DFARS 225.872-4 Individual determinations.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers to prepare a determination and findings to exempt an acquisition from the Buy American statute and the Balance of Payments Program when the low or otherwise eligible offer is an end product from a qualifying country source listed in 225.872-1(b). It matters to contractors because it explains how such qualifying-country products can be treated as exempt from those domestic-preference rules, unless another exception like the Trade Agreements Act applies.

Applies to: Acquisitions where an end product from a qualifying country source listed in 225.872-1(b) is low or otherwise eligible for award

What it requires

• Prepare a determination and findings exempting the acquisition from the Buy American statute and the Balance of Payments Program as inconsistent with the public interest
• Follow the procedures at PGI 225.872-4

Key terms: qualifying country source · end product · determination and findings · Buy American statute · Balance of Payments Program

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