48 CFR § 25.203 - 25.203 Preaward determinations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s25.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 25.203 - 25.203 Preaward determinations."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "25.203"
section_name: "25.203 Preaward determinations."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "FOREIGN ACQUISITION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "25"
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# 25.203 25.203 Preaward determinations.
(a) For any acquisition, an offeror may request from the contracting officer a determination concerning the inapplicability of the Buy American statute for specifically identified construction materials. The time for submitting the request is specified in the solicitation in paragraph (b) of either 52.225-10 or 52.225-12, whichever applies. The information and supporting data that must be included in the request are also specified in the solicitation in paragraphs (c) and (d) of either 52.225-9 or 52.225-11, whichever applies.
(b) Before award, the contracting officer must evaluate all requests based on the information provided and may supplement this information with other readily available information.
[64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, as amended at 79 FR 24209, Apr. 29, 2014]