52.225-18 Place of Manufacture
Source: FAR 52.225-18 on acquisition.gov
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.
As prescribed in 25.1101 (f), insert the following provision:
Place of Manufacture (Aug 2018)
(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—
Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except-
(1) FPSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;
(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;
(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;
(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;
(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;
(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;
(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;
(8) PSC 9610, Ores;
(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and
(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.
Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.
(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-
(1) □ In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or
(2) □ Outside the United States.
(End of provision)