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Federal Government Invites Comment on Domestically Nonavailable Articles

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 05.14.20

On May 13, 2020, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking inviting interested parties to submit information relevant to the periodic review of the FAR 25.104 list of domestically nonavailable articles exempt from the Buy American Act, either as end products or components. Companies have until July 13, 2020 to review their existing supply chains and identify articles or components that are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality for addition to the list.

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