TAA Compliance for Security Procurement — Country of Origin, Confirmed
The Trade Agreements Act (TAA) is a country-of-origin rule. For GSA Schedule and many federal purchases, the end product must be manufactured or 'substantially transformed' in the United States or a TAA-designated country. It is separate from — and not satisfied by — an NDAA Section 889 attestation.
TAA is not NDAA
Section 889 asks who made it (prohibited source). TAA asks where it was made (designated country). A camera can be NDAA-compliant but not TAA-compliant if it was assembled in a non-designated country, and vice-versa. Federal projects usually require both, confirmed at the SKU level.
Designated vs non-designated
The US plus designated countries (which include most allied manufacturing nations — for example Sweden, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada and Denmark, among others) generally qualify. Country of origin can vary by line and even by production lot for the same brand, so a brand-level claim is not enough.
How we confirm it
For each part number we confirm the country of origin and, where a unit is not TAA-designated, we quote a compliant equivalent. The result is an audit-ready record your contracting officer can put in the file alongside the Section 889 documentation.
- TAA = where it was made; NDAA 889 = who made it. Most federal buys need both.
- Origin can vary by lot, so we confirm per SKU, not per brand.
- When a unit isn't designated, we quote a compliant equivalent.
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