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DFARS 252.225-7033 Waiver of United Kingdom levies.
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 lets the U.S. Government try to get a waiver of United Kingdom commercial exploitation levies included in the contract price under a 1987 U.S./U.K. agreement. If the U.K. grants a waiver, the Government may reduce the contract price by the waived levy plus associated indirect costs and profit or fee. It also requires the Contractor to notify the Contracting Officer before awarding certain large subcontracts to U.K. firms.
Applies to: Contractors holding contracts that include this clause and their subcontracting to U.K. firms
What it requires
- If contemplating award of a subcontract exceeding $1 million to a U.K. firm, provide the Contracting Officer the specified information before award of the subcontract.
- Insert the substance of this clause, including paragraph (d), in any subcontract for supplies where a lower-tier subcontract exceeding $1 million with a U.K. firm is anticipated.
Key terms: commercial exploitation levies · U.S./United Kingdom (U.K.) reciprocal waiver agreement of July 1987 · subcontract exceeding $1 million · U.K. firm · Contracting Officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
As prescribed in 225.1101(8), use the following clause:
Waiver of United Kingdom Levies (APR 2003)
(a) The U.S. Government may attempt to obtain a waiver of any commercial exploitation levies included in the price of this contract, pursuant to the U.S./United Kingdom (U.K.) reciprocal waiver agreement of July 1987. If the U.K. grants a waiver of levies included in the price of this contract, the U.S. Government reserves the right to reduce the contract price by the amount of the levy waived plus associated indirect costs and profit or fee.
(b) If the Contractor contemplates award of a subcontract exceeding $1 million to a U.K. firm, the Contractor shall provide the following information to the Contracting Officer before award of the subcontract:
(1) Name of the U.K. firm.
(2) Prime contract number.
(3) Description of item to which the levy applies.
(4) Quantity being acquired.
(5) Amount of levy plus any associated indirect costs and profit or fee.
(c) In the event of difficulty in identifying levies included in a price from a prospective subcontractor, the Contractor may seek advice through the Director of Procurement, United Kingdom Defence Procurement Office, British Embassy, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.
(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in any subcontract for supplies where a lower-tier subcontract exceeding $1 million with a U.K. firm is anticipated.
(End of clause)
Sections it refers to
- 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
Sections that refer to it
- 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
← 252.225-7032 Waiver of United Kingdom Levies—Evaluation of offers. · 252.225-7034 [Reserved] →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 252
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- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction ↗ · final rule 2025-08-28 · effective 2025-08-28
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003) ↗ · proposed 2025-08-25 · comments due 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.