Board Of Pilot Commissioners (BOPC)

The Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (Board or BOPC) – sometimes called the "the Pilot Commission" – licenses and regulates up to 60 pilots who guide ships of 750 gross tons or greater in the Bays of San Francisco and Monterey and tributaries to ports in Stockton and Sacramento. The Pilots are organized for business operational purposes as the "San Francisco Bar Pilots." The following provides an overview of the Board’s history, structure, jurisdiction and functions.

DEPARTMENT POTENTIAL TO INCREASE EPP SPEND BY CALENDAR YEAR

Reported EPP Spend vary by year. Best representation of actual improvement is when your departments’ reported EPP Spend is more than the non EPP Spend. For comparison, total statewide Spend is 828,057,433 dollars and total reported EPP Spend is 533,454,610 dollars. Data Table 1

Source: Financial Information System of California (FI$CAL) State Contract and Procurement Registry System (SCPRS)

This graph represents environmentally preferable purchases of goods and services that have been acquired through a noncompliant EPP purchasing method. Board Of Pilot Commissioners (BOPC) had an opportunity to procure these same goods and services through an EPP compliant statewide commodity contract that will assist in increasing their goals. Look to the Buying Green Guide to find these goods and services contracts.

DEPARTMENT EPP PROGRESS BY CALENDAR YEARS

Statewide EPP Spend vary by year. Total state EPP Spend increased by more than 20 percent in 2017-2018. Data Table 2

Source: FI$CAL

This graph represents Board Of Pilot Commissioners (BOPC)'s progress towards increasing EPP Spend. Departments can look to DGS EPP designated contracts for green commodities, DGS purchasing standards and recognize third-party certifications in their solicitations to achieve a green buy. To access these documents go to the Buying Green Guide.