Attachment 2 FA700024Q0041 Buy American Certificate.pdf

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This document is the Buy American Certificate, which is a standard provision included in federal solicitations that require compliance with the Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program. The provision defines key terms, outlines the government's evaluation process, and requires the offeror to certify the origin of the end products being proposed. The offeror must identify any qualifying country end products, as well as any other foreign end products that do not meet the domestic end product criteria.

The related federal contract opportunity is for a new requirement from the U.S. Air Force Academy to procure 1,500 Coverglass Interconnect Cells (CICs), which are solar cells for use in spacecraft. The requirement aims to build flight arrays for future spacecraft. The solicitation number is FA700024Q0055 and the opportunity type is a new solicitation. The size requirements are 26.62 cm^2 surface area with a 5 mil coverglass, and the cells must have >=30.7% efficiency.

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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 (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)

(End of provision)

Company: ____________________________ Name (Printed): ___________________________

Title: ________________________________ Signature: ________________________________

Date: __________________ https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/225_11.htm#225.1101

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