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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 25: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 25.5

FAR 25.501 General.

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 tells the contracting officer how to evaluate offers under the Buy American procedures. It matters to contractors because it explains when line items are evaluated individually versus as a group, how foreign offers are treated, and that prohibited end products must be rejected.

Applies to: Contracting officers evaluating offers under this subpart

What it requires

  • Apply the evaluation procedures of this subpart to each line item of an offer unless the offer or solicitation specifies evaluation on a group basis
  • Identify and reject offers of end products that are prohibited under subpart 25.7
  • When trade agreements are involved, not use the Buy American statute evaluation factors to prefer one foreign offer over another foreign offer

Key terms: line item · group basis · end product origin · foreign offer · Buy American statute

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

The text

The contracting officer—

(a) Must apply the evaluation procedures of this subpart to each line item of an offer unless either the offer or the solicitation specifies evaluation on a group basis (see 25.503);

(b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin when evaluating a foreign offer;

(c) Must identify and reject offers of end products that are prohibited in accordance with subpart 25.7; and

(d) When trade agreements are involved, must not use the Buy American statute evaluation factors prescribed in this subpart to provide a preference for one foreign offer over another foreign offer.

Sections it refers to

← 25.408 Procedures. · 25.502 Application. →

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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