Title 48

SECTION 252.225-7000

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, South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state, South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state 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 paragraph (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)

Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(1) and (1)(ii), use the following provision, which adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state and South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end product in paragraph (a), and replaces “qualifying country end products” in paragraphs (b)(2) and (c)(2) with “qualifying country end products or SC/CASA state end products”:

Buy American - Balance of Payments Program Certificate - Alternate I (NOV 2014)

(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 or SC/CASA state end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program.

(1) For all line items subject to the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program - Alternate I 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 or SC/CASA state end products:

Line Item Number Country of Origin

Line Item Number Country of Origin (If known) (End of provision) [68 FR 15634, Mar. 31, 2003; 68 FR 25088, May 9, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 35546, June 21, 2005; 74 FR 2423, Jan. 15, 2009; 74 FR 68384, Dec. 24, 2009; 75 FR 81918, Dec. 29, 2010; 77 FR 35882, June 15, 2012; 79 FR 3520, Jan. 22, 2014; 79 FR 65818, Nov. 5, 2014; 80 FR 36899, June 26, 2015]