SAM Step 5: Reps and Certs: FAR Response 3 (~5 min)

19: Child Labor

Explanation: The government doesn’t want to buy things made with forced child labor, but they have a very narrow definition

CountryProductCountryProduct
AfghanistanBricksGhanaFish (Including Talapia)
ArgentinaGarmentsIndiaBricks
BangladeshDried FishIndiaCottonseed (Hybrid)
BeninCottonIndiaEmbellished Textiles
BoliviaBrazil Nuts / ChestnutsIndiaGarments
BoliviaSugarcaneIndiaRice
Burkina FasoCottonIndiaStones
Burkina FasoGoldMalawiTobacco
BurmaBambooMaliRice
BurmaBeansNepalBricks
BurmaBricksNepalCarpets
BurmaRiceNepalEmbellished Textiles
BurmaRubberNepalStones
BurmaSugarcaneNigeriaCocoa
BurmaTeakNigeriaGranite
ChinaBricksNigeriaGravel
ChinaCottonPakistanBricks
ChinaElectronicsPakistanCarpets
ChinaToysPakistanCoal
ColombiaCocaRussiaPornography
Cote D’IvoireCocoaSierra LeoneDiamonds
Cote D’IvoireCoffeeSouth SudanCattle
Democratic Republic of the CongoCassiterite (tin ore)TajikstanCotton
Democratic Republic of the CongoColtan (tantalum ore)ThailandGarments
Democratic Republic of the CongoGoldThailandShrimp
Democratic Republic of the CongoWolframite (tungsten ore)VietnamGarments
EthiopiaTextiles

20: Equal employment opportunity

Explanation: If you are an established government contractor the government wants you to be an equal opportunity employer

21: Foreign manufacturing

Explanation: Do you sell any products that are NOT made in the US

22: Equal opportunity reporting

Explanation: If you are an established company the government wants you to file your equal opportunity employer reports

23: Affirmative Action

Explanation: The government wants to know whether you are required to have and if you have, an affirmative action hiring program

24: Wages for certain technical trades

Explanation: If you are going to test and calibrate the government’s machines the gov. wants to know that you are paying well and using the right equipment

Go on to FAR Response 4