Attachment 05 - Buy American Cert 252 225-7000 Nov 14.pdf

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USAFA Cadet Polo Shirts Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
FA700024Q0033
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Department of the Air Force Headquarters Air Force Academy

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This document is the Buy American-Balance of Payments Program Certificate, which is a provision to be included in a solicitation requiring certification from offerors regarding the origin of end products being proposed.

The key details are:

  • The provision defines terms such as "domestic end product," "foreign end product," and "qualifying country end product."
  • It states the Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Part 225 policies and procedures, and will evaluate qualifying country end products without regard to the Buy American statute or Balance of Payments Program restrictions.
  • Offerors must certify which end products are domestic, qualifying country, or other foreign end products.
  • The provision is prescribed for use in solicitations as specified in DFARS 225.1101(1)(i).

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252.225-7000 Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

As prescribed in 225.1101(1)(i), use the following provision:

BUY AMERICAN—BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE—BASIC (NOV 2014)

(a) Definitions. “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “component,” “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 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

(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.

(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, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (ii) of the definition of “domestic end product”:

Line Item Number Country of Origin (If known)

Name/Title/Company Date

(End of provision) http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/225_11.htm#225.1101

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