In plain English
FAR 52.225-4, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, is a solicitation provision prescribed at FAR 25.110, most recently dated NOV 2023. The complete official text is reproduced below, verbatim, from GSA's published FAR source files.
Its text contains no sentence requiring insertion into subcontracts; see the flowdown section below for what that does and does not mean.
Does it flow down to subcontracts?
No flowdown mandate found in the clause text
This is a solicitation provision — it applies to offerors when submitting an offer, not to contract performance, so subcontract flowdown is generally not the operative question for it.
Where it's prescribed
As prescribed in 25.1101 (b)(2)(i), insert the following provision:
Prescribing reference: FAR 25.110.
The official text, verbatim
As prescribed in 25.1101 (b)(2)(i), insert the following provision:
Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate (NOV 2023)
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(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c)(1) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision contains a critical component.
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(2) The terms "Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product," "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "critical component," "domestic end product," "end product," "foreign end product," "Free Trade Agreement country," "Free Trade Agreement country end product," "Israeli end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act."
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(b) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":
Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahraini, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products:
Line Item No. Country of Origin ______________
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[List as necessary]
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(c)
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(1) The Offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act." The Offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.
Other Foreign End Products:
Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no) ______________
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[List as necessary]
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(2) The Offeror shall list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).
Line Item No. ___
[List as necessary]
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(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(End of provision)
Alternate I [Reserved]
Alternate II (Jan 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101 (b)(2)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic provision:
(b) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”.
Israeli End Products:
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[List as necessary]
Alternate III (Jan 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101 (b)(2)(iii), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic provision:
(b) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Korean end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”.
Korean End Products or Israeli End Products:
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[List as necessary]