Waiver category
Nonavailability Waiver
A waiver granted when the required iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality.
Qualitative agency finding, no numeric test
What the applicant must show
Domestic products are not produced in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality.
Source
VerifiedA waiver is not compliance
An item that fails its standard but matches this category is marked waiver-eligible in a determination. That is a prompt to assemble the evidence and file the request with the funding agency, not a green light to use the item. Treating waiver-eligible as a pass is exactly what shows up in an audit.
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