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Hager Commercial Products Compliance with Buy American Act (BAA), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and Steel Product Procurement Act (SPPA) Section 1

The products in this section are manufactured in the United States in Montgomery, Alabama. These products are manufactured with domestic steel, brass, aluminum, or stainless steel and meet 52.225.23 (FAR) as a construction material manufactured in the United States. All of these items, except for the exceptions listed under Architectural Hinges, meet the Buy American Act of 1964 and the Buy American Act of 1933, which requires 100% domestic components. Every product in this section complies with SPPA, which requires at least 75% of the total cost of materials to be mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. All of these products meet the provisions of ARRA Subpart 25.6, Section 1605, 25.601 (2) "A construction material manufactured in the United States."

Architectural Hinges

All products

Exceptions: IHTHB953, 1850, the ECCO brand, 1303, and the 495/496/497 and 615 pivot sets

Roton Continuous Hinges

All products are manufactured in the U.S. with domestic aluminum

Thresholds and Weatherstripping

All products are manufactured in the U.S. with domestic aluminum, bronze, or stainless

Trim and Auxiliary

The following products are manufactured in the U.S. with domestic raw materials: Mop/Kick/Armor Plates – 190S/193S/194S, 198S, 199B, 204S, 214S, 220S/223S/224S, 225S Pulls – 1 through 27, 121L Push Plates – 30S, 50T, 60/70S/80S, 90R Push/Pull Sets – 31 thru 39, 41 thru 49,138 thru 170 Push Bars – 125 through 137 Automatic Flush Bolts – 291D, 292D, 293D, 294D, 295M, 295W, 296W Coordinator – 297D Signs – 350 thru 369

Sliding Door Hardware

Sliding door hardware sets are manufactured in the U.S. with over 51% of domestic materials and cost of the product being assembled in Sterling, Illinois.

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Hager Commercial Products Compliance with Buy American Act (BAA), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and FAR Subpart 25.4 and 25.6. Section 2

Trim and Auxiliary (not listed under Section 1), Locks , and Exit Devices are manufactured in Taiwan and qualify for BAA and ARRA Government projects under the Buy American Act provisions of FAR clause 52.225.23 as a designated country and the Recovery Act provisions of section 1605, Subpart 25.6- ARRA-Buy American Act-Construction Materials, 25.603 Exceptions, as a favored nation and meet the exceptions described in "25.101 General" and "25.103 Exceptions" of the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations).

The products in this section qualify as a WTO GPA country. On projects less than $2,000 and more than $7.8 million, these products are equal to domestically produced products.

These products can also be used anytime the contracting officer or Government Agency agrees to be bound by the trade agreements or uses the "public interest" exception for expedited projects.

Door Closers are made in China, however 25.603 provides for the contracting officer to incorporate foreign construction materials without regard to the restrictions of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American Act when one of the following exceptions applies:

  • 1. Nonavailability
    • It may be determined that a particular construction material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality.
  • 2. Unreasonable cost
    • The contracting officer concludes that a cost of domestic construction material is unreasonable by using an evaluation factor of 6 percent applied to the cost of foreign unmanufactured construction material.
  • 3. Inconsistent with public interest
    • The head of the agency may determine that application of the restrictions of 1605 of the Recovery Act to a particular construction material would be inconsistent with the public interest.