Buy American Certificate FAR 52.225.pdf

This is a federal contract clause template for the Buy American Certificate requirement, effective October 2022, to be inserted into solicitations per FAR 25.1101(a)(2).

The clause requires offerors to certify that each end product, with specified exceptions, is a domestic end product containing a critical component. Offerors must identify all foreign end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, and for non-iron/steel foreign end products, must indicate whether they exceed 55 percent domestic content (excluding COTS items). When domestic content percentage is unknown, offerors must select "no." Offerors must separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products containing critical components.

The template includes three blank sections for contracting officers to complete: (b) Foreign End Products, requiring line item numbers, country of origin, and whether domestic content exceeds 55 percent; (b) List as necessary for additional foreign products; and (c) Domestic end products containing critical components, requiring line item numbers as applicable. The Government will evaluate offers according to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 25 policies and procedures. This clause implements Buy American domestic preference requirements for federal procurement.