(a)(1) The Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) provides the authority for the President to waive the Buy American statute and other discriminatory provisions for eligible products from countries that have signed an international trade agreement with the United States, or that meet certain other criteria, such as being a least developed country. The President has delegated this waiver authority to the U.S. Trade Representative. In acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, Free Trade Agreements, or the Israeli Trade Act, the USTR has waived the Buy American statute and other discriminatory provisions for eligible products. Offers of eligible products receive equal consideration with domestic offers.
(1) The Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) provides the authority for the President to waive the Buy American statute and other discriminatory provisions for eligible products from countries that have signed an international trade agreement with the United States, or that meet certain other criteria, such as being a least developed country. The President has delegated this waiver authority to the U.S. Trade Representative. In acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, Free Trade Agreements, or the Israeli Trade Act, the USTR has waived the Buy American statute and other discriminatory provisions for eligible products. Offers of eligible products receive equal consideration with domestic offers.
(2) The contracting officer shall determine the origin of services by the country in which the firm providing the services is established. See Subpart 25.5 for evaluation procedures for supply contracts covered by trade agreements.
(b) The value of the acquisition is a determining factor in the applicability of trade agreements. Most of these dollar thresholds are subject to revision by the U.S. Trade Representative approximately every 2 years. The various thresholds are summarized as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply contract Service contract Construction
Trade agreement (equal to or (equal to or contract (equal
exceeding) exceeding) to or exceeding)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WTO GPA................................................ $204,000 $204,000 $7,864,000FTAs:
Australia FTA...................................... 79,507 79,507 7,864,000
Bahrain FTA........................................ 204,000 204,000 10,335,931
CAFTA-DR (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El 79,507 79,507 7,864,000
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua).....
Chile FTA.......................................... 79,507 79,507 7,864,000
Colombia FTA....................................... 79,507 79,507 7,864,000
Korea FTA.......................................... 100,000 100,000 7,864,000
Morocco FTA........................................ 204,000 204,000 7,864,000NAFTA:
--Canada........................................... 25,000 79,507 10,335,931
--Mexico........................................... 79,507 79,507 10,335,931
Oman FTA........................................... 204,000 204,000 10,335,931
Panama FTA......................................... 204,000 204,000 7,864,000
Peru FTA........................................... 204,000 204,000 7,864,000
Singapore FTA...................................... 79,507 79,507 7,864,000Israeli Trade Act...................................... 50,000 ................. .................---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [69 FR 77874, Dec. 28, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 219, Jan. 3, 2006; 71 FR 865, Jan. 5, 2006; 71 FR 20307, Apr. 19, 2006; 71 FR 36937, June 28, 2006; 71 FR 67777, Nov. 22, 2006; 72 FR 46358, Aug. 17, 2007; 73 FR 10963, Feb. 28, 2008; 73 FR 16747, Mar. 28, 2008; 74 FR 28428, June 15, 2009; 75 FR 38690, July 2, 2010; 77 FR 27550, May 10, 2012; 77 FR 69724, Nov. 20, 2012; 78 FR 80380, Dec. 31, 2013; 79 FR 24209, Apr. 29, 2014]