Utility owners will bear responsibility to ensure all materials permanently incorporated into their utility relocations are either compliant or not required to be compliant with Buy America requirements.

Where a utility purchases manufactured products from a vendor for use by the owner in its relocation activities, a certification from the vendor to the utility that the materials meet Buy America requirements shall be deemed to constitute compliance by the utility owner.

Where a utility owner obtains construction services in connection with utility relocation work and the provider of construction services is also responsible for sourcing of manufactured products used in connection with that project, a certification from the provider of construction services that the materials provided meets Buy America requirements is sufficient.

Materials purchased by the TxDOT highway contractor from a TxDOT approved supplier for utility relocations included in the highway contract will not require any supporting documentation from the utility owner.