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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.

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 provision requires an offeror to certify which end products are domestic end products and to list any foreign end products and domestic end products containing a critical component. It matters because the Government evaluates offers under FAR part 25 based on these certifications.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Certify that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b), is a domestic end product
  • Certify that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) contains a critical component
  • List as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products
  • For certain foreign end products, indicate whether they exceed 55 percent domestic content, or select 'no' if unknown

Key terms: domestic end product · foreign end product · critical component · commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item · end product

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

The text

As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(2), insert the following provision:

Buy American Certificate (OCT 2022)

(a)(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” “domestic end product,” “end product,” and “foreign end product” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Supplies.”

(b) Foreign End Products:

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line Item No. ______

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
  • 25.105 Critical components and critical items.

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
  • 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.

← 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies. · 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act. →

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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