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This tool guides sales teams in understanding BABA requirements, identifying relevant product categories, finding ELIP examples, and navigating empower to check BABA compliance status.
Determine if your project is required to comply with BABA regulations
Understand the criteria required for BABA-approved materials
Learn how to use empower to find qualifying products and the appropriate documentation
Is your request to support a direct government procurement project, or is this a project that is funded through federal finance assistance or grant agreements?
Does the project match any of the following?
What type of materials are being sourced for this project?
Your request may include products across multiple categories, but certification is at the SKU level, not by category or product line. Some SKUs may be compliant while others are not—check empower for status.
Example
If a BOM includes Ty-Rap cable ties and Superstrut, each will be reviewed by its BABA category.
BABA does not apply to this type of procurement — only to articles, materials, and supplies that are consumed in, incorporated into, or affixed to an infrastructure project and funded through federally financed assistance agreements or grants.
Contact ABB Installation Products technical support team for more details.
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If >50% cost of iron and steel content of total cost of components. All steel and / or iron manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurs in the U.S.
Potential ELIP product examples may include:
screen is for informational purposes only and is not the certification page. All applicable BABA certs will be provided through empower.
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Articles, materials, or supplies that consist of only one of the following items: non-ferrous metals, plastic and polymer-based products, glass, fiber optic cable, optical fiber, lumber, engineered wood, and drywall. Articles may have coatings. Minor additions of other materials do not change the categorization. All manufacturing processes occur in the U.S.
Potential product examples:
This screen is for informational purposes only and is not the certification page. All applicable BABA certs will be provided through empower.
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Manufactured in the U.S., and the cost of the components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. is greater than 55% of the total cost of all components, unless another standard has been established under applicable law or regulation.
Potential ELIP product examples:
This screen is for informational purposes only and is not the certification page. All applicable BABA certs will be provided through empower.