Why else would GSA create ANOTHER GSA schedule* (now up to 44 GSA schedules) just to cover "Green Support Services" other than to "feel good", like Prius owners, who's gas savings dwarf their increase in car insurance. These services could have and should have been added to GSA Schedule 899 for Environmental Services by simply creating a new Special Item Number.
* GSA creates contract for 'green' support serviceshttp://www.fcw.com/online/news/154231-1.html/?s=dailyNL_10_30
FCW, 10-29-08
The General Services Administration said today
it created a new Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle to provide
energy-management support services for agencies. The vehicle seeks to
help agencies comply with a presidential executive order to strengthen
environmental, energy and transportation conservation goals, the agency
said.
Executive Order 13423, which President Bush signed last
year, sets goals for agencies in energy efficiency, renewable energy,
recycling, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship and water
conservation. The order also requires that agencies use environmental
management systems as the framework for managing and continually
improving those sustainable practices.
“EO 13423 was a
tremendous step toward environmental responsibility governmentwide,”
said Tyree Varnado, acting commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition
Service. “At GSA, we continue to strive to make it easier for all
government agencies to comply.”
GSA’s affiliated contractors can
provide the services and expertise agencies need to develop energy
management in government buildings, ranging from preliminary energy
audits to comprehensive, full-service energy-management solutions,
Varnado said.