**Test and Technical Requirements Certification for Carpet and Floor Coverings**

The manufacturer shall submit a test certification for all required tests****and shall retain current test reports used as the basis for the certification for the term of the contract.  GSA reserves the right to request copies of test reports at any time prior to contract award or during the course of the contract.  Failure to provide test reports may result in rejection of the offer or termination of the contract. 

At a minimum, the testing certification shall be submitted on company letterhead and shall include the following information:

· The manufacturer’s name and product category, products line and series/number of the item tested, or if appropriate, the product line tested.

· Date or range of dates that the test(s) were performed.

· Certify products are from a Trade Agreements Act (TAA) complaint Country of Origin.

· A statement that testing was in accordance with Commercial Industry Standards.  

· Disclosure and description of the Commercial Industry Standard per Product Line.

Product(s)_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Commercial Price List Name and Date __________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

●	Signature, date, and title of the company official accepting technical responsibility for testing.

**NSF-140 Certification Requirements for Broadloom Carpet and Carpet Titles**

Products must meet at minimum NSF-140 Gold per Solicitation requirements.  Please identify any additional standard that the offered product meets.

Check all that apply:

__ NSF 140 Gold

__ NSF 140 Platinum	

__ Cradle to Cradle ___________ (state here which type Bronze, Silver, Gold)

__ Leed v4

__ Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Green Label Plus (GLP) certification

__ PBS P100 ________ (Year) Select one Baseline, Tier 1, 2 or 3_____________________

      __ Other, state description____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Please include the product description and commercial standards met on GSA Advantage.  It will make these items easily identifiable and searchable on GSA Advantage to assist the customer agencies during their market research and review.

**Sample Letter for Carpet and Floor Coverings Test and Technical Requirements Certification**

******Contract Action: ______Modification (Add product)                             ______New Offer                             ______Product Changes**

**______New or Revised Test Standard**

I hereby certify that all products offered have been tested by a test lab per **Commercial Industry Standards** and have passed the applicable test requirements. I understand that GSA reserves the right to request copies of test reports at any time prior to contract award or during the course of the contract.  Failure to provide test reports if requested, may result in rejection of the offer or termination of the contract. At time of option, I will recertify that all testing is up to date as required. I agree to retest and provide a new test certification, for the applicable products under contract if any of the following applies:

(1) Introduction of new product(s)

(2) Modifications to existing product including but not limited to manufacturing processes or material changes

(3) Commercial Industry Standards and corresponding testing requirements have changed

· The manufacturer’s name____________________________________________________

· All products are Trade Agreements Act complaint. Country of Origin___________________

· Date or range of dates that the test(s) were performed______________________________

· Disclosure and description of the Commercial Industry Standard per Product Line.

Product(s)_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Commercial Price List Name and Date __________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

**NSF-140 Certification Requirements for Broadloom Carpet and Carpet Titles**

Products must meet at minimum NSF-140 Gold per Solicitation requirements.  Please identify any additional standard that the offered product meets.

Check all that apply:

__ NSF 140 Gold

__ NSF 140 Platinum	

__ Cradle to Cradle ___________ (state here which type Bronze, Silver, Gold)

__ Leed v4

__ Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Green Label Plus (GLP) certification

__ PBS P100 ________ (Year) Select one Baseline, Tier 1, 2 or 3________

      __ Other, state description__________________________________________________

In addition, I hereby agree that the products offered comply with all applicable technical requirements per the Solicitation requirements.   

Signature ________________________________________________  Date ______________Printed Name ________________________________________________________________

Position title and company ______________________________________________________Name of company making this offer _______________________________________________Name of company manufacturing offered product ____________________________________

GSA contract number if applicable_________________________________________________

**NSF Standards are available from:**

NSF International 

https://www.carpet-rug.org/nsfansi-140-standard.html

https://carpet-rug.org/testing/green-label-plus/

ASTM Standards are available from: 

American Society for Testing and Material 

ASTM International

https://www.astm.org/

AATCC Test Methods are available from: 

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists

https://www.aatcc.org/test/methods/

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