ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Oct 2015

In October 2015, the government of the United States of America announced a change in the local input requirements for the participation in certain public purchases.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



This project is among those listed in the U.S. Department of Transportation's TIGER 2015 Awards (at https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/TIGER%202015%20Project%20Fact%20Sheets_0.pdf). The applicability of Buy-America rules to TIGER grants is discussed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2009-04-23/pdf/E9-9073.pdf and https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/buyam_qa.cfm.


Inception date: 01 Oct 2015 | Removal date: 30 Sep 2017

Public procurement localisation

The U.S. Department of Transportation made a grant of $13,389,750 in Fiscal Year 2015 under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program for the Lowell Canal Bridges in the state of Massachusetts. The TIGER program was originally established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, Public Law 111-5). Grants under this program are subject to Buy America rules, including those set by section 1605 of the ARRA.


The HS codes monitored by the OECD Steel Committee are used to approximate the iron and steel products procured for this project.

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