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

DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region-Representation.

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 DFARS provision prohibits DoD from knowingly buying products made wholly or partly with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) or from entities using such labor. By submitting an offer, the contractor represents that it made a good faith effort to determine forced labor from XUAR will not be used in performing the resulting contract.

Applies to: Offerors responding to DoD solicitations containing this provision

What it requires

  • Make a good faith effort to determine that forced labor from XUAR will not be used in contract performance
  • By submitting an offer, represent that such a good faith effort was made

Key terms: Forced labor · XUAR · Representation · Offeror · Good faith effort

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

The text

As prescribed in 225.7022-5(a), use the following provision:

Prohibition on Certain Procurements From the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region—Representation (Jun 2023)

(a) Definitions. Forced labor, and XUAR, as used in this provision, have the meaning given in the 252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, clause of this solicitation.

(b) Prohibition. DoD may not knowingly procure any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of any forced labor programs, as specified in paragraph (b) of the 252.225-7060, Prohibition on certain procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, clause of this solicitation.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it has made a good faith effort to determine that forced labor from XUAR will not be used in the performance of a contract resulting from this solicitation.

Sections it refers to

  • 225.7022-5 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 225.7022-5 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

← 252.225-7058 Postaward Disclosure of Employment of Individuals Who Work in the People's Republic of China. · 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. →

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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