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DOD Issues Final DFARS Rule Implementing Increased Buy American Restrictions for Defense Procurements

Inside Government Contracts

The EO was intended to strengthen the requirements of the Buy American Act (“BAA”) by, among other things, directing the FAR Council to issue new rules increasing the domestic content threshold for determining whether a product qualifies as a domestic end product. Beginning in calendar year 2029, the threshold will be 75 percent.

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UK: start of the public consultation on the introduction of a UK carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)

Import and Trade Remedies

To achieve this it will impose a carbon price on imported goods with the aim of levelling the playing field and ensuring that imported goods are subject to a carbon price that is comparable to that incurred by manufacturers based in the UK. The CBAM proposal forms part of the UK government’s wider strategy to tackle carbon leakage.

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Friday Flash 08/16/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Healthcare Spotlight: HHS Announces Medicare Part D Negotiated Prices This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final drug prices negotiated through its Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

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Friday Flash 01/05/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Potential Changes to FSS EPA Clauses As you know, one of the Coalition’s priorities in 2022 and 2023 was to increase flexibility in the application of Economic Price Adjustments (EPAs) in the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program during a time of historic inflation. To register, click here.

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Friday Flash 3/08/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Like the FAR rule, the new DFARS rule: Modifies the definition of domestic end product, qualifying country end product, and domestic construction material by increasing the domestic content threshold to 65 percent for calendar years 2024 through 2028, and to 75 percent beginning in calendar year 2029. supply chain.