Buy American Certificate FAR 52.225.pdf

This is a federal contract clause template for the "Buy American Certificate" provision, effective October 2022, which implements Buy American requirements in federal solicitations.

The clause requires offerors to certify that end products supplied are domestic products and contain critical components, with specific exceptions noted in paragraph (b). Offerors must identify foreign end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic products, and for non-iron/steel items, indicate whether they exceed 55 percent domestic content (with an exception for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items). The clause mandates that offerors separately list line item numbers of domestic end products containing critical components. The template includes blank tables for offerors to populate: one for listing foreign end products with their country of origin and domestic content threshold status, and another for listing line item numbers of domestic end products with critical components. Key terms—including "COTS item," "critical component," "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product"—are defined in a separate "Buy American-Supplies" clause within the same solicitation. Government evaluation of offers will follow Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 25 policies and procedures. This provision serves as a compliance and certification document for federal contracting rather than a substantive solicitation for specific products or services.