The government believes that the listed brand names would still be compliant with the bAA because all line items on this solicitation are being evaluated as a group. To qualify as a “domestic offer” for BAA purposes the total value of “domestic end products” must exceed 50% of the value for the group of line items (both terms are defined in FAR 25.003). Since all lines are being awarded as a single group for this action, the offer would be considered a domestic offer if half or more of the value of the offer were from domestic end products. Also, since these items are considered commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) items, they are not subject to domestic content test per FAR 25.101(a)(2)(i). Based on the government market research, the value of the BAA-compliant items is expected to exceed half the value of the offer using the suggested brands, making an offer using those brands a domestic offer.

This buy will be reposted later today with a revised ARO of 180 days to accommodate the large quantities involved.