FAR 23.103 in practice: a decision framework for biobased procurement
How to turn broad sustainable acquisition policy into deterministic buy/no-buy signals at product and order level.
Policy translation
- Convert FAR 23.103 and related clauses into explicit pass/fail checks.
- Track whether category designation applies to each SKU class.
- Require documented rationale when a biobased option is not selected.
Catalog controls
- Publish only SKUs with required biobased declarations and evidence links.
- Label evidence freshness to prevent stale catalog decisions.
- Support reviewer notes for edge-case exceptions.
Packet evidence
- Include clause references directly in the checkout artifact.
- Record decision reason and reviewer identity for each exception.
- Export machine-readable metadata for prime reporting pipelines.
