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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">523.105</ph> Sustainability Exceptions.</title>
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               <p id="d467e17" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                  
                     <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Allowable Exceptions</i>.
An exception for acquiring sustainable products or services is available
if any of the following conditions exist:</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                        
                          Product
or service cannot be acquired competitively within a reasonable
performance schedule.</p>
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                     <p id="d467e39" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                        
                          Product
or service cannot be acquired that meets reasonable performance
requirements.</p>
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                     <p id="d467e48" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(3)</ph>
                        
                        
                          Product
or service cannot be acquired at a reasonable price.</p>
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                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph>
                              
                              
                                The
price shall be deemed unreasonable when the total life cycle costs
are significantly higher for the sustainable product or service
versus the non-sustainable product or service. Life cycle costs
are determined by combining the initial costs of a product or service
with any additional costs or revenues generated from that product
or service during its entire life.</p>
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                           <p id="d467e67" class="- topic/p ">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(ii)</ph>
                              
                              
                                For
more information on conducting a life cycle cost analysis (LCCA),
review the guidance <xref href="https://sftool.gov/"
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                                    class="- topic/xref ">https://sftool.gov/</xref>.
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                     <p id="d467e82" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(4)</ph>
                        
                        
                          A
specific statutory exemption applies.</p>
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               <p id="d467e93" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                  
                     <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Documentation
Process.</i> If at any point during the acquisition the contracting
officer determines that a contract action cannot comply with the
sustainable requirements outlined in GSAM <xref href="GSAM-TCKAKODG.dita#TCKAKODG"
                        outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                        class="- topic/xref ">523.104</xref>(a)(1)
due to an allowable exception, the contracting officer must document
within the contract file the exception being used under GSAM <xref href="#i1883672" outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly" class="- topic/xref ">523.105</xref>(a)
and provide supporting rationale for using the exception. The exception
can be documented in the Environmental and Energy Conservation Objectives
section of the acquisition plan under FAR 7.105(b)(17) or in a separate
memorandum that is included in the Acquisition Plan section of the
contract file.</p>
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