83 -- DFARS COMPLIANCE - BERRY AMENDMENT

The Department of Defense is looking for manufacturers/distributors of certain textiles and fabrics who can demonstrate compliance of the Berry Amendment provision of DFARS 252.225-7012. To be compliant with this provision, the materials used to fabricate the items must be produced and processed in the United States. The list of textiles and/or fabrics is as follows: Table 1 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Soft: TN 27 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 27 WEB, NYLON: Shuttle: TN 9000: TAPE, KEVLAR: Plain: TN 2000: TAPE, KEVLAR: Plain: TN 1500: TAPE, NYLON: Plain, Shuttle: TN 400 WEBBING, NYLON 3/8", TN 200: (BP8962-3/8) TAPE, NYLON RESIN TREATED: TN 1000: WEB, NYLON: Resin Impreg, Shuttleless: TN 2500: CN 483 TAPE, KEVLAR: Bally Pattern 1813: TN 2350: WEBBING, NYLON TUBULAR: TN 1500: TAPE, KEVLAR: Plain: TN 550: TAPE, NYLON: Herring., Shuttleless: TN 1700: WEB, NYLON: Shuttleless: TN 15000: WEB, NYLON: Resin Impreg, Shuttleless: TN 9500: TAPE, KEVLAR: Bally Pattern 1813: TN 3800: TAPE, KEVLAR, TN 1000: TAPE, KEVLAR: TN 2000: TAPE, NYLON: Plain, Dbl., Shuttle: TN 1000: TAPE, NYLON: Plain, Shuttle: TN 400 TAPE, NYLON: Plain, Shuttle: TN 250: WEB, NYLON: Shuttle: TN 500: WEB, NYLON: Shuttle: TN 2500: TAPE, NYLON: Plain, Shuttle: TN 525: THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Soft: TN 54: CN S-1 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 27: CN S-1 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 54: THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Soft: TN 45 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Soft: TN 45: THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 45: THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 54 THREAD, NYLON: Twist, Bond: TN 45 CLOTH, NYLON MESH: FABLOCK 9404 SZ-96 WHT MESH NETTING, TN 58: (FABLOK 8868-1/4), Color NAT CLOTH, GENTEX: BW 40 CLOTH, NYLON:48"+/-1/2", 0.5-3.0 Air Perm: TN 45: CLOTH, NYLON: RipStop 1.20 oz., 0.5 - 3.0 Air Perm: TN 45: TAPE, KEVLAR: Plain: TN 1500: TAPE, KEVLAR: 1/3 Twill Center Reversile: TN 800: TAPE, KEVLAR: Plain: TN 2000: TAPE, Polyamide (Nylon) WAXED: TN 80-90: 250 yds/sp TAPE TYPE 3, NYLON: 7/8" BLK TAPE TYPE 3, NYLON: 3/8" WHT TAPE TYPE 3, NYLON: 7/8" ODG WEBBING,1 23/32",BLK,T12,NYLON Type 12, Class 1 WEBBING, NYLON 4747 RED WEBBING, NYLON ROYAL BLUE WEBBING,3",BLK,T4,NYLON, UNTREATED,BOIL OFF WEB, 2" POLY COTTON SPACERFOAM BLK COTTON DUCK CLOTH, NYLON, DUCK, BALISTIC, CLASS II, TREATED 9/16? T1 TAPE HOOK FASTENER LOOP FASTENER AIRCRAFT COTTON The manufacturer or distributors must be willing to demonstrate that items sold to DoD Prime Contractors are compliant with Berry Amendment provision of DFARS 252.225-7012 as stated in current DoD policy guidance. 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. As prescribed in 225.7002-3(a), use the following clause: PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC COMMODITIES (JAN 2007) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause-- (1) ?Component? means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end product or of another component. (2) ?End product? means supplies delivered under a line item of this contract. (3) ?United States? means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. (4) ?U.S.-flag vessel? means a vessel of the United States or belonging to the United States, including any vessel registered or having national status under the laws of the United States. (b) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only such of the following items, either as end products or components, that have been grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States: (1) Food. (2) Clothing and the materials and components thereof, other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with, clothing and the materials and components thereof. Clothing includes items such as outerwear, headwear, underwear, nightwear, footwear, hosiery, handwear, belts, badges, and insignia. (3) Tents, tarpaulins, or covers. (4) Cotton and other natural fiber products. (5) Woven silk or woven silk blends. (6) Spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth. (7) Synthetic fabric, and coated synthetic fabric, including all textile fibers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics. (8) Canvas products. (9) Wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles). (10) Any item of individual equipment (Federal Supply Class 8465) manufactured from or containing fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials listed in this paragraph (b). (c) This clause does not apply? (1) To items listed in section 25.104(a) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), or other items for which the Government has determined that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity cannot be acquired as and when needed at U.S. market prices; (2) To end products incidentally incorporating cotton, other natural fibers, or wool, for which the estimated value of the cotton, other natural fibers, or wool-- (i) Is not more than 10 percent of the total price of the end product; and (ii) Does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold in FAR Part 2; (3) To waste and byproducts of cotton or wool fiber for use in the production of propellants and explosives; (4) To foods, other than fish, shellfish, or seafood, that have been manufactured or processed in the United States, regardless of where the foods (and any component if applicable) were grown or produced. Fish, shellfish, or seafood manufactured or processed in the United States and fish, shellfish, or seafood contained in foods manufactured or processed in the United States shall be provided in accordance with paragraph (d) of this clause; (5) To chemical warfare protective clothing produced in the countries listed in subsection 225.872-1 of the Defense FAR Supplement; or (6) To fibers and yarns that are for use in synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric (but does apply to the synthetic or coated synthetic fabric itself), if? (i) The fabric is to be used as a component of an end product that is not a textile product. Examples of textile products, made in whole or in part of fabric, include? (A) Draperies, floor coverings, furnishings, and bedding (Federal Supply Group 72, Household and Commercial Furnishings and Appliances); (B) Items made in whole or in part of fabric in Federal Supply Group 83, Textile/leather/furs/apparel/findings/tents/flags, or Federal Supply Group 84, Clothing, Individual Equipment and Insignia; (C) Upholstered seats (whether for household, office, or other use); and (D) Parachutes (Federal Supply Class 1670); or (ii) The fibers and yarns are para-aramid fibers and yarns manufactured in the Netherlands. (d)(1) Fish, shellfish, and seafood delivered under this contract, or contained in foods delivered under this contract? (i) Shall be taken from the sea by U.S.-flag vessels; or (ii) If not taken from the sea, shall be obtained from fishing within the United States; and (2) Any processing or manufacturing of the fish, shellfish, or seafood shall be performed on a U.S.-flag vessel or in the United States. Additional Information This is a market survey to determine possible sources.