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33 sections with “Buy American—Supplies”

  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1), insert the following clause: Buy American—Supplies (OCT 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction …
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(1)(i), insert the following clause: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product means…
  • FAR 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    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)…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    As prescribed in 25.1102(a), insert the following clause: Buy American—Construction Materials (OCT 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including co…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    As prescribed in 25.1102(c), insert the following clause: Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country construction material means a construction m…
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …nsert the following clause: Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means an article, material, or supply inco…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …nsert the following clause: Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means an article, m…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(2)(i) and (2)(ii), use the following clause: Buy American and Balance of Payments Program—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) M…
  • DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(9) and (9)(i), use the following provision: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. “Bahraini end product,” “commercially available off-…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i) and (10)(i)(A), use the following clause: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Bahraini end product means an arti…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    … services involving the furnishing of supplies. (a)(1)(i) Insert the clause at 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies, in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding the micro-purchase threshold but not exceeding $50,000; and in solicitati…
  • FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.
    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 …
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    (1) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate, instead of the provision at FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate, in any solicitation, including solicitations usin…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made. (f) Buy American Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies, is included in this sol…
  • DFARS 213.302-5 Clauses.
    …hen using the clause at FAR 52.213-4, delete the reference to the clause at FAR 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies. Instead, if the Buy American statute applies to the acquisition, use the clause at— (i) 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …states prices at which sales are currently, or were last, made to a significant number of buyers constituting the general public; and (ii) Market prices means current prices that are established in the course of ordinary trade between buye…
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    (a) The Buy American statute restricts the purchase of supplies that are not domestic end products. For manufactured end products, the Buy American statute, E.O. 13881, and E.O. 14005 use a two-part test to define a domestic end product. (…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ub. L. 116-92). (x) Part 225—Foreign Acquisition. (A) Use the provision at 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate, to comply with 41 U.S.C. chapter 83 and Executive Order 10582 of December 17, 1954, Prescribing …
  • FAR 12.505 Applicability of certain laws to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items.
    … articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States,” Buy American—Supplies, domestic content test, except as provided in 25.101(a)(2)(ii) (see 52.225-1 and 52.225-3). (2) The portion of 41 U.S.C. 8303, …
  • FAR 25.001 General.
    (a) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American— (1) Restricts the purchase of supplies, that are not domestic end products, for use within the United States. A foreign end product may be purchased if the contracting officer determines that the pri…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …cting officer may acquire a foreign end product without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute: (a) Public interest. The head of the agency may make a determination that domestic preference would be inconsistent with the pu…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a). __ (ii) Alternate I (JAN 2017) of 52.224-3. __ (48)(i) 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies (OCT 2022)) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83). __ (ii) Alternate I (OCT 2022) of 52.225-1. __ (49)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American—Free Trade A…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    …occan end product, a Panamanian end product, or a Peruvian end product, as defined in the Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program (either basic or alternate II) clause of this contract; or (3) Free Trade Agreement co…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …evaluation factors. (14)(i) If the solicitation will include the FAR clause at 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, or an equivalent agency clause, insert the following notice in the synopsis: “One or more of the…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …e sustainable products and services that apply to the acquisition). (xviii)(A) 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies (OCT 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67) (Applies to contracts for supplies, and to contracts for services involving the furnishing of …
  • FAR 13.302-5 Clauses.
    …oncerns and trade agreements apply (see subpart 25.4), substitute the clause at 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, used with the appropriate Alternate (see 25.1101(b)(1)), instead of the clause at 52.225-1, Buy …
  • FAR 25.100 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart implements— (1) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American; (2) Executive Order 10582, December 17, 1954; (3) Executive Order 13881, July 15, 2019; (4) Executive Order 14005, January 25, 2021; and (5) Waiver of the domestic co…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …rovision applies to solicitations that include the provision at 52.204-7. (xx) 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate. This provision applies to solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-1. (xxi) 52.225-4, Buy American-Free Trade Agreemen…
  • FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    …cal taxes (see part 29). (e) Origin of supplies, and, if foreign, the application of the Buy American statute or any other prohibition on foreign purchases (see part 25).
  • FAR 25.000 Scope of part.
    …) Contracts performed outside the United States. (b) It implements 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American; trade agreements; and other laws and regulations.
  • FAR 25.406 Israeli Trade Act.
    …on must evaluate offers of Israeli end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Israeli Trade Act does not prohibit the purchase of other foreign end products. In accordance with Section 201 (a)(3) of the…
  • FAR 52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate.
    …of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Office…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …tes; or (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of the Buy American statute; or (B) The end product is a commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item; or (2) For an end product that consists wholly o…

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