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Clause H.48 - Contractor's Obligations Concerning U.S. Manufacturing Requirements of a Determination of Exceptional Circumstances (DEC) (Apr 2022)

Last Revised: 11/28/2022  |  Per Mod #0229

It directs SC laboratories to follow the requirements of the applicable DECs, including, but not limited to, any U.S. Manufacturing Plans or Commercialization Plans. While AL-2022-01 added the S&E DEC to laboratory contracts, there are other DECs which affect U.S. Manufacturing. For example, the “Energy Efficiency, Storage, Integration and Related Technologies, Renewable Energy, and Advanced Energy Technologies which is funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) or the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)” DEC, the “Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response” DEC and the “Quantum Information Science Technologies” DECs all include enhanced U.S. Manufacturing requirements. This clause clarifies that laboratories must comply with the U.S. Manufacturing requirements in a DEC.