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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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21 sections with “domestic sources”

  • 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…
  • 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 252.206-7000 Domestic Source Restriction.
    As prescribed at 206.302-3-70, use the following provision: Domestic Source Restriction (AUG 2023) This solicitation is restricted to domestic sources under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(3). Foreign sources, except Canadian sources, …
  • 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 225.1101 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 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 252.225-7036 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 18.205 Resources.
    …esponse. This key document establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response. The Framework identifies the key response principles, roles and structures that organize national response. It describes h…
  • DFARS 206.302-3-70 Solicitation provision.
    Use the provision at 252.206-7000, Domestic Source Restriction, in all solicitations that are restricted to domestic sources under the authority of FAR 6.302-3.
  • 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…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …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 225.872-1 General.
    …ction does not limit the authority of the Secretary concerned to restrict acquisitions to domestic sources or reject an otherwise acceptable offer from a qualifying country source when considered necessary for national defense reasons.
  • 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 …
  • 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 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    … includes, in the definition of “qualifying country end product” at paragraph (2)(i), the domestic content threshold that will apply to the entire contract period of performance. Trade Agreements—Alternate III (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. …
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …d open competition as appropriate under this part); (iv) Create or maintain the required domestic capability for production of critical supplies by limiting competition to items manufactured in— (A) The United States or its outlying areas…
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    …and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations (see also inverted domestic corporation prohibition at 9.108).
  • 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…
  • DFARS 225.7102-2 Exceptions.
    …se (provided the excess quantity is an economical purchase quantity). The requirement for domestic manufacture does not apply to the quantity above that required to maintain the base, in which case, qualifying country sources may compete.
  • DFARS 227.671 General.
    …, often called a foreign licensing agreement or technical assistance agreement, wherein a domestic concern, referred to in this subpart as a “primary source,” agrees to furnish to a foreign concern or government, herein referred to as a “se…

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