Green Purchasing Training
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Requirement: Per HHS policy, all contracting officers, contract specialists, purchase card holders, card approving officials, project officers/COTRs and acquisition staff in job series 1102, 1105 and 1106 are required to take Green Purchasing training every two years. Green purchasing refers to federal requirements to purchase recycled content products, energy-efficient products and renewable energy technologies, alternative fuel vehicles and alternative fuels, bio-based products, environmentally preferable products and services, and non-ozone depleting substances. There are four ways to get Green Purchasing Training:
- CLC 046 Green Procurement through FAI: Take CLC 046 Green Purchasing from the Federal Acquisition Institute at https://www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/faitas/student/logon.aspx?caller=1. This class is under the Continuous Learning Modules section. Note that you are only able to take this class once, so that you need to take a different version of the training for refresher training two years later. A note about accessing the FAI training site.
- Federal Environmental Stewardship Webpage: Review the Federal Environmental Stewardship Webpage. This is an extensive resource that doesn’t have a test associated for verification of completion. We ask that you devote at least two hours to reviewing the information on the site.
- APP-EPP:Read HHS’ Affirmative Procurement Plan for Purchasing Environmentally Preferable Products (Download Acrobat Reader).
- Federal Environmental Symposium:Attend the Federal Environmental Symposium, held at NIH once a year usually in Spring/Summer (date not announced yet for 2010). If it’s your first time taking the training, attend the specific session on Green Purchasing. If you are attending as refresher training, then attend whatever sessions interest you.
Documentation: To get credit for having completed the Green Purchasing training, NIH employees need to confirm their completion to the Acquisition Career Program office. Send an e-mail confirming your completion to Kim Doherty (kimberly.doherty@NIH.GOV). The e-mail must cc your supervisor and verify the date of your training.
We will then enter you into our database. The database is web accessible at http://oampIntranet.od.nih.gov/GreenPurchasing/GPSearch.asp and the web confirmation serves as your training certificate. For more information about green purchasing, please click here.
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