48 CFR § 236.602-70 - 236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms.
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title: "48 CFR § 236.602-70 - 236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "236.602-70"
section_name: "236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "236"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36421, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "236"
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# 236.602-70 236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms.
In accordance with section 111 of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (Division I of Pub. L. 113-235) and the same provision in subsequent military construction appropriations acts, architect-engineer contracts funded by military construction appropriations that are estimated to exceed $500,000 and are to be performed in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf (*i.e.,* Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq), shall be awarded only to United States firms or to joint ventures of United States and host nation firms.
[80 FR 15911, Mar. 26, 2015]