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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.70

DFARS 225.7009-2 Restriction.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This DFARS section restricts the acquisition of ball and roller bearings to those manufactured in the United States or Canada, and requires that more than 50 percent of the cost of the bearing's components be from the U.S. or Canada. It matters because contractors must verify both the manufacturing location and the component cost before supplying bearings. Additionally, a separate restriction on specialty metals may also apply to bearings made from such metals.

Applies to: Contractors acquiring ball and roller bearings for DoD contracts

What it requires

  • Do not acquire ball and roller bearings unless they are manufactured in the United States or Canada.
  • For each ball or roller bearing, ensure the cost of bearing components manufactured in the United States or Canada exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of the bearing components.

Key terms: ball and roller bearings · manufactured in the United States or Canada · cost of the bearing components · specialty metals · high carbon chrome steel

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Do not acquire ball and roller bearings unless—

(1) The bearings are manufactured in the United States or Canada; and

(2) For each ball or roller bearing, the cost of the bearing components manufactured in the United States or Canada exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of the bearing components of that ball or roller bearing.

(b) The restriction at 225.7003-2 may also apply to bearings that are made from specialty metals, such as high carbon chrome steel (bearing steel).

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 225.7009-1 Scope. · 225.7009-3 Exception. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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