This article applies to the purchase of goods and materials from the following product categories:
(a)
Paper products, including, but not limited to, paper janitorial supplies, cartons, wrapping, packaging, file folders, and hanging files, building insulation and panels, corrugated boxes, paper food serviceware, tissue, and toweling.
(b)
Printing and writing papers including, but not limited to, copy, xerographic, watermark, cotton fiber, offset, forms, computer printout paper, white wove envelopes, manila envelopes, book paper, note pads, writing tablets, newsprint, and other uncoated writing papers, posters, index cards, calendars, brochures, reports, magazines, and
publications.
(c)
Soil amendments and soil toppings.
(d)
Erosion control products.
(e)
Glass products including, but not limited to, windows, test tubes, beakers, laboratory or hospital supplies, fiberglass (insulation), reflective beads, tiles, construction blocks, desktop accessories, flat glass sheets, loose-grain abrasives, deburring media, liquid filter media, and containers.
(f)
Lubricating oils including, but not limited to, any oil intended for use in a crankcase, transmission, engine, power steering, gearbox, differential chainsaw, transformer dielectric fluid, cutting, hydraulic, industrial, or automobile, bus, truck, vessel, plane, train, heavy equipment, or machinery powered by an internal combustion engine.
(g)
(1)
Plastic products including, but not limited to, printer or duplication cartridges, diskette, carpet, office products, plastic lumber, buckets, wastebaskets, containers, benches, tables, fencing, clothing, mats, packaging, signs, posts, binders, sheet, buckets, building products, garden hose, plastic food serviceware, and trays.
(2)
For purposes of this subdivision, “printer or duplication cartridges” has the same meaning as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 12209.
(h)
Paint, including, but not limited to, water-based paint, graffiti abatement, interior and exterior, and maintenance.
(i)
Antifreeze, including recycled antifreeze, and antifreeze containing a bittering agent or made from polypropylene or
other similar nontoxic substance.
(j)
Retread tires, including, but not limited to, truck and bus tires, and those used on fleet vehicles and passenger cars.
(k)
Tire-derived products including, but not limited to, flooring, mats, wheelchair ramps, playground surfacing, sports surfacing, parking bumpers, bullet traps, hoses, bumpers, truck bedliners, pads, walkways, tree ties, wheel chocks, rollers, traffic-related products, mudflaps, accessibility ramps, paths and sidewalks, animal care products, including, but not limited to, horse arena surfacing, stall mats, cow mats, and equestrian barn and breezeway flooring, artificial turf, landscaping and rubber mulch, outdoor surfacing, pavers and tiles, and posts.
(l)
Metals, including, but not limited to, staplers, paper clips, scissors, jacks, rebar, pipe, plumbing
fixtures, ladders, file cabinets, shelving, containers, lockers, sheet metal, girders, building and construction products, bridges, braces, nails, and screws.
(m)
Building finishes, including, but not limited to, open panel office systems.
(n)
Carpet.
(o)
Textiles, including, but not limited to, general purpose wipes.