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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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67 sections with “Domestic manufacture”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    … individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Domestic construction material means the following— (1) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States. (The Buy Amer…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …loped country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country construction material. Domestic construction material means the following: (1) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States. (The Buy Amer…
  • FAR 52.225-22 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …can Statute—Construction Materials (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. “Construction material,” “domestic construction material,” “foreign construction material,” “manufactured construction material,” “steel,” and “unmanufactured construction mate…
  • FAR 52.225-24 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …n Materials Under Trade Agreements (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. “Construction material,” “domestic construction material,” “foreign construction material,” “manufactured construction material,” “Recovery Act designated country construction …
  • FAR 25.001 General.
    …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 price o…
  • FAR 25.604 Preaward determination concerning the inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute.
    …ith other readily available information. (c) Determination based on unreasonable cost of domestic construction material. (1) Manufactured construction material. The contracting officer must compare the offered price of the contract using …
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … likely to manufacture substantially in the United States or that under the circumstances domestic manufacture is not commercially feasible. (h) Special conditions for nonprofit organizations' preference for small business concerns. (1) No…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    … specified in paragraph (c) of this clause. The Contractor's license- (A) Extends to any domestic subsidiaries and affiliates within the corporate structure of which the Contractor is a part; (B) Includes the right to grant sublicenses to…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …on into the end product or construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the contracto…
  • 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. (…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …rican statute: (a) Public interest. The head of the agency may make a determination that domestic preference would be inconsistent with the public interest. This exception applies when an agency has an agreement with a foreign government t…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    … that are not critical items and do not contain critical components. (1)(i) If there is a domestic offer that is not the low offer, and the restrictions of the Buy American statute apply to the low offer, the contracting officer must determ…
  • FAR 25.201 Policy.
    (a) Except as provided in 25.202, use only domestic construction materials in construction contracts performed in the United States. (b) The Buy American statute restricts the purchase of construction materials that are not domestic constr…
  • FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …ption from the requirements of the Buy American statute based on the unreasonable cost of domestic construction materials. In the case of a tie, the contracting officer shall give preference to an offer that does not include foreign constru…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …same consideration given eligible offers to offers of U.S.-made end products that are not domestic end products, award on the low offer. Otherwise, evaluate in accordance with agency procedures; and (3) If there were no offers of U.S.-made…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …aphs (b) and (c) of this section apply, except if— (A) The solicitation is restricted to domestic end products in accordance with subpart 6.3; (B) The acquisition is for supplies for use within the United States and an exception to the Bu…
  • FAR 25.1102 Acquisition of construction.
    …se. (3) The contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I to reflect the domestic content threshold that will apply to the entire period of performance, when the senior procurement executive allows for application of an alt…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mily members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied …
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.
    …ifies 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 shal…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    … 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 “Ba…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    … of incorporation into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … of incorporation into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …uipment means any equipment, item of supply, component, or end product purchased by DoD. Domestic concern means— (1) A concern incorporated in the United States (including a subsidiary that is incorporated in the United States, even if th…
  • DFARS 225.101 General.
    …) For DoD, the following two-part test determines whether a manufactured end product is a domestic end product: (i) The end product is manufactured in the United States; and (ii)(A) Except for an end product that consists wholly or predom…
  • DFARS 225.103 Exceptions.
    …1. For example, a public interest exception may be appropriate— (1) If accepting the low domestic offer will involve substantial foreign expenditures, or accepting the low foreign offer will involve substantial domestic expenditures; (2) …
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …ticular source or sources under the authority of FAR 6.302-3; (B) All line items require domestic or qualifying country end products in accordance with subpart 225.70, but note that this exception does not apply if subpart 225.70 only requ…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …nd Critical Materials Board of Directors pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h-1, determines that the domestic availability of a particular electronic component is critical to national security. (2)(i) Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items…
  • DFARS 225.7501 Policy.
    Acquire only domestic end products for use outside the United States, and use only domestic construction material for construction to be performed outside the United States, including end products and construction material for foreign milit…
  • DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    …cially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, component, critical component, critical item, domestic end product, foreign end product, qualifying country, qualifying country end product, and United States, as used in this provision, have the …
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105. Critical item means a domestic construction material or domestic end product that is deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical items is at FAR 25.105. …
  • DFARS 252.225-7017 Photovoltaic Devices.
    …developed country photovoltaic device, or a Caribbean Basin country photovoltaic device. Domestic photovoltaic device means a photovoltaic device that is manufactured in the United States. Foreign photovoltaic device means a photovoltaic …
  • DFARS 252.225-7018 Photovoltaic Devices—Certificate.
    …in photovoltaic device,” “designated country,” “designated country photovoltaic device,” “domestic photovoltaic device,” “foreign photovoltaic device,” “Free Trade Agreement country,” “Free Trade Agreement photovoltaic device,” “Korean phot…
  • DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    …vailable off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “component,” “critical component,” “critical item,” “domestic end product,” “Free Trade Agreement country,” “Free Trade Agreement country end product,” “foreign end product,” “Moroccan end product,” “Pan…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105. Critical item means domestic construction material or a domestic end product that is deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical items is at FAR 25.105…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    … contracting officer has determined that an exception applies because the cost of certain domestic construction material is unreasonable, in accordance with section 25.604, then the contracting officer shall apply evaluation factors to the …
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause. The Contractor's license extends to any domestic subsidiaries and affiliates within the corporate structure of which the Contractor is a part, and includes the right to grant sublicenses to …

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.