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

FAR 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act 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, which are from Free Trade Agreement countries or Israel, and which are other foreign end products. It also requires listing domestic end products that contain a critical component and, for certain foreign end products, indicating whether they exceed 55 percent domestic content. The Government evaluates offers under FAR Part 25.

Applies to: Offerors submitting offers under solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Certify that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c)(1), is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(2) contains a critical component.
  • List Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products.
  • List other foreign end products, including end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, and for those not consisting wholly or predominantly of iron or steel, indicate whether they exceed 55 percent domestic content (except COTS items); if unknown, sel
  • List the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component.

Key terms: domestic end product · critical component · Free Trade Agreement country end product · Israeli end product · foreign 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(b)(2)(i), insert the following provision:

Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate (NOV 2023)

(a)(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c)(1) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The terms “Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product,” “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” “domestic end product,” “end product,” “foreign end product,” “Free Trade Agreement country,” “Free Trade Agreement country end product,” “Israeli end product,” and “United States” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.”

(b) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”:

Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products:

[List as necessary]

(c)(1) The Offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.” The Offeror shall list as other 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”.

Other Foreign End Products:

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

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)

Alternate I [Reserved]

Alternate II (JAN 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(2)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic provision:

(b) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”.

Israeli End Products:

[List as necessary]

Alternate III (JAN 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(2)(iii), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic provision:

(b) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Korean end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”.

Korean End Products or Israeli End Products:

[List as necessary]

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.
  • 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications.
  • 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.

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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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