U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

ANNUAL BUY AMERICAN ACT (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq) WAIVER REPORT

FY 2005

 

Itemized Description of Articles, Material, or Supplies for which Buy American Act Waiver was Granted

 

Corresponding Per Item Dollar Value of Articles, Materials, or Supplies Acquired

 

 

 

Country of Origin

(Itemized)

Briefly Describe Justification Under Which Buy American Act Waiver was Granted

Name and Telephone Number of Authorizing Official; i.e., Who Authorized the Waiver?

VHF Transmitters

Per unit $176 – (Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract)

Canada

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Phyllis Michel

(650) 329-4163

U.S. Geological Survey

(USGS)

Projectiles, transmitter modification and technical assistance for walrus tagging in Bering Sea

$28,600

Denmark

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

AmCell AS10-2 and 2AS10-2 batteries

Per unit $98

(Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract)

Spain

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Photovoltaic Modules

Per unit $221

(Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract)

Canada

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

OEM spares kit for shallow-water sonar system

$14,542

United Kingdom

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Used, out-of-production mass spectrometer (for unavailable spare parts)

$20,000

Switzerland

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Wildlife monitoring equipment

$36,185

Germany

FAR 25.502(c)(2)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

OEM replacement parts for mass spectrometer

$7,915

Germany

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Automated titrating equipment, software and supplies

$10,500

Switzerland

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Multi-frequency profiling sonar

$11,743

Canada

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

Microarray slides

$51,750

Canada

FAR 25.103(b)(2)(i)

Nancy Miller

(916) 278-9325

(USGS)

 

Negative Waiver Issuance Reports Submitted by the Following Department of the Interior Bureaus/Offices:

 

•         Bureau of Indian Affairs

•         Bureau of Land Management

•         Bureau of Reclamation

•         U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

•         Minerals Management Service

•         National Business Center

•         Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation