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 products and commercial services, 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 solicitation includes alternate I of the clause at 252.225-7036.
(iii) Use the alternate II provision when the solicitation includes alternate II of the clause at 252.225-7036.
(iv) Use the alternate III provision when the solicitation includes alternate III of the clause at 252.225-7036.
(v) Use the alternate IV provision when the solicitation includes alternate IV of the clause at 252.225-7036.
(vi) Use the alternate V provision when the solicitation includes alternate V of the clause at 252.225-7036.
BUY AMERICAN—FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS—BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE—ALTERNATE III (FEB 2024)
(a) Definitions. “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 252.225-7036, 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 or SC/CASA state 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) Each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(3) of this provision contains a critical component or a critical item; and
(iii) 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 or SC/CASA state end products:
(Line item No.) (Country of origin)
(ii) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products other than Bahraini end products, Moroccan end products, Panamanian end products, or Peruvian end products:
(Line item No.) (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. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.
(Line item No.) (Country of origin (If known)) (Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no))
(3) The Offeror shall list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component or a critical item (see section 25.105 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation). Line Item Number: [List as necessary]
(End of provision)
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