DFARS Compliant Springs

Optimum Spring is a U.S. manufacturer of custom and standard springs using DFARS compliant materials.

225.872 Contracting with qualifying country sources. Reference: DFARS 225.872-1 General (Subject to change by US Government)

225.872-1 General

• (a) As a result of memoranda of understanding and other international agreements, DoD has determined it inconsistent with the public interest to apply restrictions of the Buy American statute or the Balance of Payments Program to the acquisition of qualifying country end products from the following qualifying countries:

  DFARS Countries

  Australia		Federal Republic of Germany		Luxembourg		Sweden
  Belgium		Finland		Netherlands		Switzerland
  Canada		France		Norway		Turkey
  Czech Republic		Greece		Poland		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  Denmark		Israel		Portugal
  Egypt		Italy		Spain

• (b) Individual acquisitions of qualifying country end products from the following qualifying country may, on a purchase-by-purchase basis (225.872-4), be exempted from application of the Buy American statute and the Balance of Payments Program as inconsistent with the public interest:
  • Austria
• (c) The determination in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not limit the authority of the Secretary concerned to restrict acquisitions to domestic sources or reject an otherwise acceptable offer from a qualifying country source when considered necessary for national defense reasons.