Show Us Your Domestic Content, Bidders: OMB Calls
Published Date: 2/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The government is asking to keep collecting info from companies about how they follow Buy American rules, trade agreements, and duty-free entry when selling to the U.S. This affects businesses bidding on federal contracts and helps ensure they meet domestic content and trade law requirements. Comments are open until March 25, 2026, so get ready to share your thoughts!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Continuation of Buy American Information Collection
The government is extending an information collection that requires companies bidding on federal contracts to submit paperwork about compliance with Buy American, trade agreements, and duty-free entry. The collection covers 9,279 respondents, 34,535 annual responses, and a total of 29,138 annual burden hours; comments are due March 25, 2026.
Disclosure Requirement: 55% Domestic Content Rule
Under FAR 52.225-2 and related provisions, offerors must identify supplies that do not meet the definition of a domestic end product and state whether those supplies exceed 55% domestic content; offerors must also identify domestic end products that contain a critical component. This information must be included in proposals when bidding on federal contracts.
Duty-Free Entry Notice and Shipping Documentation
FAR 52.225-8 requires contractors to notify the contracting officer when they purchase foreign supplies so the government can determine duty-free entry; the notice must identify the foreign supplies, estimate the amount of duty, and state the country of origin, and shipping documents/containers must include specific information to assure duty-free entry.
Construction Materials: Info for Foreign-Material Waivers
For construction acquisitions, the listed FAR construction clauses (e.g., FAR 52.225-9 through 52.225-12, 52.225-21, and 52.225-23) require an offeror or contractor requesting to use foreign construction material because of "unreasonable cost" to provide adequate information for the Government to evaluate the request.
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