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<br />Fulton Street Pedestrian Bicycle Corridor PAGE 21 OF 114 CONTRACT <br />FEDERAL AID # TAP-0420(026) <br />WO #3785 September 6, 2024 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />5. United States: To further define the coverage, a domestic product is a manufactured 2 <br />steel construction material that was produced in one of the 50 states, the District of 3 <br />Columbia, Puerto Rico, or in the territories and possessions of the United States. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Steel and Iron Requirements 6 <br />Major quantities of steel and iron construction materials that are permanently incorporated 7 <br />into the project shall consist of American -made materials only. BABA requirements do not 8 <br />apply to temporary steel or iron items, e.g., temporary sheet piling, temporary bridges, 9 <br />steel scaffolding and falsework. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Minor amounts of foreign steel and iron may be utilized in this project provided the cost 12 <br />of the foreign material used does not exceed one -tenth of one percent of the total contract 13 <br />cost or $2,500.00, whichever is greater. 14 <br /> 15 <br />American-made material is defined as material having all manufacturing processes 16 <br />occurring domestically. 17 <br /> 18 <br />If domestically produced steel billets or iron ingots are exported outside of the area of 19 <br />coverage, as defined above, for any manufacturing process then the resulting product 20 <br />does not conform to the BABA requirements. Additionally, products manufactured 21 <br />domestically from foreign source steel billets or iron ingots do not conform to the BABA 22 <br />requirements because the initial melting and mixing of alloys to create the material 23 <br />occurred in a foreign country. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Manufacturing begins with the initial melting and mixing and continues through the coating 26 <br />stage. Any process which modifies the chemical content, the physical size or shape, or 27 <br />the final finish is considered a manufacturing process. The processes include rolling, 28 <br />extruding, machining, bending, grinding, drilling, welding, and coating. The action of 29 <br />applying a coating to steel or iron is deemed a manufacturing process. Coating includes 30 <br />epoxy coating, galvanizing, aluminizing, painting, and any other coating that protects or 31 <br />enhances the value of steel or iron. Any process from the original reduction from ore to 32 <br />the finished product constitutes a manufacturing process for iron. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Due to a nationwide waiver, BABA requirements do not apply to raw materials (iron ore 35 <br />and alloys), scrap (recycled steel or iron), and pig iron ore processed, pelletized, and 36 <br />reduced iron ore. 37 <br /> 38 <br />The following are considered to be steel manufacturing processes: 39 <br /> 40 <br />1. Production of steel by any of the following processes: 41 <br /> 42 <br />a. Open hearth furnace. 43 <br /> 44 <br />b. Basic oxygen. 45 <br /> 46 <br />c. Electric furnace. 47 <br /> 48 <br />d. Direct reduction. 49 <br /> 50 <br />2. Rolling, heat treating, and any other similar processing. 51 <br /> 52