Government Contracts Insights

April 09, 2024 - Acquisition Regulations, Defense, Domestic Preferences
DFARS Realigns with FAR Buy American Requirements
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
For the second time in as many years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has issued a final rule that brings its Buy American Act (BAA) requirements into alignment with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The final rule amends the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Part 225
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July 12, 2022 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, Domestic Preferences
Chasing the FAR: DOD’s Buy American Act Final Rule
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
Recently, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that immediately implements President Trump’s Executive Order (E.O.) 13881 to maximize the government’s procurement of American-made goods, products, and materials under the Buy American Act (BAA) statute. The final rule conforms the DOD’s pre-existing
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September 17, 2020 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, Domestic Preferences
Proposed Rule to Amend the Far’s Implementation of the Buy American Act
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
Earlier this week, the FAR Council issued a proposed rule to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 13881. The Executive Order called for the expansion of the preference for domestic goods, products, and materials – particularly domestic iron and steel – in Federal procurements. If
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February 13, 2020 - Federal Procurement, Domestic Preferences, Health Care
Trade Agreements Act Compliance: Federal Circuit Clarifies Country of Origin and Place of Manufacture Analyses
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
A variety of arcane domestic-preference regimes apply to many Federal procurements – the Buy American Act (BAA), the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), the Berry Amendment, and the Cargo Preference Act, to name a few. In Acetris Health, LLC v. United States , the Court
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July 23, 2019 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, Domestic Preferences
President Issues New Domestic Preference Executive Order
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
The President has issued the third in a series of executive orders (EOs) directed at tightening domestic-preference restrictions in Government procurements covered by the Buy American Act (BAA). EO 13881 orders the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) within 180 days to “consider proposing”
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Topic Archives: Domestic Preferences

DFARS Realigns with FAR Buy American Requirements

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel

Chasing the FAR: DOD’s Buy American Act Final Rule

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel

Proposed Rule to Amend the Far’s Implementation of the Buy American Act

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker

Trade Agreements Act Compliance: Federal Circuit Clarifies Country of Origin and Place of Manufacture Analyses

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker

President Issues New Domestic Preference Executive Order

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker