# 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification.
Type: Provision
Prescribed in: 23.109(c)
Current version date: MAY 2024

## Prescription and Applicability

### FAR Prescription, 23.109(c)

(c) Biobased products in USDA-designated product categories.

(1) Insert the provision at 52.223-1, Biobased Product Certification, in solicitations, other than for acquisitions described at 23.105(d), that--

(i) Require the delivery or specify the use of biobased products in USDA-designated product categories; or

(ii) Include the clause at 52.223-2.

(2) Insert the clause at 52.223-2, Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, in service and construction solicitations and contracts, unless the contract will not involve the use of biobased products in USDA-designated product categories at https://www.biopreferred.gov or 7 CFR part 3201.

## Current Text

52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification.

As prescribed in 23.109(c)(1), insert the following provision:

Biobased Product Certification (MAY 2024)

As required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101(4)) and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (7 U.S.C. 8102(a)(2)(F)), the offeror certifies, by signing this offer, that biobased products (within categories of products listed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 7 CFR part 3201, subpart B) to be used or delivered in the performance of the contract, other than biobased products that are not purchased by the offeror as a direct result of this contract, will comply with the applicable specifications or other contractual requirements.

(End of provision)

[89 FR 30248, Apr. 22, 2024]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.223-1