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

DFARS 252.225-7030 Restriction on Acquisition of Carbon, Alloy, and Armor Steel Plate.

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 certain carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate to being melted and rolled in the United States or Canada. It matters to contractors because steel plate they deliver to the Government, or buy for use in a Government-owned or DoD-controlled facility, must meet this domestic source requirement.

Applies to: Contractors acquiring carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate for Government-owned or DoD-controlled facilities

What it requires

  • Ensure carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate is melted and rolled in the United States or Canada when it meets the specified classification and use conditions

Key terms: carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate · melted and rolled · Federal Supply Class 9515 · finished steel mill product · end product

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

The text

As prescribed in 225.7011-3, use the following clause:

Restriction on Acquisition of Carbon, Alloy, and Armor Steel Plate (DEC 2006)

(a) Carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate shall be melted and rolled in the United States or Canada if the carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate—

(1) Is in Federal Supply Class 9515 or is described by specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials or the American Iron and Steel Institute; and

(2)(i) Will be delivered to the Government for use in a Government-owned facility or a facility under the control of the Department of Defense; or

(ii) Will be purchased by the Contractor for use in a Government-owned facility or a facility under the control of the Department of Defense.

(b) This restriction—

(1) Applies to the acquisition of carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate as a finished steel mill product that may be used “as is” or may be used as an intermediate material for the fabrication of an end product; and

(2) Does not apply to the acquisition of an end product (e.g., a machine tool), to be used in the facility, that contains carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate as a component.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.225-7029 Acquisition of Uniform Components for Afghan Military or Afghan National Police. · 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab boycott of Israel. →

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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