As prescribed in 1523.7003, insert the following clause:
Acquisition of Energy Star Compliant Microcomputers, Including Personal Computers, Monitors, and Printers (APR 1996)
(a) The Contractor shall provide computer products that meet EPA Energy Star requirements for energy efficiency. By acceptance of this contract, the Contractor certifies that all microcomputers, including personal computers, monitors, and printers to be provided under this contract meet EPA Energy Star requirements for energy efficiency.
(b) The Contractor shall ship all products with the standby feature activated or enabled.
(c) The Contractor shall provide models that have equivalent functionality to similar non-power managed models. This functionality should include as a minimum:
(1) The ability to run commercial off-the-shelf software both before and after recovery from a low power state, including retention of files opened (with no loss of data) before the power management feature was activated.
(2) If equipment will be used on a local area network (LAN), the contractor shall provide equipment that is fully compatible with network environments, e.g., personal computers resting in a low-power state should not be disconnected from the network.
(d) The contractor shall provide monitors that are capable of being powered down when connected to the accompanying personal computer.
(End of clause)
[61 FR 14507, Apr. 2, 1996]
