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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.225-7019 Restriction on Acquisition of Anchor and Mooring Chain.

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 clause restricts where welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain delivered under the contract can be made. The chain must be manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas, and the cost of U.S.-made components must exceed 50 percent of total component cost. Contractors must also pass this requirement down to subcontracts for items containing such chain.

Applies to: Contractors delivering welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain under this contract

What it requires

  • Ensure welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain is manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas, including cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing, and welding (both forging and shot blasting process)
  • Ensure the cost of components manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of components
  • Insert the substance of this clause, including paragraph (d), in all subcontracts for items containing welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain

Key terms: Component · Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain · United States or its outlying areas · Waiver

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

The text

As prescribed in 225.7004-7(a), use the following clause:

Restriction on Acquisition of Anchor and Mooring Chain (MAY 2024)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause—

Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.

(b) Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain delivered under this contract—

(1) Shall be manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas, including cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing, and welding (both forging and shot blasting process); and

(2) The cost of the components manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas shall exceed 50 percent of the total cost of components.

(c) The Contractor may request a waiver of this restriction if adequate domestic supplies meeting the requirements in paragraph (b) of this clause are not available to meet the contract delivery schedule.

(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts for items containing welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 225.7004-7 Contract clauses.

← 252.225-7018 Photovoltaic Devices—Certificate. · 252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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