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49 sections with “country or countries”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors.
    As prescribed in 225.1101(3), use the following clause: Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors (MAR 2022) (a) Definition. Qualifying country, as used in this clause, means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum o…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ent,” “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 entitl…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …sular mission are familiar with and comply with, all applicable— (1) United States, host country, and third country national laws; (2) Treaties and international agreements; (3) United States regulations, directives, instructions, polici…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …ary to achieve expeditious practical application of the subject invention in a particular country in accordance with the procedures in FAR 27.302(i)(2) and 27.304-1(f). (c) Contractor's obligations. (1) The Contractor shall disclose in wri…
  • DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities.
    …nt. End product means supplies delivered under a line item of this contract. Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement with the United States in which b…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …onably accessible to the public; and (C) May revoke or modify the license in any foreign country to the extent the Contractor, its licensees, or the domestic subsidiaries or affiliates have failed to achieve practical application in that f…
  • FAR 52.209-13 Violation of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements—Certification.
    …ignificant factor in the President's or Secretary of State's determination that a foreign country is in violation of its obligations undertaken in any arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement to which the United States is a …
  • DFARS 225.872-7 Industrial security for qualifying countries.
    …fied defense information necessary for the performance of contracts awarded to qualifying country sources are in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, 32 CFR part 117 (implemented for the Army by AR 380-49; for the Navy…
  • FAR 25.403 World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.
    ….S.C. 2512), in acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, acquire only U.S.-made or designated country end products or U.S. or designated country services, unless offers for such end products or services are either not received or are insufficie…
  • FAR 52.222-18 Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products.
    …ring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, identified by their country of origin. There is a reasonable basis to believe that listed endproducts from the listed countries of origin may have been mined, produced, o…
  • FAR 52.225-7 Waiver of Buy American Statute for Civil Aircraft and Related Articles.
    …and the United Kingdom. (c) For the purpose of this waiver, an article is a product of a country only if— (1) It is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of that country; or (2) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in…
  • DFARS 252.225-7042 Authorization to perform.
    … offeror represents that it has been duly authorized to operate and to do business in the country or countries in which the contract is to be performed. (End of provision)
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Caribbean Basin country means any of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Sab…
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    …: Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause. Caribbean Basin country end product— (1) Means an article that— (i)(A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or (B) In the ca…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …er Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country construction material means a construction material that— (1) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or …
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. Designated country means any of the following countries: (1) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Aust…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …r Commerce Control List. (See definition of “600 series” in 15 CFR 772.) Caribbean Basin country end product includes petroleum or any product derived from petroleum. Communist Chinese military company means any entity, regardless of geog…
  • DFARS 225.872-3 Solicitation procedures.
    …iness concerns under FAR Part 19 without regard to whether there are potential qualifying country sources for the end product. Do not consider an offer of a qualifying country end product if the solicitation is identified for the exclusive …
  • DFARS 225.7017-3 Exceptions.
    …ceed the simplified acquisition threshold, with the following exceptions: (a) Qualifying country. Qualifying country photovoltaic devices may be utilized in any covered contract, because 225.103(a)(i)(A) provides an exception to the Buy Am…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …studies and related technical services undertaken as a direct selling effort to a foreign country. (2) Product support and post-delivery service expenses, such as— (i) Operations or maintenance training, training or tactics films, manuals…
  • DFARS 246.406 Foreign governments.
    …ciprocal quality assurance agreements. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a foreign country may contain an annex that provides for the reciprocal performance of quality assurance services. MOUs should be checked to determine whether s…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …(ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if— (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its compone…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    …ates, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Eligible product means— (1) Designated country end product, as defined in the Trade Agreements (either basic or alternate) clause of this contract; (2) Free Trade Agreement country end pro…
  • DFARS 252.225-7017 Photovoltaic Devices.
    …case of a photovoltaic device that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that …
  • DFARS 252.225-7018 Photovoltaic Devices—Certificate.
    …tions. “Bahraini photovoltaic device,” “Caribbean Basin photovoltaic device,” “designated country,” “designated country photovoltaic device,” “domestic photovoltaic device,” “foreign photovoltaic device,” “Free Trade Agreement country,” “Fr…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …de Agreements—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country end product— (1) Means an article that— (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or (ii) In the case…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …(2) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that …
  • DFARS 252.225-7065 Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations.
    …ice of Foreign Assets Control website at https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information for prohibited sources. (b) Certification. Offerors shall complete the certification in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision and su…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ems, clause of this contract. Ineligible transferee means an individual, an entity, or a country— (1) Excluded from Federal programs by the General Services Administration as identified in the System for Award Management Exclusions locate…
  • FAR 25.001 General.
    …ity of the trade agreements are described in Subpart 25.4. (c) The test to determine the country of origin for an end product under the Buy American statute (see the various country “end product” definitions in 25.003) is different from th…
  • FAR 25.404 Least developed countries.
    For acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, least developed country end products, construction material, and services must be treated as eligible products.
  • DFARS 225.872-1 General.
    … Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program to the acquisition of qualifying country end products from the following qualifying countries: (b) Individual acquisitions of qualifying country end products from the following quali…
  • DFARS 236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms.
    …00,000 and are to be performed in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf (i.e., Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq), shall be…
  • DFARS 252.232-7002 Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions.
    … (b) Submit a supporting schedule showing the amount of each request distributed to each country's requirements; (c) Identify in each progress payment request the contract requirements to which it applies (i.e., FMS or U.S.); (d) Calcula…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … has not disclosed the invention within the time specified in the clause; or (ii) In any country where the contractor— (A) Does not elect to retain rights or fails to elect to retain rights to the invention within the time specified in th…
  • FAR 22.1505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …d the micro-purchase threshold and are for the acquisition of end products (regardless of country of origin) of a type identified by country of origin on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Chi…
  • FAR 25.402 General.
    …h the United States, or that meet certain other criteria, such as being a least developed country. The President has delegated this waiver authority to the U.S. Trade Representative. In acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, Free Trade Agreem…
  • DFARS 209.403 Definitions.
    …r debarment in FAR 9.406-2, may consider the following additional bases— (A) The foreign country concerned determines that a contractor has engaged in bid-rigging, price-fixing, or other anti-competitive behavior; or (B) The foreign count…
  • DFARS 225.401-70 End products subject to trade agreements.
    …f the listed groups, the trade agreements do not apply. The definition of Caribbean Basin country end products in FAR 25.003 excludes those end products that are not eligible for duty-free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b). Therefore certai…
  • DFARS 225.871-2 Definitions.
    … defense articles; (ii) Concurrent production in the United States and in another member country of a defense article jointly developed; or (iii) Acquisition by the United States of a defense article or defense service from another member…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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