Buy American Certificate FAR 52.225.pdf

This document is a federal contracting provision template for the "Buy American Certificate" clause (52.225-2, October 2022), which implements Buy American Act requirements for federal solicitations.

The provision requires offerors to certify that all end products are domestic, except those identified in the solicitation as exceptions. For domestic end products containing critical components, offerors must list line item numbers separately. For foreign end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic, offerors must indicate the country of origin and whether the product exceeds 55% domestic content (except for COTS items). The provision defines key terms including "domestically available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "critical component," "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product," which are defined elsewhere in the "Buy American-Supplies" clause of the solicitation. The document includes blank tables for offerors to complete: one for listing foreign end products with line item numbers, country of origin, and domestic content percentages, and another for listing domestic end products containing critical components. Government evaluation of offers will follow Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 25 policies and procedures. This is a standard template clause to be inserted into solicitations as prescribed by FAR 25.1101(a)(2).