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (EPA CPGs) as the minimum standards for the state of Washington."
    Statutory Preference for Recycled Content Purchasing. Pursuant to RCW 39.26.255, Enterprise Services is providing a bid preference in the amount of ten percent (10%) per product line item tested to any bidder that provides products that have exceeded one of the recommended content level percentages or the minimum product specification, as designated by the current EPA's CPG standard. Bidders who seek to obtain the 10 percent (10%) bid preference in Exhibit C-Bid Price must identify the recycled content level of the product or indicate the product meets product specifications in Exhibit C – Bid Price.
  • Restroom and shower dividers/partitions must be either (1) made of steel or (2) if plastic, have at least 20% post-consumer recycled content (PCRC), which meets U.S. EPA's CPG for Plastic Restroom and Shower Partitions/Dividers.

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.

  • Environmental and health attributes of restroom and shower dividers and partitions include the following third-party certifications:
    • Cradle to Cradle Certified or Material Health Certificate: v3.1 at the Silver level or higher OR v4.0 at the Silver level or higher
    • A third-party transparency label disclosing ingredients such as a Declare Label or a Health Product Declaration (HPD)
    • SCS Indoor Advantage Gold; or
    • UL GREENGUARD Gold (low emitting only).

Laws, rules, and executive orders

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