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132 sections with “foreign offer”: the first 40

  • FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    (a) Offerors proposing to use foreign construction material other than that listed by the Government in the applicable clause at 52.225-9, paragraph (b)(2), or 52.225-11, paragraph (b)(3), or covered by the WTO GPA or a Free Trade Agreement…
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …racting officer shall apply evaluation factors to the offer incorporating the use of such foreign construction material as follows: (1) Use an evaluation factor of 25 percent, applied to the total offered price of the contract, if foreign …
  • FAR 25.503 Group offers.
    …of the group, evaluate the entire group as a domestic offer. Evaluate all other groups as foreign offers. (2) For foreign offers, if the proposed price of domestic end products and eligible products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …es 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 in accordance with the rules …
  • FAR 52.225-17 Evaluation of Foreign Currency Offers.
    As prescribed in 25.1103(c), insert the following provision: Evaluation of Foreign Currency Offers (FEB 2000) If the Government receives offers in more than one currency, the Government will evaluate offers by converting the foreign curre…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    As prescribed in 29.402-3(b), insert the following clause: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Foreign person means any person other than a United States person. United States person, …
  • 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 252.225-7049 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 …
  • 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 25.101 General.
    …t consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the cost of foreign iron and steel must constitute less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product (see the definition of “foreign i…
  • 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 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …Determine which of the offers are domestic (see 25.503(c)(1)): STEP 2: Determine whether foreign offers are eligible or noneligible offers (see 25.503(c)(2)): STEP 3: Determine whether to apply an evaluation factor (see 25.503(c)(3)). The…
  • FAR 29.204 Federal excise tax on specific foreign contract payments.
    ….gov/help/tax-law-questions. (b) In accordance with the clause 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, contractors that are subject to the section 5000C tax will complete IRS Form W-14, Certificate of Foreign Contracting Party Rece…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …ugh 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. 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…
  • DFARS 225.103 Exceptions.
    …ion 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) To ensure access to advanced state-of-th…
  • DFARS 225.502 Application.
    …ffers, award on the low offer (see example in PGI 225.504(1)). (C) If the low offer is a foreign offer that is exempt from application of the Buy American or Balance of Payments Program evaluation factor, award on that offer. If the low of…
  • 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 2.101 Definitions.
    …te as diplomatic in nature, including any individual assigned under section 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Claim means a written demand or written asse…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    When one of the following exceptions applies, the contracting officer may acquire a foreign end product without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute: (a) Public interest. The head of the agency may make a determination th…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    …for the domestic offer or there is no domestic offer received, and the low offer is for a foreign end product that does not exceed 55 percent domestic content, the contracting officer shall— (A) Treat the lowest offer of a foreign end prod…
  • FAR 25.202 Exceptions.
    …following exceptions applies, the contracting officer may allow the contractor to acquire foreign construction materials without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute: (1) Impracticable or inconsistent with public interest…
  • FAR 25.501 General.
    …03); (b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin when evaluating a foreign offer; (c) Must identify and reject offers of end products that are prohibited in accordance with subpart 25.7; and (d) When trade agreement…
  • FAR 25.1002 Use of foreign currency.
    …tside the United States will require submission of offers in U.S. currency or a specified foreign currency. In unusual circumstances, the contracting officer may permit submission of offers in other than a specified currency. (b) To ensure…
  • 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 30.201-4 Contract clauses.
    …d cost accounting practices. (c) Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns. (1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.230-4, Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Con…
  • 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 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …9 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note). __ (51) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasu…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    …ugh 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably ava…
  • FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.
    …graph (c) of this provision contains a critical component. (2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    …ugh 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably ava…
  • FAR 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    …off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” “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 defin…
  • FAR 52.225-10 Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials.
    …f-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “construction material,” “domestic construction material,” and “foreign construction material,” as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American —Construction Materia…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …ugh 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. 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 52.225-12 Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …rial,” “designated country construction material,” “domestic construction material,” and “foreign construction material,” as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Construction Material…
  • FAR 52.225-22 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    … (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. “Construction material,” “domestic construction material,” “foreign construction material,” “manufactured construction material,” “steel,” and “unmanufactured construction material,” as used in this provision, …
  • FAR 52.225-24 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. “Construction material,” “domestic construction material,” “foreign construction material,” “manufactured construction material,” “Recovery Act designated country construction material,” “steel,” and “unmanufac…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …arket manufacturer. Offset means a benefit or obligation agreed to by a contractor and a foreign government or international organization as an inducement or condition to purchase supplies or services pursuant to a foreign military sale (F…

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