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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">225.7017-3</ph> Exceptions.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">DoD requires the contractor to utilize domestic photovoltaic
devices in covered contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition
threshold, with the following exceptions:</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Qualifying country.</i>Qualifying
country photovoltaic devices may be utilized in any covered contract,
because <xref href="225.103.dita#DFARS_225.103"
                  base="DFARS-225.103"
                  outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref ">225.103</xref> (a)(i)(A) provides
an exception to the Buy American statute for products of qualifying
countries, as defined in <xref href="225.003.dita#DFARS_225.003"
                  base="DFARS-225.003"
                  outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref ">225.003</xref> . </p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) Buy American—unreasonable cost. For
a covered contract that utilizes photovoltaic devices valued at
less than $183,000, the
exception for unreasonable cost may apply (see FAR 25.103(c). If
the cost of a foreign photovoltaic device plus 50 percent is less
than the cost of a domestic photovoltaic device, then the foreign
photovoltaic device may be utilized.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Trade agreements.</i>
         </p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1) Free Trade Agreements. For a covered
contract that utilizes photovoltaic devices valued at $25,000 or
more, photovoltaic devices may be utilized from a country covered
under the acquisition by a Free Trade Agreement, depending upon
dollar threshold (see FAR subpart 25.4).</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2) World Trade Organization—Government
Procurement Agreement. For covered contracts that utilize photovoltaic devices
that are valued at $183,000 or
more, only U.S.-made photovoltaic devices, designated country photovoltaic devices,
or qualifying country photovoltaic devices may be utilized.</p>
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