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48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252





 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Clauses With 
Alternates--Foreign Acquisition (DFARS Case 2013-D005); Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252

RIN 0750-AH94


Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Clauses With 
Alternates--Foreign Acquisition (DFARS Case 2013-D005)

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal 
Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to create separate 
prescriptions for the basic clause as well as each alternate in each 
set of foreign acquisition-related provisions/clauses with one or more 
alternates. In addition, the rule includes the full text of each 
provision or clause alternate.

DATES: Effective November 5, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Williams, telephone 571-372-
6106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    DoD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register at 79 FR 8387 
on February 12, 2014, to revise the presentation of the DFARS part 225 
clauses with alternates and their prescriptions. An umbrella 
prescription is provided for the elements common to the basic clause 
and the alternate. The specific prescriptions for the basic clause and 
the alternate address the requirements for their use that enable the 
selection of the basic or the alternate clause. The full text of each 
provision and clause alternate is also included in the regulation.

II. Discussion and Analysis

    No public comments were submitted in response to the proposed rule. 
Although DFARS part 225 contains eight solicitation provisions and 
clauses that have, or are, alternates, the proposed rule only addressed 
six. The other two were to have been revised in another DFARS case; 
however, that case was cancelled before publication. This final rule 
includes these two clauses, 252.225-7044 and 252.225-7045, to reformat 
them to conform to the new structure paradigm for clauses with 
alternates. Additionally, some other minor wording changes are made for 
clarity and consistency in presentation of the clauses and provisions.

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

    Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess 
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, 
of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. 
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not 
subject to review under section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning 
and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is not a major rule 
under 5 U.S.C. 804.

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    A final regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared 
consistent with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 
and is summarized as follows:
    This final rule amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) to revise the format, not the substance, of 
prescriptions for provisions and clauses with alternates, and include 
the full text of each provision or clause in each alternate. The rule 
creates an overarching prescription for each set of provisions/clauses 
with one or more alternates. The overarching prescription is intended 
to include the common requirements for the use of that provision/clause 
set.
    This rule facilitates use of automated contract writing systems by 
revising the prescription format for DFARS provisions/clauses that have 
one or more alternates. This rule revises the prescription format so 
that there is an overarching prescription that covers the elements that 
the basic provision/clause and all its alternates have in common. A 
separate prescription is provided for use of the basic prescription/
clause and each alternate. In addition, each alternate provision/clause 
is presented in full text, not just the paragraph or section that is 
different from the basic provision/clause. This makes the terms of a 
provision or clause alternate clearer to offerors, as well as to DoD 
contracting officers, because all paragraph substitutions will have 
already been made. Inapplicable paragraphs from the basic provision/
clause that are superseded by the alternate will not be included in the 
solicitation or contract to prevent confusion.
    No comments were received from the public in response to the 
initial regulatory flexibility analysis.
    Potential offerors, including small businesses, initially may be 
affected by this rule by seeing an unfamiliar format for provision/
clause alternates in solicitations and contracts issued by DoD 
contracting activities. DoD awarded an average of 270,000 contract 
actions (excluding modifications and orders) in Fiscal Year 2012, of 
which an average of 180,000 (67%) were awarded to about 35,000 unique 
small business entities. It is unknown as to how many of these 
contracts were awarded that included an alternate to a DFARS provision 
or clause. Nothing substantive will change in solicitations or 
contracts for potential offerors, and only the appearance of how the 
provision/clause alternates are presented in solicitations and 
contracts will be changed. This rule may result in potential offerors, 
including small businesses, expending more time to become familiar with 
and to understand the new format of provision/clause alternates in full 
text contained in contracts issued by any DoD contracting activity. The 
rule also anticipates saving contractors' time by making all paragraph 
substitutions from the basic clause and by not requiring offerors to 
read inapplicable paragraphs contained in the basic provisions/clauses 
where alternates are also included in the solicitations and contracts. 
The overall burden caused by this rule is expected to be negligible and 
will not be any greater on small businesses than it is on large 
businesses.
    This rule does not add any new information collection, reporting, 
or recording keeping requirements. No alternatives were determined that 
will accomplish the objectives of the rule.

V. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The rule does not contain any new information collection 
requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252

    Government procurement.

Manuel Quinones,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.

    Therefore, 48 CFR parts 212, 225, and 252 are amended as follows:

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1. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 212, 225, and 252 continues 
to read as follows:

    Authority:  41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

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PART 212--ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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2. Amend section 212.301 by--
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a. Revising paragraphs (f)(xxiii) and (xxiv);
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b. In paragraph (f)(xxxiii)(A), removing the comma and adding a period 
in its place;
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c. In paragraph (f)(xxxiii)(B), removing ``Use the provision with its 
Alternate I'' and adding ``Use the alternate I provision'' in its 
place;
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d. In paragraph (f)(xxxiv), introductory text, adding a comma after 
``Trade Agreements'';
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e. In paragraph (f)(xxxiv)(B), removing ``Use the clause with its 
Alternate II'' and adding ``Use the alternate II clause'' in its place, 
and removing ``225.1101(6)(iii)'' and adding ``225.1101(6)(ii)'' in its 
place;
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f. Revising paragraphs (f)(xlii)(B) through (F);
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g. Revising paragraphs (f)(xliii)(B) through (F).


212.301  Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the 
acquisition of commercial items.

    (f) * * *
    (xxiii) Use the provision at 252.225-7000, Buy American--Balance of 
Payments Program Certificate, to comply with 41 U.S.C. chapter 83 and 
Executive Order 10582 of December 17, 1954, Prescribing Uniform 
Procedures for Certain Determinations Under the Buy-American Act.
    (A) Use the basic provision as prescribed in 225.1101(1)(i).
    (B) Use the alternate I provision as prescribed in 225.1101(1)(ii).
    (xxiv) Use the clause at 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of 
Payments Program, to comply with 41 U.S.C. chapter 83 and Executive 
Order 10582 of December 17, 1954, Prescribing Uniform Procedures for 
Certain Determinations Under the Buy-American Act.
    (A) Use the basic clause as prescribed in 225.1101(2)(ii).
    (B) Use the alternate I clause as prescribed in 225.1101(2)(iii).
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    (xlii) * * *
    (B) Use the alternate I provision as prescribed in 225.1101(9)(ii).
    (C) Use the alternate II provision as prescribed in 
225.1101(9)(iii).
    (D) Use the alternate III provision as prescribed in 
225.1101(9)(iv).
    (E) Use the alternate IV provision as prescribed in 225.1101(9)(v).
    (F) Use the alternate V provision as prescribed in 225.1101(9)(vi).
    (xliii) * * *
    (B) Use the alternate I clause as prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(B).
    (C) Use the alternate II clause as prescribed in 
225.1101(10)(i)(C).
    (D) Use the alternate III clause as prescribed in 
225.1101(10)(i)(D).
    (E) Use the alternate IV clause as prescribed in 
225.1101(10)(i)(E).
    (F) Use the alternate V clause as prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(F).
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PART 225--FOREIGN ACQUISITION

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3. Amend section 225.1101 by--
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a. Revising paragraph (1);
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b. In paragraph (2)(i) introductory text, removing the phrase ``Use the 
clause'' and adding ``Use the basic or the alternate of the clause'' in 
its place;
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c. Revising paragraph (2)(i)(B);
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d. In paragraph (2)(i)(D) introductory text, removing ``One or both of 
the following clauses'' and adding ``One or more of the basic or the 
alternates of the following clauses'' in its place;
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e. Redesignating paragraph (2)(ii) as paragraph (2)(iii), and adding a 
new paragraph (2)(ii);
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f. Revising the newly redesignated paragraph (2)(iii);
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g. In paragraph (3) introductory text, removing the phrase ``that 
include one of the following clauses:'' and adding ``that include the 
basic or one of the alternates of the following clauses:'' in its 
place;
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h. Revising paragraph (5);
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i. Redesignating paragraph (6)(i) as paragraph (6) introductory text, 
revising the newly redesignated paragraph (6) introductory text, and 
adding a new paragraph (6)(i);
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j. Revising paragraph (6)(ii);
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k. Revising paragraph (6)(iii) introductory text;
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l. Revising paragraph (9);
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m. Revising paragraph (10)(i); and
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n. Revising paragraph (10)(ii) introductory text.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


225.1101  Acquisition of supplies.

    (1) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.225-
7000, Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate, instead of 
the provision at FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate, in any 
solicitation, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for 
the acquisition of commercial items, that includes the basic or the 
alternate of the clause at 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of 
Payments Program. If the solicitation includes the provision at FAR 
52.204-7, do not separately list the provision 252.225-7000 in the 
solicitation.
    (i) Use the basic provision when the solicitation includes the 
basic clause at 252.225-7001.
    (ii) Use the alternate I provision when the solicitation includes 
alternate I of the clause at 252.225-7001.
    (2)(i) * * *
    (B) All line items require domestic or qualifying country end 
products in accordance with subpart 225.70, but note that this 
exception does not apply if subpart 225.70 only requires manufacture of 
the end product in the United States or in the United States or Canada, 
without a corresponding requirement for use of domestic components;
* * * * *
    (ii) Use the basic clause if the acquisition is not of end products 
listed in 225.401-70 in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (iii) Use the alternate I clause when the acquisition is of end 
products listed in 225.401-70 in support of operations in Afghanistan.
* * * * *
    (5) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.225-
7020, Trade Agreements Certificate, instead of the provision at FAR 
52.225-6, Trade Agreements Certificate, in solicitations, including 
solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of 
commercial items, that include the basic or alternate II of the clause 
at 252.225-7021, Trade Agreements. If the solicitation includes the 
provision at FAR 52.204-7, do not separately list the provision 
252.225-7020 in the solicitation.
    (i) Use the basic provision if the solicitation includes the basic 
clause at 252.225-7021.
    (ii) Use the alternate I provision if the solicitation includes 
alternate II of the clause at 252.225-7021.
    (6) Except as provided in paragraph (6)(iv) of this section, use 
the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.225-7021, Trade 
Agreements, instead of the clause at FAR 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, in 
solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts 
using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial items, 
if the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement 
applies, i.e., the acquisition is of end products listed at 225.401-70, 
the value of the acquisition equals or exceeds $204,000, and none of 
the exceptions at 25.401(a) applies.
    (i) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts that are 
not of end products in support of operations in Afghanistan, or that 
include the clause at 252.225-7024, Requirement for Products or 
Services from Afghanistan.

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    (ii) Use the alternate II clause in solicitations and contracts 
that do not include the clause at 252.225-7024, Requirement for 
Products or Services from Afghanistan, when the acquisition is of end 
products in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (iii) Do not use the basic or an alternate of the clause if--
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    (9) Use the basic or an alternate of the provision at 252.225-7035, 
Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate, instead of the provision at FAR 52.225-4, Buy American--
Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate, in solicitations, 
including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the 
acquisition of commercial items, that include the basic or an alternate 
of the clause at 252.225-7036, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--
Balance of Payments Program. If the solicitation includes the provision 
at FAR 52.204-7, do not separately list the provision 252.225-7035 in 
the solicitation.
    (i) Use the basic provision in solicitations when the basic of the 
clause at 252.225-7036 is used.
    (ii) Use the alternate I provision when the clause at 252.225-7036 
is used with its Alternate I.
    (iii) Use the alternate II provision when the clause at 252.225-
7036 is used with its Alternate II.
    (iv) Use the alternate III provision when the clause at 252.225-
7036 is used with its Alternate III.
    (v) Use the alternate IV provision when the clause at 252.225-7036 
is used with its Alternate IV.
    (vi) Use the alternate V provision when the clause at 252.225-7036 
is used with its Alternate V.
    (10)(i) Except as provided in paragraph (10)(ii) of this section, 
use the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.225-7036, Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program, instead 
of the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--
Israeli Trade Act, in solicitations and contracts, including 
solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the 
acquisition of commercial items, for the items listed at 225.401-70, 
when the estimated value equals or exceeds $25,000, but is less than 
$204,000, unless an exception at 25.401 applies.
    (A) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts when the 
estimated value equals or exceeds $79,507, except if the acquisition is 
of end products in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (B) Use the alternate I clause in solicitations and contracts when 
the estimated value is less than $79,507, except if the acquisition is 
of end products in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (C) Use the alternate II clause in solicitations and contracts when 
the estimated value equals or exceeds $100,000 and the acquisition is 
of end products in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (D) Use the alternate III clause in solicitations and contracts 
when the estimated value is less than $79,507 and the acquisition is of 
end products in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (E) Use the alternate IV clause in solicitations and contracts when 
the estimated value equals or exceeds $79,507 but is less than 
$100,000, except if the acquisition is of end products in support of 
operations in Afghanistan.
    (F) Use the alternate V clause in solicitations and contracts when 
the estimated value equals or exceeds $79,507 but is less than $100,000 
and the acquisition is of end products in support of operations in 
Afghanistan.
    (ii) Do not use the basic or an alternate of the clause in 
paragraph (10)(i) of this section if--
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4. Revise section 225.7503 to read as follows:


225.7503  Contract clauses.

    Unless the entire acquisition is exempt from the Balance of 
Payments Program--
    (a) Use the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.225-7044, 
Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material, in solicitations 
and contracts for construction to be performed outside the United 
States, including acquisitions of commercial items or components, with 
an estimated value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold 
but less than $7,864,000.
    (1) Use the basic clause unless the acquisition is in support of 
operations in Afghanistan.
    (2) Use the alternate I clause if the acquisition is in support of 
operations in Afghanistan.
    (b) Use the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.225-7045, 
Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under Trade 
Agreements, in solicitations and contracts for construction to be 
performed outside the United States with an estimated value of 
$7,864,000 or more, including acquisitions of commercial items or 
components.
    (1) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts with an 
estimated value of $10,335,931 or more, unless the acquisition is in 
support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (2) Use the alternate I clause in solicitations and contracts with 
an estimated value of $7,864,000 or more, but less than $10,335,931 
unless the acquisition is in support of operations in Afghanistan.
    (3) Use the alternate II clause in solicitations and contracts with 
an estimated value of $10,335,931 or more and is in support of 
operations in Afghanistan.
    (4) Use the alternate III clause in solicitations and contracts 
with an estimated value of $7,864,000 or more, but less than 
$10,335,931, and is in support of operations in Afghanistan.

PART 252--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

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5. Amend section 252.225-7000 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, provision title, and date, and 
paragraph (a);
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b. In paragraph (c)(1), removing ``Buy American and Balance of Payments 
Program'' and adding ``Buy American and Balance of Payments Program--
Basic'' in its place; and
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c. Revising Alternate I.
    The revisions read as follows:


252.225-7000  Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(1), use one of the following provisions:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(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.
* * * * *

    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(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'':

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Buy American--Balance of Payments Program Certificate--Alternate I (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--Alternate I 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 or 
SC/CASA state 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--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

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Country of Origin

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    (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:

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Country of Origin (If known)

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(End of provision)

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6. Amend section 252.225-7001 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, clause title, and date; and
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b. Revising Alternate I.


252.225-7001  Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(2)(i), use one of the following clauses:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(2)(ii), use the following clause:

Buy American and Balance of Payments Program--Basic (Nov 2014)

* * * * *
    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(2)(iii), use the following 
clause, which adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) 
state and South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product to paragraph (a), and uses different paragraphs (b) and (c) 
than the basic clause:

Buy American and Balance of Payments Program--Alternate I (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of ``commercial item'' in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or
    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The

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term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply 
contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end 
product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program. 
Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all line items in 
the contract.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products 
unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in 
the Buy American Balance of Payments Program Certificate provision 
of the solicitation. If the Contractor certified in its offer that 
it will deliver a qualifying country end product or an SC/CASA state 
end product, the Contractor shall deliver a qualifying country end 
product, an SC/CASA state end product, or, at the Contractor's 
option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.


(End of clause)
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7. Amend section 252.225-7013 by--
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a. Removing the clause date ``(OCT 2013)'' and adding ``(NOV 2014)'' in 
its place; and
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b. In paragraph (a), revising the definition for ``Eligible product''.
    The revision reads as follows:


252.225-7013  Duty-free entry.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    Eligible product means--
    (i) Designated country end product, as defined in the Trade 
Agreements (either basic or alternate) clause of this contract;
    (ii) Free Trade Agreement country end product, other than a 
Bahrainian end product, a Moroccan end product, a Panamanian end 
product, or a Peruvian end product, as defined in the Buy American--
Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program (either basic or 
alternate II) clause of this contract;
    (iii) Canadian end product, as defined in the Buy American--Free 
Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program (either alternate I or 
alternate III) clause of this contract; or
    (iv) Free Trade Agreement country end product other than a 
Bahrainian end product, Korean end product, Moroccan end product, 
Panamanian end product, or Peruvian end product, as defined in the Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program (either 
alternate IV or alternate V) clause of this contract.
* * * * *

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8. Amend section 252.225-7020 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, provision title, and date;
0
b. Revising paragraph (a);
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c. In paragraph (c)(1), removing ``Trade Agreements clause'' and adding 
``Trade Agreements--Basic'' in its place; and
0
d. Revising Alternate I.
    The revisions read as follows:


252.225-7020  Trade Agreements Certificate.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(5), use one of the following provisions:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(5)(i), use the following 
provision:

Trade Agreements Certificate--Basic (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Designated country end product, nondesignated 
country end product, qualifying country end product, and U.S.-made 
end product, as used in this provision have the meanings given in 
the Trade Agreements--Basic clause of this solicitation.
* * * * *
    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(5)(ii), use the following 
provision, which uses different paragraphs (a), (b)(2), and (c) than 
the basic clause:

Trade Agreements Certificate--Alternate I (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Designated country end product, nondesignated 
country end product, 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 U.S.-made end product, 
as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the Trade 
Agreements--Alternate I 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 consider only offers of end products that are U.S.-
made, qualifying country, SC/CASA state, or designated country end 
products unless--
    (i) There are no offers of such end products;
    (ii) The offers of such end products are insufficient to fulfill 
the Government's requirements; or
    (iii) A national interest waiver has been granted.
    (c) Certification and identification of country of origin.
    (1) For all line items subject to the Trade Agreement--Alternate 
I clause of this solicitation, the offeror certifies that each end 
product to be delivered under this contract, except those listed in 
paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made, qualifying 
country, SC/CASA state, or designated country end product.
    (2)(i) The following supplies are SC/CASA state end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The following are other nondesignated country end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 



(End of provision)


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9. Amend section 252.225-7021 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, clause title, and date; and
0
b. Revising Alternate II.
    The revisions read as follows:


252.225-7021  Trade agreements.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(6), use one of the following clauses:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(6)(i), use the following clause:

Trade Agreements--Basic (Nov 2014)

* * * * *

    Alternate II. As prescribed in 225.1101(6)(ii), use the following 
clause, which (i) adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) 
state and South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product to paragraph (a); (ii) uses a different paragraph (c) than the 
basic clause; (iii) adds a new paragraph (d); and (iv) includes 
paragraphs (e) and (f) which are the same paragraphs (d) and (e) of the 
basic clause:

Trade Agreements--Alternate II (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--Caribbean Basin country 
end product--
    (i) Means an article that--
    (A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean 
Basin country; or
    (B) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different 
article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from 
that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The 
term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply 
contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end 
product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself; 
and
    (ii) Excludes products, other than petroleum and any product 
derived from petroleum, that are not granted duty-free treatment 
under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)). 
These exclusions presently consist of--
    (A) Textiles, apparel articles, footwear, handbags, luggage, 
flat goods, work gloves, leather wearing apparel, and handloomed, 
handmade, or folklore articles that are not granted duty-free status 
in the Harmonized

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Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS);
    (B) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight 
containers; and
    (C) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and 
straps) of whatever type, including, but not limited to, mechanical, 
quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts 
contain any material that is the product of any country to which the 
HTSUS column 2 rates of duty (HTSUS General Note 3(b)) apply.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Designated country means--
    (i) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement 
(WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, 
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, 
Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 
Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as ``the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu'' (Chinese 
Taipei)), or the United Kingdom);
    (ii) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Peru, or Singapore);
    (iii) A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, 
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, 
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, 
Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, 
Solomon Islands, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, 
Yemen, or Zambia); or
    (iv) A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. 
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint 
Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).
    Designated country end product means a WTO GPA country end 
product, a Free Trade Agreement country end product, a least 
developed country end product, or a Caribbean Basin country end 
product.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the 
end product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Least developed country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least 
developed country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a least developed country into a new and different 
article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from 
that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The 
term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply 
contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end 
product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Nondesignated country end product means any end product that is 
not a U.S.-made end product or a designated country end product.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    U.S.-made end product means an article that--
    (i) Is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (ii) Is substantially transformed in the United States into a 
new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed.
    WTO GPA country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA 
country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the

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article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-
made, qualifying country, SC/CASA state, or designated country end 
products unless--
    (1) In its offer, the Contractor specified delivery of other 
nondesignated country end products in the Trade Agreements 
Certificate provision of the solicitation; and
    (2)(i) Offers of U.S.-made, qualifying country, SC/CASA state, 
or designated country end products from responsive, responsible 
offerors are either not received or are insufficient to fill the 
Government's requirements; or
    (ii) A national interest waiver has been granted.
    (d) If the Contractor is from an SC/CASA state, the Contractor 
shall inform its government of its participation in this acquisition 
and that it generally will not have such opportunity in the future 
unless its government provides reciprocal procurement opportunities 
to U.S. products and services and suppliers of such products and 
services.
    (e) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.
    (f) The HTSUS is available on the Internet at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm. The following sections 
of the HTSUS provide information regarding duty-free status of 
articles specified in paragraph (a)(2)(ii)(A) of this clause:
    (1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff 
Treatment.
    (2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as 
Beneficiary Countries Under the United States--Caribbean Basin Trade 
Partnership Act of 2000.
    (3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported 
and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b).
    (4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter XX, Goods Eligible for 
Special Tariff Benefits Under the United States--Caribbean Basin 
Trade Partnership Act.


(End of clause)


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10. Amend section 252.225-7035 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, provision title, and date;
0
b. In paragraph (a), removing ``Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--
Balance of Payments Program'' and adding ``Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Basic'' in its place;
0
c. In paragraph (b)(2), removing ``Free Trade Agreements'' and adding 
``Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Basic clause of this solicitation'' in its place;
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d. In paragraph (c)(1) introductory text, removing ``Buy American--Free 
Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program'' and adding ``Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Basic'' 
in its place; and
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e. Revising Alternates I, II, III, IV, and V.


252.225-7035   Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments 
Program Certificate.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(9), use one of the following provisions:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(i), use the following 
provision:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Basic (Nov 2014)

* * * * *
    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(ii), use the following 
provision, which uses Canadian end product in paragraph (a), rather 
than the phrases Bahrainian end product, Free Trade Agreement country, 
Free Trade Agreement country end product, Moroccan end product, 
Panamanian end product, and Peruvian end products in paragraph (a) of 
the basic provision; uses ``Canadian end products'' in paragraphs 
(b)(2) and (c)(2)(i), rather than ``Free Trade Agreement country end 
products other than Bahrainian end products, Moroccan end products, 
Panamanian end products, or Peruvian end products'' in paragraphs 
(b)(2) and (c)(2)(ii) of the basic provision; and does not use 
``Australian or'' in paragraph (c)(2)(i):

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate I (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Canadian end product, commercially available 
off-the-shelf (COTS) item, component, domestic end product, foreign 
end product, qualifying country end product, and United States, as 
used in this provision, have the meanings given in the Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate I 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) For line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate I clause of this 
solicitation, will evaluate offers of qualifying country end 
products or Canadian end products without regard to the restrictions 
of the Buy American or the Balance of Payments Program.
    (c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.
    (1) For all line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate I clause of this 
solicitation, the offeror certifies that--
    (i) Each end product, except the end products listed in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product; and
    (ii) Components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a 
qualifying country.
    (2) The offeror shall identify all end products that are not 
domestic end products.
    (i) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
qualifying country (except Canadian) end products:

         (Line Item Number)                  (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
Canadian end products:

         (Line Item Number)                  (Country of Origin)
 

    (iii) The following supplies 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 II. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(iii), 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 to paragraph (a), and uses different paragraphs (b)(2) and 
(c)(2)(i) than the basic provision:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate II (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Bahrainian end product, commercially available 
off-the-shelf (COTS) item, component, domestic end product, Free 
Trade Agreement country, Free Trade Agreement country end product, 
foreign end product, Moroccan end product, Panamanian end product, 
Peruvian end product, 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--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate II 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) For line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate II clause of this 
solicitation, will evaluate offers of qualifying country end 
products, SC/CASA state end products, or Free Trade Agreement

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country end products other than Bahrainian end products, Moroccan 
end products, Panamanian end products, or Peruvian end products 
without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American or the 
Balance of Payments Program.
    (c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.
    (1) For all line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate II clause of this 
solicitation, the offeror certifies that--
    (i) Each end product, except the end products listed in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product; and
    (ii) Components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a 
qualifying country.
    (2) The offeror shall identify all end products that are not 
domestic end products.
    (i) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
qualifying country (except Australian or Canadian) or SC/CASA state 
end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or 
Peruvian end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (iii) The following supplies 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 III. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(iv), use the following 
provision, which uses different paragraphs (a), (b)(2), (c)(2)(i), and 
(c)(2)(ii) than the basic provision:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate III (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Canadian end product, commercially available 
off-the-shelf (COTS) item, domestic end product, foreign end 
product, qualifying country end product, 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--Free 
Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate III 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) For line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate III clause of 
this solicitation, will evaluate offers of qualifying country end 
products, SC/CASA state end products, or Canadian end products 
without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American or the 
Balance of Payments Program.
    (c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.
    (1) For all line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate III clause of 
this solicitation, the offeror certifies that--
    (i) Each end product, except the end products listed in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product; and
    (ii) Components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a 
qualifying country.
    (2) The offeror shall identify all end products that are not 
domestic end products.
    (i) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
qualifying country (except Canadian) or SC/CASA state end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or 
Peruvian end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (iii) The following supplies 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 IV. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(v), use the following 
provision, which adds Korean end product to paragraph (a); and uses 
``Free Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Korean end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end 
products, or Peruvian end products'' in paragraphs (b)(2) and 
(c)(2)(ii), rather than ``Free Trade Agreement country end products 
other than Bahrainian end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian 
end products, or Peruvian end products'' in paragraphs (b)(2) and 
(c)(2)(ii) of the basic provision:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate IV (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Bahrainian end product, commercially available 
off-the-shelf (COTS) item, component, domestic end product, Free 
Trade Agreement country, Free Trade Agreement country end product, 
foreign end product, Korean end product, Moroccan end product, 
Panamanian end product, Peruvian end product, qualifying country end 
product, and United States, as used in this provision, have the 
meanings given in the Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance 
of Payments Program--Alternate IV 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) For line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate IV clause of this 
solicitation, will evaluate offers of qualifying country end 
products or Free Trade Agreement country end products other than 
Bahrainian end products, Korean end products, Moroccan end products, 
Panamanian end products, or Peruvian end products without regard to 
the restrictions of the Buy American or the Balance of Payments 
Program.
    (c) Certifications and identification of country of origin.
    (1) For all line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate IV clause of this 
solicitation, the offeror certifies that--
    (i) Each end product, except the end products listed in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product; and
    (ii) Components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a 
qualifying country.
    (2) The offeror shall identify all end products that are not 
domestic end products.
    (i) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
qualifying country (except Australian or Canadian) end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Korean end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end 
products, or Peruvian end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (iii) The following supplies 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 V. As prescribed in 225.1101(9)(vi), use the following 
provision, which uses different paragraphs (a), (b)(2), (c)(2)(i), and 
(c)(2)(ii) than the basic provision:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate V (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. Bahrainian end product, commercially available 
off-the-shelf (COTS)

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item, component, domestic end product, ``Free Trade Agreement 
country, Free Trade Agreement country end product, foreign end 
product, Korean end product, Moroccan end product, Panamanian end 
product, Peruvian end product, qualifying country end product, 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 Act--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments 
Program--Alternate V 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) For line items subject to the Buy American--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate V clause of this 
solicitation, will evaluate offers of qualifying country end 
products, SC/CASA state end products, or Free Trade Agreement end 
products other than Bahrainian end products, Korean end products, 
Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or Peruvian 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--Free Trade 
Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Alternate V clause of this 
solicitation, the offeror certifies that--
    (i) Each end product, except the end products listed in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product; and
    (ii) Components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States or a 
qualifying country.
    (2) The offeror shall identify all end products that are not 
domestic end products.
    (i) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are 
qualifying country (except Australian or Canadian) or SC/CASA state 
end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Korean end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end 
products, or Peruvian end products:

            (Line Item Number)                   (Country of Origin)
 

    (iii) The following supplies 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)


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11. Amend section 252.225-7036 by--
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a. Revising the introductory text, clause title, and date;
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b. In paragraph (c), removing ``Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--
Balance of Payments Program Certificate'' and adding ``Buy American--
Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program Certificate--Basic'' 
in its place; and
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c. Revising Alternates I, II, III, IV, and V.


252.225-7036  Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments 
Program.

    As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i), use one of the following clauses:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(A), use the following 
clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--Basic 
(Nov 2014)

* * * * *

    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(B), use the following 
clause, which adds Canadian end product to paragraph (a), and uses a 
different paragraph (c) than the basic clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate I (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Canadian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Canada; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Canada into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or
    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Free Trade Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore;
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract,

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but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product 
includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its 
supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does 
not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Moroccan end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Morocco; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Morocco into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Panamanian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Panama; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Panama into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Peruvian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Peru; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Peru into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only 
domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of 
qualifying country, Canadian, or other foreign end products in the 
Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate I provision of the solicitation. If the 
Contractor certified in its offer that it will deliver a qualifying 
country end product or a Canadian end product, the Contractor shall 
deliver a qualifying country end product, a Canadian end product, 
or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.


(End of clause)
    Alternate II. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(C), use the 
following clause, which adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian 
(SC/CASA) state and South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) 
state end product to paragraph (a), and uses a different paragraph (c) 
than the basic clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate II (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or

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    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Free Trade Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore;
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the 
end product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Moroccan end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Morocco; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Morocco into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Panamanian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Panama; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Panama into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Peruvian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Peru; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Peru into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only 
domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of 
qualifying country end products, SC/CASA state end products, Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or 
Peruvian end products, or other foreign end products in the Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate II provision of the solicitation. If the 
Contractor certified in its offer that it will deliver a qualifying 
country end product, SC/CASA state end products, or a Free Trade 
Agreement country end product other than a Bahrainian end product, a 
Moroccan end product, a Panamanian end product, or a Peruvian end 
product, the Contractor shall deliver a qualifying country end 
product, an SC/CASA state end product, a Free Trade Agreement 
country end product other than a Bahrainian end product, a Moroccan 
end product, a Panamanian end product, or a Peruvian end product or, 
at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.


(End of clause)
    Alternate III. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(D), use the 
following clause, which adds Canadian end product, South Caucasus/
Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state, and South Caucasus/Central and 
South Asian (SC/CASA) state end product to paragraph (a) and uses a 
different paragraph (c) than the basic clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate III (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian end product means an article that--

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    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Canadian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Canada; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Canada into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or
    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Free Trade Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore;
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the 
end product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Moroccan end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Morocco; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Morocco into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Panamanian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Panama; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Panama into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Peruvian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Peru; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Peru into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.

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    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only 
domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of 
qualifying country end products, SC/CASA state end products, 
Canadian end products, or other foreign end products in the Buy 
American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate III provision of the solicitation. If the 
Contractor certified in its offer that it will deliver a qualifying 
country end product, SC/CASA state end products, or a Canadian end 
product, the Contractor shall deliver a qualifying country end 
product, an SC/CASA state end product, a Canadian end product or, at 
the Contractor's option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.

    (End of clause)

    Alternate IV. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(E), use the 
following clause, which adds Korean end product to paragraph (a), and 
uses a different paragraph (c) than the basic clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate IV (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or
    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Free Trade Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore;
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the 
end product includes services (except transportation services) 
incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those 
incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Korean end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Korea; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Korea (Republic of) into a new and different article 
of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    Moroccan end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Morocco; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Morocco into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Panamanian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Panama; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Panama into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.

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    Peruvian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Peru; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Peru into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only 
domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of 
qualifying country end products, Free Trade Agreement country end 
products other than Bahrainian end products, Korean end products, 
Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or Peruvian end 
products, or other foreign end products in the Buy American--Free 
Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program Certificate--Alternate 
IV provision of the solicitation. If the Contractor certified in its 
offer that it will deliver a qualifying country end product or a 
Free Trade Agreement country end product other than a Bahrainian end 
product, a Korean end product, a Moroccan end product, a Panamanian 
end product, or a Peruvian end product, the Contractor shall deliver 
a qualifying country end product, a Free Trade Agreement country end 
product other than a Bahrainian end product, a Korean end product, a 
Moroccan end product, a Panamanian end product, or a Peruvian end 
product, or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.


(End of clause)
    Alternate V. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i)(F), use the following 
clause, which adds Korean end product, South Caucasus/Central and South 
Asian (SC/CASA) state, and South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/
CASA) state end product to paragraph (a), and uses a different 
paragraph (c) than the basic clause:

Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program--
Alternate V (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Bahrain into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into an end product.
    Domestic end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or 
produced in the United States; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if--
    (A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its 
components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The 
cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of 
incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a 
duty-free entry certificate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, 
and prepared for processing in the United States is considered 
domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or 
manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) 
if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in 
the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that--
    (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of 
a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States; or
    (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the 
restrictions of the Buy American statute; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be 
acquired under this contract for public use.
    Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic 
end product.
    Free Trade Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore;
    Free Trade Agreement country end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a new and 
different article of commerce with a name, character, or use 
distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was 
transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under 
a supply contract,

[[Page 65830]]

but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product 
includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its 
supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does 
not exceed the value of the product itself.
    Korean end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Korea; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Korea (Republic of) into a new and different article 
of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    Moroccan end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Morocco; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Morocco into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Panamanian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Panama; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Panama into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Peruvian end product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Peru; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in Peru into a new and different article of commerce 
with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or 
articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product 
offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of 
calculating the value of the end product includes services (except 
transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the 
value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the 
product itself.
    Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense 
procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement 
with the United States in which both countries agree to remove 
barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or 
services performed by sources of the other country, and the 
memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the 
requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are 
qualifying countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, 
or manufactured in a qualifying country.
    Qualifying country end product means--
    (i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a 
qualifying country; or
    (ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if--
    (A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 
percent of the cost of all its components:
    (1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying 
country.
    (2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.
    (3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which 
the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not 
mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or
    (B) The end product is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end 
product means an article that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part 
of materials from another country, has been substantially 
transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different article of 
commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the 
article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers 
to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for 
purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes 
services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, 
provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed 
the value of the product itself.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items 
in the Schedule.
    (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only 
domestic end products unless, in its offer, it specified delivery of 
qualifying country end products, SC/CASA state end products, Free 
Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahrainian end 
products, Korean end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end 
products, or Peruvian end products, or other foreign end products in 
the Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program 
Certificate--Alternate V provision of the solicitation. If the 
Contractor certified in its offer that it will deliver a qualifying 
country end product, SC/CASA state end products, or a Free Trade 
Agreement country end product other than a Bahrainian end product, a 
Korean end product, a Moroccan end product, a Panamanian end 
product, or a Peruvian end product, the Contractor shall deliver a 
qualifying country end product, an SC/CASA state end product, a Free 
Trade Agreement country end product other than a Bahrainian end 
product, a Korean end product, a Moroccan end product, a Panamanian 
end product, or a Peruvian end product or, at the Contractor's 
option, a domestic end product.
    (d) The contract price does not include duty for end products or 
components for which the Contractor will claim duty-free entry.


(End of clause)

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12. Amend section 252.225-7044 by--
0
a. Revising the introductory text, clause title, and date;
0
b. In paragraph (a), redesignating the paragraph numbers for--
0
i. Commercially available off-the shelf (COTS) item by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) and (ii); and in the newly redesignated 
paragraph (i), redesignating paragraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) as (i)(A), 
(B), and (C), respectively;
0
ii. Cost of components by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) 
and (ii), respectively;
0
iii. Domestic construction material by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as (i) and (ii); and in the newly redesignated paragraph (ii), 
redesignating paragraphs (i) and (ii) as (ii)(A) and (B), respectively; 
and
0
c. Revising Alternate I.

[[Page 65831]]

252.225-7044  Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material.

    As prescribed in 225.7503(a), use one of the following clauses:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.7503(a)(1), use the following clause:

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material--Basic (Nov 2014)

* * * * *

    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.7503(a)(2), use the following 
clause, which adds definitions for South Caucasus/Central and South 
Asian (SC/CASA) state and SC/CASA state construction material to 
paragraph (a), and uses ``domestic construction material or SC/CASA 
state construction material'' instead of ``domestic construction 
material'' in the second sentence of paragraph (b):

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material--Alternate I (Nov 
2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item''--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 
40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.
    Component means any article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into construction material.
    Construction material means an article, material, or supply 
brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a 
subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term 
also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from 
articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety 
systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio 
evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a 
public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, 
are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material 
regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of 
those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials 
purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction 
material.
    Cost of components means--
    (i) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition 
cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation 
into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a 
domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free 
entry certificate is issued); or
    (ii) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs 
associated with the manufacture of the component, including 
transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this 
definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. 
Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the 
manufacture of the construction material.
    Domestic construction material means--
    (i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in 
the United States; or
    (ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, 
if--
    (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its 
components. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind 
for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated 
as domestic; or
    (B) The construction material is a COTS item.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    SC/CASA state construction material means construction material 
that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the material from 
which it was transformed.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    (b) Domestic preference. This clause implements the Balance of 
Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction 
material. The Contractor shall use only domestic construction 
material or SC/CASA state construction material in performing this 
contract, except for--
    (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified 
acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation;
    (2) Information technology that is a commercial item; or
    (3) The construction material or components listed by the 
Government as follows:
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[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or 
indicate ``none''].



(End of clause)

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13. Amend section 252.225-7045 by--
0
a. Revising the introductory text, clause title, and date;
0
b. In paragraph (a), redesignating the paragraph numbers for--
0
i. Caribbean Basin country construction material by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) and (ii), respectively;
0
>ii. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) and (ii); and in the newly redesignated 
paragraph (i), redesignating paragraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) as (i)(A), 
(B), and (C), respectively;
0
iii. Cost of components by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) 
and (ii), respectively;
0
iv. Designated country by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
(i) through (iv), respectively;
0
v. Domestic construction material by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as (i) and (ii); and in the newly redesignated paragraph (ii) 
redesignating paragraphs (i) and (ii) as (ii)(A) and (B);
0
vi. Free Trade Agreement country construction material by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) and (ii);
0
vii. Least developed country construction material by redesignating 
paragraphs (1) and (2) as (i) and (ii);
0
viii. WTO GPA country construction material by redesignating paragraphs 
(1) and (2) as (i) and (ii); and
0
c. Revising Alternates I, II, and III.


252.225-7045  Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under 
Trade Agreements.

    As prescribed in 225.7503(b), use one of the following clauses:
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.7503(b)(1), use the following clause:

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under Trade 
Agreements--Basic (Nov 2014)

* * * * *

    Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.7503(b)(2), use the following 
clause, which adds Bahrainian or Mexican construction material to 
paragraph (a), and uses a different paragraph (b) and (c) than the 
basic clause:

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under Trade 
Agreements--Alternate I (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Bahrainian or Mexican construction material means a construction 
material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain or 
Mexico; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in Bahrain or Mexico into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    Caribbean Basin country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean 
Basin country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.

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    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 3 of the 
Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 40102), such as agricultural 
products and petroleum products.
    Component means any article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into construction material.
    Construction material means an article, material, or supply 
brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a 
subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term 
also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from 
articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety 
systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio 
evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a 
public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, 
are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material 
regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of 
those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials 
purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction 
material.
    Cost of components means--
    (i) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition 
cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation 
into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a 
domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free 
entry certificate is issued); or
    (ii) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs 
associated with the manufacture of the component, including 
transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this 
definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. 
Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the 
manufacture of the construction material.
    Designated country means--
    (i) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement 
(WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, 
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, 
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 
Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as ``the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu'' 
(Chinese Taipei)), or the United Kingdom);
    (ii) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);
    (iii) A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, 
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, 
Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, 
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, 
Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, 
Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or
    (iv) A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. 
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint 
Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).
    Designated country construction material means a construction 
material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free 
Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed 
country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country 
construction material.
    Domestic construction material means--
    (i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in 
the United States; or
    (ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, 
if--
    (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its 
components. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind 
for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated 
as domestic; or
    (B) The construction material is a COTS item.
    Free Trade Agreement country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a 
new and different construction material distinct from the material 
from which it was transformed.
    Least developed country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least 
developed country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    WTO GPA country construction material means a construction 
material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA 
country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    (b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by 
providing a preference for domestic construction material. In 
addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA 
and all Free Trade Agreements except NAFTA and the Bahrain Free 
Trade Agreement apply to this acquisition. Therefore, the Balance of 
Payments Program restrictions are waived for designated country 
construction material other than Bahrainian or Mexican construction 
material.
    (c) The Contractor shall use only domestic or designated country 
construction material other than Bahrainian or Mexican construction 
material in performing this contract, except for--
    (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified 
acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation; or
    (2) Information technology that is a commercial item; or
    (3) The construction material or components listed by the 
Government as follows:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or 
indicate ``none''].


(End of clause)

    Alternate II. As prescribed in 225.7503(b)(3), use the following 
clause, which adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) 
state and SC/CASA state construction material to paragraph (a), uses a 
different paragraph (b) and introductory text for paragraph (c) than 
the basic clause, and adds paragraph (d):

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under Trade 
Agreements--Alternate II (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Caribbean Basin country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean 
Basin country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and

[[Page 65833]]

    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 3 of the 
Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 40102), such as agricultural 
products and petroleum products.
    Component means any article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into construction material.
    Construction material means an article, material, or supply 
brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a 
subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term 
also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from 
articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety 
systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio 
evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a 
public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, 
are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material 
regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of 
those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials 
purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction 
material.
    Cost of components means--
    (i) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition 
cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation 
into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a 
domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free 
entry certificate is issued); or
    (ii) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs 
associated with the manufacture of the component, including 
transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this 
definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. 
Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the 
manufacture of the construction material.
    Designated country means--
    (i) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement 
(WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, 
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, 
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 
Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as ``the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu'' 
(Chinese Taipei)), or the United Kingdom);
    (ii) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);
    (iii) A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, 
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, 
Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, 
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, 
Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, 
Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or
    (iv) A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. 
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint 
Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).
    Designated country construction material means a construction 
material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free 
Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed 
country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country 
construction material.
    Domestic construction material means--
    (i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in 
the United States; or
    (ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, 
if--
    (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its 
components. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind 
for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated 
as domestic; or
    (B) The construction material is a COTS item.
    Free Trade Agreement country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a 
new and different construction material distinct from the material 
from which it was transformed.
    Least developed country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least 
developed country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    SC/CASA state construction material means construction material 
that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the material from 
which it was transformed.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    WTO GPA country construction material means a construction 
material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA 
country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    (b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by 
providing a preference for domestic construction material. In 
addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA, 
Free Trade Agreements, and other waivers relating to acquisitions in 
support of operations in Afghanistan apply to this acquisition. 
Therefore, the Balance of Payments Program restrictions are waived 
for SC/CASA state and designated country construction materials.
    (c) The Contractor shall use only domestic, SC/CASA state, or 
designated country construction material in performing this 
contract, except for--
    (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified 
acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation;
    (2) Information technology that is a commercial item; or
    (3) The construction material or components listed by the 
Government as follows:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or 
indicate ``none''].

    (d) If the Contractor is from an SC/CASA state, the Contractor 
shall inform its government of its participation in this acquisition 
and that it generally will not have such opportunity in the future 
unless its government provides reciprocal procurement opportunities 
to U.S. products and services and suppliers of such products and 
services.


(End of clause)

    Alternate III. As prescribed in 225.7503(b)(4), use the following 
clause, which adds South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA 
state and SC/CASA state construction material to paragraph (a), uses a 
different paragraph (b) and introductory text for paragraph (c) than 
the basic clause, and adds paragraph (d):

Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material Under Trade 
Agreements--Alternate III (Nov 2014)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Caribbean Basin country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean 
Basin country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.

[[Page 65834]]

    Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item--
    (i) Means any item of supply (including construction material) 
that is--
    (A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the 
definition of commercial item in section 2.101 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation);
    (B) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial 
marketplace; and
    (C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract 
at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is 
sold in the commercial marketplace; and
    (ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 3 of the 
Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 40102), such as agricultural 
products and petroleum products.
    Component means any article, material, or supply incorporated 
directly into construction material.
    Construction material means an article, material, or supply 
brought to the construction site by the Contractor or a 
subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term 
also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from 
articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety 
systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio 
evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a 
public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, 
are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material 
regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of 
those systems are delivered to the construction site. Materials 
purchased directly by the Government are supplies, not construction 
material.
    Cost of components means--
    (i) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition 
cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation 
into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a 
domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free 
entry certificate is issued); or
    (ii) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs 
associated with the manufacture of the component, including 
transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this 
definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. 
Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the 
manufacture of the construction material.
    Designated country means--
    (i) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement 
(WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, 
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, 
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 
Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as ``the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu'' 
(Chinese Taipei)), or the United Kingdom);
    (ii) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);
    (iii) A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, 
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, 
Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, 
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, 
Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, 
Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or
    (iv) A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. 
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint 
Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).
    Designated country construction material means a construction 
material that is a WTO GPA country construction material, a Free 
Trade Agreement country construction material, a least developed 
country construction material, or a Caribbean Basin country 
construction material.
    Domestic construction material means--
    (i) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in 
the United States; or
    (ii) A construction material manufactured in the United States, 
if--
    (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its 
components. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind 
for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated 
as domestic; or
    (B) The construction material is a COTS item.
    Free Trade Agreement country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free 
Trade Agreement country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a Free Trade Agreement country into a 
new and different construction material distinct from the material 
from which it was transformed.
    Least developed country construction material means a 
construction material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least 
developed country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new 
and different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
    SC/CASA state construction material means construction material 
that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of An SC/CASA 
state; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the material from 
which it was transformed.
    United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
outlying areas.
    WTO GPA country construction material means a construction 
material that--
    (i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA 
country; or
    (ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in 
whole or in part of materials from another country, has been 
substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and 
different construction material distinct from the materials from 
which it was transformed.
    (b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by 
providing a preference for domestic construction material. In 
addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA, 
all Free Trade Agreements except NAFTA and the Bahrain Free Trade 
Agreement, and other waivers relating to acquisitions in support of 
operations in Afghanistan apply to this acquisition. Therefore, the 
Balance of Payments Program restrictions are waived for SC/CASA 
state and designated country construction material other than 
Bahrainian or Mexican construction material.
    (c) The Contractor shall use only domestic, SC/CASA state, or 
designated country construction material other than Bahrainian or 
Mexican construction material in performing this contract, except 
for--
    (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified 
acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation;
    (2) Information technology that is a commercial item; or
    (3) The construction material or components listed by the 
Government as follows:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or 
indicate ``none''].

    (d) If the Contractor is from an SC/CASA state, the Contractor 
shall inform its government of its participation in this acquisition 
and that it generally will not have such opportunity in the future 
unless its government provides reciprocal procurement opportunities 
to U.S. products and services and suppliers of such products and 
services.


(End of clause)

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