52.225-18
Place of Manufacture
Treat FAR 52.225-18 as a statistical representation: determine where your offered end products are predominantly manufactured based on total anticipated price, and do not confuse this checkbox with separate domestic preference compliance rules.
Overview
- FAR 52.225-18, Place of Manufacture, is a solicitation provision used to collect statistical information only about where the offered end products are predominantly manufactured.
- It does not impose a domestic sourcing requirement by itself; instead, it requires offerors to indicate whether the end products they expect to provide are mainly manufactured in the United States or outside the United States.
Key Rules
- Definitions
- A manufactured end product generally includes end products within PSCs 1000-9999, with specific exclusions such as lumber, agricultural supplies, live animals, subsistence, certain crude plant and animal products, ores, minerals, and additive metal materials.
- Place of manufacture
- The place of manufacture is where the end product is assembled from components or made/processed from raw materials into the finished product delivered to the Government.
- If a product is merely disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly does not count as the place of manufacture.
- Offeror representation
- For statistical purposes, the offeror must check whether the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of those manufactured outside the United States.
Responsibilities
- Contracting Officers: Include the provision when prescribed by FAR 25.1101(f).
- Contractors/Offerors: Review expected end products and accurately indicate the predominant place of manufacture.
- Agencies: Use the information for statistical tracking, not as a standalone compliance determination.
Practical Implications
- This provision helps the Government track sourcing patterns across procurements.
- Offerors should base the checkbox selection on a reasonable pricing assessment of expected delivered end products.
- A common pitfall is confusing this provision with Buy American or Trade Agreements compliance; this clause is primarily a reporting representation, not a substantive domestic preference rule.