# 252.225-7025 Restriction on acquisition of forgings.
Type: Clause
Prescribed in: 225.7102-4
Current version date: DEC 2009

## Prescription and Applicability

### DFARS Prescription, 225.7102-4

Use the clause at 252.225-7025, Restriction on Acquisition of Forgings, in solicitations and contracts, unless--
(a) The supplies being acquired do not contain any of the items listed in 225.7102-1; or
(b) An exception in 225.7102-2 applies. If an exception applies to only a portion of the acquisition, specify the excepted portion in the solicitation and contract.

## Current Text

252.225-7025 Restriction on acquisition of forgings.

As prescribed in 225.7102-4, use the following clause:

Restriction on Acquisition of Forgings (DEC 2009)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

(1) Component means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end product or of another component.

(2) Domestic manufacture means manufactured in the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada.

(3) Forging items means—

Items

Categories

Ship propulsion shafts

Excludes service and landing craft shafts.

Periscope tubes

All.

Ring forgings for bull gears

All greater than 120 inches in diameter.

(b) End products and their components delivered under this contract shall contain forging items that are of domestic manufacture only.

(c) The restriction in paragraph (b) of this clause may be waived upon request from the Contractor in accordance with subsection 225.7102-3 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement.

(d) The Contractor shall retain records showing compliance with the restriction in paragraph (b) of this clause until 3 years after final payment and shall make the records available upon request of the Contracting Officer.

(e) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e), in subcontracts for forging items or for other items that contain forging items.

(End of clause)

[68 FR 15639, Mar. 31, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 35548, June 21, 2005; 71 FR 39005, July 11, 2006; 74 FR 68384, Dec. 24, 2009]

## Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause

### Class Deviation 2026-O0041, DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 25)
- Status: Active
- Date Issued: 2026-02-17
- Change type: MODIFIED
- Action: Modified by RFO class deviation

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-252.225-7025