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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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68 sections with “domestic end products”: the first 40

  • 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 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 25.003 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 25.502 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 25.503 Group offers.
    … the basis of the group of items (see 25.504-4, Example 2). (1) If the proposed price of domestic end products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed price of the group, evaluate the entire group as a domestic offer. Evaluate all other g…
  • FAR 25.504-1 Buy American statute.
    …e of the trade agreements apply. Perform the steps in 25.502(a). Offer C is of 50 percent domestic content, therefore Offer C is evaluated as a foreign end product, because it is the product of a small business but is not a domestic end pro…
  • 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 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…
  • 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 252.225-7035 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…
  • 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 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …0,000). (B) Alternate I (OCT 2022) (Applies if the Contracting Officer has filled in the domestic content threshold below, which will apply to the entire contract period of performance. Substitute the following sentence for the first sente…
  • 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 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …o comply with 10 U.S.C. 4863. (H) Use the clause at 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities, as prescribed in 225.7002-3(a), to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4862. (I) Use the clause at 252.225-7015, Restriction on Acquisition o…
  • 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 225.502 Application.
    …price is the determining factor, use the following procedures: (A) If the low offer is a domestic offer, award on that offer. (B) If there are no domestic offers, award on the low offer (see example in PGI 225.504(1)). (C) If the low off…
  • 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 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 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    …ement that renewable agricultural materials or forestry materials in such product must be domestic; and (ii) Otherwise meet all requirements for participation in the preference program. (f) Resources. (1) For information on USDA-designate…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …89(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232). (4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015). (5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) (31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.…
  • FAR 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts.
    …is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to forestr…
  • FAR 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services.
    …is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to forestr…
  • DFARS 212.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … mandatory arbitration) and similar sections in subsequent DoD appropriations acts. (ix) Domestic Content Restrictions in the National Defense Appropriations Acts for Fiscal Years 1996 and Subsequent Years, unless the restriction specifica…
  • DFARS 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …mandatory arbitration) and similar sections in subsequent DoD appropriations acts. (xiv) Domestic Content Restrictions in the National Defense Appropriations Acts for Fiscal Years 1996 and Subsequent Years, unless the restriction specifica…
  • DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities.
    As prescribed in 225.7002-3(a), use the following clause: Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (APR 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end product or of…

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