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123 sections with “foreign country”: the first 40

  • DFARS 225.370 Contracts requiring performance or delivery in a foreign country.
    (a) If the acquisition requires the performance of services or delivery of supplies in an area outside the United States, follow the procedures at PGI 225.370(a). (b) For work performed in Germany, eligibility for logistics support or base…
  • FAR 29.402-1 Foreign fixed-price contracts.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.229-6, Taxes—Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts, in solicitations and contracts expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the…
  • FAR 29.402-2 Foreign cost-reimbursement contracts.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.229-8, Taxes—Foreign Cost-Reimbursement Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated and the contract is to be performed wholly or par…
  • FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation.
    As prescribed in 29.402-3(a), insert the following provision: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Foreign person means any person other than a United States…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …ided in 225.7303-5, recognize the reasonable and allocable costs of doing business with a foreign government or international organization, even though such costs might not be recognized in the same amounts in pricing other defense contract…
  • DFARS 245.302 Contracts with foreign governments or international organizations.
    (1) General. (i) Approval. A contractor may use Government property on work for foreign governments and international organizations only when approved in writing by the contracting officer having cognizance of the property. The contracting…
  • DFARS 252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
    …bed in 217.208-70(a) and (a)(1), use the following clause: Exercise of Option To Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Basic (NOV 2014) (a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreign military sales …
  • DFARS 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
    …ibed in 225.772-5(a), use the following provision: Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations (DEC 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Covered foreign country, foreign entity…
  • DFARS 252.225-7051 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services.
    …prescribed in 225.772-5, use the following clause: Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commerical Satellite Services (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered foreign country means— (1) The People's Republic …
  • DFARS 252.209-7002 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.
    …ibed in 209.104-70, use the following provision: Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— (1) Effectively owned or controlled means that a foreign government or any…
  • DFARS 252.215-7014 Exception from Certified Cost or Pricing Data Requirements for Foreign Military Sales Indirect Offsets.
    …use the following clause: Exception From Certified Cost or Pricing Data Requirements for Foreign Military Sales Indirect Offsets (DEC 2022) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Offset means a benefit or obligation agreed to by a contr…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    … order or an Act of Congress to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. Reasonable inquiry means an inquiry designed to uncover any information in the entity's possession about the identity of any covered …
  • FAR 31.603 Requirements.
    …alties resulting from violations of, or failure to comply with, Federal, state, local, or foreign laws and regulations, except when incurred as a result of compliance with specific terms and conditions of the contract or specific written in…
  • FAR 52.209-13 Violation of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements—Certification.
    … was a significant 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 Stat…
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    … or steel was produced in the United States. (Section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies.) Foreign construction material means a construction material other than a domestic construction material. Manufactured construction material means any…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …2(i)(2) and 27.304-1(f). (3) When the Government elects not to apply for a patent in any foreign country, the Contractor retains rights in that foreign country to apply for a patent, subject to the Government's rights in paragraph (c)(1) o…
  • FAR 52.237-8 Restriction on Severance Payments to Foreign Nationals.
    …cribed in 37.113-2(a), use the following provision: Restriction on Severance Payments to Foreign Nationals (AUG 2003) (a) The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), at 31.205-6(g)(6), limits the cost allowability of severance payments to f…
  • DFARS 216.203-4-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    …tracting officer. (c) Price adjustment for wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government. (1)(i) The price adjustment clause at 252.216-7003, Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreig…
  • DFARS 225.772-1 Definitions.
    As used in this section— Covered foreign country means— (1) The People's Republic of China; (2) North Korea; (3) The Russian Federation; or (4) Any country that is a state sponsor of terrorism. (10 U.S.C. 2279) Cybersecurity risk mean…
  • DFARS 225.772-2 Prohibitions.
    …acting officer shall not award a contract for commercial satellite services to— (a)(1) A foreign entity if the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy reasonably believes that…
  • DFARS 225.7004-6 Waiver of restrictions.
    …&S) may delegate the authority to waive a restriction for a star tracker for a particular foreign country to the service acquisition executive, without power of redelegation (section 1603, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year …
  • DFARS 229.402-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    …229-7001, Tax Relief, in solicitations and contracts when a contract will be awarded to a foreign concern for performance in a foreign country. (1) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts when the contract will be performed in …
  • DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …ii) 252.216-7008, Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government. Applies to solicitations for fixed-price supply and service contracts when the contract is to be performed wholly or in part in a …
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …ion reasonably 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 i…
  • DFARS 252.229-7011 Reporting of Foreign Taxes—U.S. Assistance Programs.
    As prescribed in 229.170-4, use the following clause: Reporting of Foreign Taxes—U.S. Assistance Programs (SEP 2005) (a) Definition. Commodities, as used in this clause, means any materials, articles, supplies, goods, or equipment. (b) C…
  • FAR 32.404 Exclusions.
    …for— (1) Rent; (2) Tuition; (3) Insurance premiums; (4) Expenses of investigations in foreign countries; (5) Extension or connection of public utilities for Government buildings or installations; (6) Subscriptions to publications; (7…
  • FAR 52.229-7 Taxes—Fixed-Price Contracts With Foreign Governments.
    …prescribed in 29.402-1(b), insert the following clause: Taxes—Fixed—Price Contracts With Foreign Governments (FEB 2013) (a) Contract date, as used in this clause, means the date set for bid opening or, if this is a negotiated contract or …
  • FAR 52.229-8 Taxes—Foreign Cost-Reimbursement Contracts.
    As prescribed in 29.402-2(a), insert the following clause: Taxes—Foreign Cost-Reimbursement Contracts (MAR 1990) (a) Any tax or duty from which the United States Government is exempt by agreement with the Government of ____ [insert name o…
  • FAR 52.229-9 Taxes—Cost-Reimbursement Contracts With Foreign Governments.
    …bed in 29.402-2(b), insert the following clause: Taxes—Cost-Reimbursement Contracts With Foreign Governments (MAR 1990) (a) Any tax or duty from which the United States Government is exempt by agreement with the Government of ____ [insert…
  • DFARS 209.403 Definitions.
    …ocedures approved by the agency head based on consideration of the laws or customs of the foreign countries concerned. (iii) In addition to the bases for debarment in FAR 9.406-2, may consider the following additional bases— (A) The forei…
  • DFARS 246.406 Foreign governments.
    … (3) Reciprocal 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 w…
  • FAR 4.2101 Definitions.
    …ireless (e.g., microwave) or wired (e.g., fiber optic, coaxial cable, Ethernet). Covered foreign country means The People's Republic of China. Covered telecommunications equipment or services means— (1) Telecommunications equipment produ…
  • FAR 6.302-4 International agreement.
    …ed by the terms of an international agreement or a treaty between the United States and a foreign government or international organization, or the written directions of a foreign government reimbursing the agency for the cost of the acquisi…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …percentage is established for a contract in accordance with FAR 25.201(c)). Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …1) If application of an evaluation factor results in a tie between a domestic offer and a foreign offer, award on the domestic offer. (2) If no evaluation preference was applied (i.e., offers afforded nondiscriminatory treatment under the …
  • FAR 25.1001 Waiver of right to examination of records.
    … (1) Insert the appropriate basic clause, whenever possible, in negotiated contracts with foreign contractors. (2) The contracting officer may use 52.215-2 with its Alternate III or 52.212-5 with its Alternate I after— (i) Exhausting all …
  • FAR 25.1102 Acquisition of construction.
    …ed States valued at less than $6,683,000. (1) List in paragraph (b)(2) of the clause all foreign construction material excepted from the requirements of the Buy American statute. (2) If the head of the agency determines that a higher perc…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …t have a place of business located in the United States or is subject to the control of a foreign government (see 27.303(e)(1)(i)); (ii) In exceptional circumstances, when an agency determines that restriction or elimination of the right t…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …is a co-inventor. (3) Use the clause with its Alternate I if the Government must grant a foreign government a sublicense in subject inventions pursuant to a specified treaty or executive agreement. The contracting officer may modify Altern…
  • FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    …ireless (e.g., microwave) or wired (e.g., fiber optic, coaxial cable, Ethernet). Covered foreign country means The People's Republic of China. Covered telecommunications equipment or services means— (1) Telecommunications equipment produ…

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