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Marketing Your “Green” Products and Services to Federal Agencies

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

How can you market your “green” products and services? As noted in our 11/10/09 post, GSA Schedule contractors have new opportunities to sell to federal agencies. This comes as a result of Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, and in particular, the green procurement policy which will cover 95 percent of new contracts and acquisitions. If you’ve worked with the government for any length of time, you know everything old is new again. For example, in 1998, the Planet GSA Agency Initiative focused on Buying, Building, Driving, and Saving Green. So… what’s likely to be in demand this time? Listed below are “Green”-focused products, services, and policies to assist agency compliance with the procurement responsibilities outlined in federal environmental laws and regulations, including efforts to:

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