Atch 6 - DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American - Balance of Payments Program Certificate.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- FA700025Q0048
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This document is a DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate for a federal contract opportunity. The certificate requires offerors to certify the country of origin and domestic content of end products being proposed for the United States Air Force Academy's (USAFA) uniform procurement. Specifically, the document mandates that offerors disclose whether end products are domestic, qualifying country products, or foreign products, with particular attention to products containing iron or steel. Offerors must indicate the percentage of domestic content for non-COTS items and identify any end products with critical components or critical items.
The underlying procurement is for alternate duty uniforms for the 94th, 98th, and 70th Flying Training Squadrons, with USAFA intending to award multiple firm fixed-price five-year Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The acquisition emphasizes purchasing domestic end products in accordance with the Buy American Statute, with foreign offers to be evaluated using specific Department of Defense guidelines. The solicitation (FA700025Q0048) is structured as a Request for Quotation under FAR parts 12 and 13, targeting commercial off-the-shelf uniform items that require embroidery and screen printing with specific squadron logos.
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252.225-7000 Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(1) and (1)(i), use the following provision:
BUY AMERICAN—BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE—BASIC (FEB 2024)
(a) Definitions. “Commercially 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 meanings given in the 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program—Basic clause of this solicitation.
(b) Evaluation. The Government—
(1) Will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 225 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; and
(2) Will evaluate offers of qualifying country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program.
(c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.
(1) For all line items subject to the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program— Basic clause of this solicitation, the Offeror certifies that—
(i) Each end product, except those listed in paragraphs (c)(2) or (3) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(4) of this provision contains a critical component or a critical item; and
(ii) For end products other than COTS items, components of unknown origin are considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a qualifying country. For those end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.
(2) The Offeror certifies that the following end products are qualifying country end products:
Line-Item Number Country of Origin
(3) The following end products are other foreign end products, including end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products
FA700025Q0048
https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/225_11.htm#225.1101 https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252225.htm exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.
Line-Item Number Country of Origin (If known)
Exceeds 55% Domestic Content (yes/no)
Representative Name and Title
(4) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component or a critical item (see Federal Acquisition Regulation 25.105).
Domestic end products containing a critical component or a critical item:
Line Item Number _________________________________________________ [List as necessary]
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Company Name
Signature
Date
FA700025Q0048
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