All-O-Matic Buy American Act Compliance

Brief History of the Buy American Act

Originating in the late 1760s, American colonists started a “non-consumption movement” to rebel against the British government. Enacted in 1933, the Buy American Act was established to restrict federal agencies from purchasing items produced or manufactured in the United States, limit purchasing “foreign” products, and bring America out of the Great Depression. In the 1980s, a provision of The Surface Transportation Assistance Act was introduced and would apply to industries that dealt with vehicles, including gate operators.

Buy American Act Requirements

The Buy American Act requires federal agencies to produce domestic materials and products. In short, federal agencies that are Buy American Act compliant must abide by two conditions. The first condition requires the procurement for public use in the United States. The second condition requires that items to be procured, or materials from which they are manufactured, must be present in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of satisfactory quality.

All-O-Matic Compliance with the Buy American Act

All-O-Matic, Inc. has been certified in compliance with the Buy American Act (BAA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement. All-O-Matic’s products comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which requires all iron, steel, and manufactured goods purchased for and incorporated into products wholly or partially funded by the ARRA to have been made in the United States.

All of All-O-Matic’s gate opener systems have been certified compliant with the Buy American Act as changes in character or use of the good or component were made in America, and the processes performed to make such changes were complex, meaningful, and done so in the United States.