Clauses · DFARS · Supply chain and sourcing
DFARS 252.225-7019 Restriction on Acquisition of Anchor and Mooring Chain
Does the regulation require it to flow down?
Yes
(d): 'The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts for items containing welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain.' No dollar floor and no commercial exclusion inside (d) — the only relief is 225.7004-3(a), which lifts the restriction for a subcontract at or below the SAT. Contrast 252.225-7016(f)(1), which does exclude commercial products by its own terms: for chain, a commercial subcontract still gets the clause
- Form
- substance, including paragraph (d) itself — self-perpetuating
- Reaches
- all tiers
Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-05 · edition MAY 2024 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗
What it makes you produce
2 items for your checklist, slowest first.
Something somebody else has to issue you
The same day if the issuer is one of your own suppliers, months if it is an assessor or an underwriter.
A statement from the chain maker covering the cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing and welding, with a costed component breakdown showing more than half the component cost is domestic — evidence the prime weighs, not paper the clause names
DFARS 252.225-7019
Something you write
Days to weeks, and nobody outside your company has to agree to it.
- DFARS 252.225-7019(c)
A request for relief from the restriction, showing that domestic chain meeting the requirements cannot be obtained in time for the delivery schedule
Owed when adequate domestic supply cannot meet the delivery schedule; DFARS 225.7004-6(a) routes the determination to the secretary of the acquiring department case by case, with findings copied to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
When it is used
225.7004-7(a): unless a waiver has been granted, use the clause in solicitations and contracts — including FAR part 12 solicitations and contracts for commercial products and commercial services — that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold ($350k) and that require welded shipboard anchor or mooring chain. The underlying restriction is at 225.7004-5, implementing section 8041 of the FY1991 DoD Appropriations Act and the same section in later appropriations acts; 225.7004-5(b) records that this appropriations restriction takes precedence over the narrower 10 U.S.C. 4864 restriction at 225.7004-2(b)(6). Note the exception at 225.7004-3(a): the restrictions do not apply to 'a contract or subcontract that does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold' — the SAT test is written to reach the subcontract level, so your own subcontract value is a real test, not just the prime's.
Read closely
(b) names the processes that have to happen in the United States or its outlying areas, and there is no qualifying-country opening here: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia do not help, which sets chain apart from bearings. The relief route in (c) is months long rather than a purchasing workaround, and it is the only paragraph of the clause that names something you send.
The 5 templates that name it, with the line
Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.225-7019, 225.7004-2(b)(6), 225.7004-3(a), 225.7004-5, 225.7004-6(a), 225.7004-7(a), and 212.301(f)(x)(M) (verified 2026-08-05)
This is research, not legal advice. It states what the regulation says about this clause and cites the paragraph behind it. It does not rule on your order, and it does not rule on whether a prime's markings are correct.