(a) Each chief procurement officer shall establish and maintain an affirmative program for procuring oils containing the maximum content of recycled oil.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-1304

  • Industrial oil: means any compressor, turbine, or bearing oil, hydraulic oil, metal working oil or refrigeration oil. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-1302
  • Lubricating oil: means any oil intended for use in an internal combustion crankcase, transmission, gearbox or differential or an automobile, bus, truck, vessel, plane, train, heavy equipment, or machinery powered by an internal combustion engine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-1302
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Recycled oil: means used oil that has been prepared for reuse as a petroleum product by refining, reclaiming, reprocessing or other means provided that the preparation or use is operationally safe, environmentally sound and complies with all laws, rules, and regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-1302
(b) An affirmative program shall include:

(1) Placement of descriptions of the preference of recycled oil products in publications used to solicit bids from suppliers or vendors;
(2) Descriptions of the recycled oil procurement program at the bidders’ conferences;
(3) Discussion of the preference program in lubricating oil and industrial oil procurement solicitations, invitations for bids, requests for proposals, or other solicitations for offers under this chapter; and
(4) Efforts to inform trade associations about the preference program.