Buy American Certificate FAR 52.225.pdf

This is a federal contracting clause template for the "Buy American Certificate" requirement (October 2022), prescribed under FAR 25.1101(a)(2).

The clause requires the offeror to certify that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b), is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) contains a critical component. The offeror must separately identify any foreign end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic products, and indicate whether these products exceed 55 percent domestic content (except for COTS items); if the domestic content percentage is unknown, "no" should be selected. The offeror must also separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products containing critical components. The template includes blank tables for offerors to complete: one table for foreign end products listing line item number, country of origin, and whether domestic content exceeds 55 percent; and another table for listing line item numbers of domestic end products with critical components. The clause defines key terms including "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "critical component," "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product" as defined elsewhere in the solicitation's "Buy American-Supplies" clause. Government evaluation of offers will follow the policies and procedures outlined in Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.