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FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases.

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 prohibits the contractor from acquiring supplies or services for contract performance if a transaction would be prohibited by Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions, unless OFAC authorizes it. It also notes that most transactions involving certain countries and most imports from certain countries are prohibited, and requires the clause to be included in subcontracts.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors performing contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Do not acquire supplies or services for contract performance if OFAC-administered sanctions would prohibit the transaction, unless authorized by OFAC.
  • Insert this clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts.

Key terms: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) · 31 CFR chapter V · List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons · outlying areas · subcontracts

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

The text

As prescribed in 25.1103(a), insert the following clause:

Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021)

(a) Except as authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the Department of the Treasury, the Contractor shall not acquire, for use in the performance of this contract, any supplies or services if any proclamation, Executive order, or statute administered by OFAC, or if OFAC's implementing regulations at 31 CFR chapter V, would prohibit such a transaction by a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(b) Except as authorized by OFAC, most transactions involving Cuba, Iran, and Sudan are prohibited, as are most imports from Burma or North Korea, into the United States or its outlying areas. Lists of entities and individuals subject to economic sanctions are included in OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/specially-designated-nationals-and-blocked-persons-list-sdn-human-readable-lists. More information about these restrictions, as well as updates, is available in the OFAC's regulations at 31 CFR chapter V and/or on OFAC's Web site at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information.

(c) The Contractor shall insert this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 25.1103 Other provisions and clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 25.1103 Other provisions and clauses.
  • 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.225-12 Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements. · 52.225-14 Inconsistency between English Version and Translation of Contract. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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