BABA/BAA Compliance
The Original Buy American Lighting Manufacturer
What is BABA?
The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) was enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021. BABA establishes a unified domestic content procurement preference for all federally funded infrastructure projects — requiring that iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in infrastructure be produced in the United States.
BABA applies broadly to any project receiving federal financial assistance, including grants, loans, and loan guarantees from federal agencies. This encompasses transportation infrastructure, water and wastewater systems, broadband networks, energy grid modernization, and public building construction or renovation.
Projects Affected by BABA
What is BAA?
The Buy American Act (BAA) is the original federal domestic content law, enacted in 1933. BAA requires the U.S. federal government to prefer American-made products in its direct procurement — when federal agencies purchase goods for their own use. While BABA covers infrastructure projects funded by the federal government, BAA covers products the government buys directly.
BAA applies to direct federal procurement above the micro-purchase threshold. Under current regulations strengthened by Executive Order 14005 (2021), products must meet a 75% domestic content threshold and be manufactured in the United States to qualify as domestic end products under BAA.
BAA Coverage
How Clear-Vu Complies
Clear-Vu Lighting is the original BABA/BAA compliant American lighting manufacturer. Not a recent conversion. Not an assembly-only operation importing foreign components. American-made since 1957.
Central Islip, NY 11722 — all products manufactured at this single facility
Vertically integrated — injection molding, tooling, assembly, and testing in-house
69 years of continuous American manufacturing — the original BABA/BAA lighting manufacturer
All plastic components are injection-molded on-site at our Central Islip facility using American-sourced resins. No imported housings, lenses, or structural components.
Custom molds, jigs, and assembly tooling are designed and fabricated by our engineering team. Every fixture starts as an American-designed, American-tooled product.
LED boards, drivers, housing assemblies, lenses, and hardware are assembled and tested at our facility. Every fixture is quality-verified before it ships.
Our manufacturing workforce is union labor — American workers building American products for American infrastructure.
Product Lines & Compliance Status
The product lines below cover BABA (Build America, Buy America Act — 55% domestic-content threshold for federally assisted infrastructure projects) and BAA (Buy American Act — 75% threshold for direct federal procurement under E.O. 14005). Domestically manufactured at our Central Islip, NY facility. Three product lines — cleanLED, FLEX SLS, and clearNET — carry partial compliance and are individually flagged below.
How to Specify Clear-Vu on Government Contracts
A straightforward process for specifying BABA/BAA compliant LED lighting on your next federal or infrastructure project.
Determine which product lines are needed for your project. Our sales engineering team can review your lighting schedules and recommend compliant alternatives for any non-compliant fixtures in your current specification.
Contact our team to receive BABA/BAA compliance certificates, manufacturer's letters of compliance, country-of-origin documentation, and any additional paperwork required by your contracting officer or project specifications.
We provide complete submittal packages including compliance documentation, product specifications, photometric data, and installation details. Our team supports you through the approval process and responds to any RFIs from the contracting authority.
Documentation Available
All documentation is available upon request from our sales engineering team.
Federal Registrations & Additional Compliance
Identifiers, certifications, and representations contracting officers need before award. Issue date stamped; refreshed at least annually.
Federal Identifiers
- SAM.gov UEI
- Available on request — contact sales@clearvulighting.com
- CAGE Code
- Available on request — contact sales@clearvulighting.com
- NAICS Code
- 335122 — Commercial, Industrial, Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing
- SBA Size Standard
- 1,250 employees (NAICS 335122)
- Manufacturing Facility
- Central Islip, NY, USA
- GSA MAS Schedule
- In pursuit — expected award FY26. Open-market and agency BPAs available now.
Buy America Acts
- BABA (Build America, Buy America Act, IIJA §70914) — 55% manufactured-goods domestic content. Federally assisted infrastructure.
- BAA (Buy American Act of 1933, 41 USC §8301) — 75% domestic content under E.O. 14005. Direct federal procurement.
- FTA Buy America (49 CFR 661) — 100% domestic content for steel/iron in transit projects. 55% for manufactured products.
- FHWA Buy America (23 USC 313) — Domestic preference for FHWA-funded highway projects.
DFARS Specialty Metals
Aluminum housings on standard production fixtures are sourced from domestic mills. DFARS 252.225-7001 / 7002 representations available on request for DoD procurements.
Section 889 (NDAA FY2019)
Clear-Vu Lighting represents under FAR 52.204-24 and 52.204-25 that it does not use or provide covered telecommunications or video surveillance equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, Dahua, or their subsidiaries. clearNET wireless modules use compliant radio hardware.
Trade Agreements Act
All BABA/BAA-compliant fixtures are manufactured in the United States — a TAA-designated country under 19 USC §2512. Country-of-origin documentation available for every order.
Davis-Bacon Act
Our Central Islip facility is union-made. Wage rates are structurally compatible with Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage determinations for federally funded construction projects under 40 USC §3141 et seq.
E.O. 14005
“Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America” (2021) raised the BAA domestic-content threshold to 60% in 2022, 65% in 2024, and 75% by 2029. Our BAA-compliant lines meet the current 75% threshold.
Environmental Compliance
- RoHS II (EU 2011/65/EU + 2015/863) — all production fixtures comply
- REACH (EC 1907/2006) — SVHC declaration on request
- California Proposition 65 — warning labels applied to applicable shipments
Byrd Amendment (Anti-Lobbying)
For federal contracts and grants above $100,000, Clear-Vu Lighting certifies under 31 USC §1352 that no federally appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid for lobbying. SF-LLL disclosure available when required.
Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA
This website targets WCAG 2.1 AA conformance. The Fixture Finder ships a static no-JavaScript fallback at /products/finder for assistive technology. VPAT available on request for federal agency users.
Non-Debarment Representation (FAR 9.4 / 2 CFR §180)
Clear-Vu Lighting and all of its principals are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or otherwise excluded from participation in federal procurement or non-procurement programs under FAR 9.4, 2 CFR §180, or any state equivalent. Active exclusion status is publicly verifiable through SAM.gov.
In-Depth Resource
BABA/BAA — Buy America Compliance
Detailed statutory breakdown of BABA §70912–§70915, the 55% domestic cost component test, FTA/FHWA program triggers, our product-level documentation package, and a request form for project-specific certificates.