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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 25: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 25.1

FAR 25.105 Critical components and critical items.

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 section identifies articles that are treated as critical components or critical items and assigns preference factors to them. The list is republished in the Federal Register for public comment at least every four years, and unsolicited recommendations for deletions may be submitted at any time with supporting data and rationale. It also points to how cost reasonableness is determined for domestic end products containing critical components or that are critical items.

Applies to: Articles determined to be critical components or critical items, and domestic end products containing them

Key terms: critical component · critical item · preference factor · Federal Register · domestic end products

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

The text

(a) The following is a list of articles that have been determined to be a critical component or critical item and their respective preference factor(s).

(1)-(2) [Reserved]

(b) The list of articles and preference factors in paragraph (a) of this section will be published in the Federal Register for public comment no less frequently than once every 4 years. Unsolicited recommendations for deletions from this list may be submitted at any time and should provide sufficient data and rationale to permit evaluation (see 1.502).

(c) For determining reasonableness of cost for domestic end products that contain critical components or are critical items (see 25.106(c)).

Sections it refers to

  • 1.502 Unsolicited proposed revisions.
  • 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.

Sections that refer to it

  • 25.003 Definitions.
  • 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
  • 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
  • 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
  • 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.
  • 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
  • 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
  • 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
  • 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
  • 252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
  • 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
  • 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
  • 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
  • 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
  • 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.

← 25.104 Nonavailable articles. · 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 25

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

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