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DFARS PGI 225_8



(Revised October 31, 2013)

PGI 225.8--OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COORDINATION

PGI 225.802 Procedures.

PGI 225.802-70 Contracts for performance outside the United States and Canada.

When a contracting office anticipates placement of a contract for performance outside the United States and Canada, and the contracting office is not under the jurisdiction of a command for the country involved, the contracting office shall maintain liaison with the cognizant contract administration office (CAO) during preaward negotiations and postaward administration. The cognizant CAO can be found at http://home.dcma.mil/cassites/district.htm. The CAO will provide pertinent information for contract negotiations, effect appropriate coordination, and obtain required approvals for the performance of the contract.

PGI 225.870 Contracting with Canadian contractors.

PGI 225.870-1 General.

PGI 225.870-5 Contract administration.

DFAS Columbus Center

DFAS-CO/North Entitlement Operations

PO Box 182266

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contract and final audit;

the administrative contracting officer for further processing and transmittal to the disbursing officer; and

contracting officer.

PGI 225.870-7 Acceptance of Canadian supplies.

PGI 225.871 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cooperative projects.

PGI 225.871-4 Statutory waivers.

Forward any request for waiver under a cooperative project to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, through the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics). The waiver request shall include a draft Determination and Findings for signature by the Deputy Secretary of Defense establishing that the waiver is necessary to significantly further NATO standardization, rationalization, and interoperability.

PGI 225.871-5 Directed subcontracting.

The cooperative project agreement is the authority for a contractual provision requiring the contractor to place certain subcontracts with particular subcontractors. No separate justification and approval during the acquisition process is required.

PGI 225.872 Contracting with qualifying country sources.

PGI 225.872-4 Individual determinations.

SERVICE OR AGENCY

Exemption of the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

Determination and Findings

Upon the basis of the following findings and determination which I hereby make in accordance with the provisions of FAR 25.103(a), the acquisition of a qualifying country end product may be made as follows:

Findings

1.

The (contracting office) proposes to purchase under contract number ________________, (describe item) mined, produced, or manufactured in (qualifying country of origin). The total estimated cost of this acquisition is ____________________.

2.

The United States Government and the Government of _____________ have agreed to remove barriers to procurement at the prime and subcontract level for defense equipment produced in each other's countries insofar as laws and regulations permit.

3.

The agreement provides that the Department of Defense will evaluate competitive offers of qualifying country end products mined, produced, or manufactured in (qualifying country)

without imposing any price differential under the Buy American statute or the Balance of

Payments Program and without taking applicable U.S. customs and duties into consideration so that such items may better compete for sales of defense equipment to the Department of Defense. In addition, the Agreement stipulates that acquisitions of such items shall fully satisfy Department of Defense requirements for performance, quality, and delivery and shall cost the Department of Defense no more than would comparable U.S. source or other foreign source defense equipment eligible for award.

4.

To achieve the foregoing objectives, the solicitation contained the clause (title and number

of the Buy American clause contained in the contract). Offers were solicited from other

sources and the offer received from (offeror) is found to be otherwise eligible for award.

Determination

I hereby determine that it is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of

the Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program to the offer described in this

determination and findings.

(Date)

PGI 225.872-5 Contract administration.

PGI 225.872-6 Audit.

PGI 225.873 Waiver of United Kingdom commercial exploitation levies.

PGI 225.873-2 Procedures.

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