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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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Friday Flash 07/19/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

GSA and DoD Invest in Record-Setting Clean Energy Procurements GSA and the Department of Defense (DoD) are seeking contractors through two parallel procurements that can supply Federal facilities in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest with 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. persons for less sensitive data categories.

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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.

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UK: Update on the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism following the UK Government response to the consultation

Import and Trade Remedies

The CBAM proposal forms part of the UK Government’s wider strategy to tackle carbon leakage, which is caused by the movement of production activities and associated emissions from one country to another as a result of different levels of carbon pricing and climate regulation.

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Friday Flash 12/13/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The government is on track to meet its net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goal across all Federal operations by 2050 and a 65 percent reduction by 2030. CEQ officials stated that at the current rate of progress, agencies would achieve a 70 percent reduction in GHG emissions by 2030.