Regulatory Compliance

Made in America—By Every Measure

All nitrile and polyisoprene gloves supplied by Health and Hospitality Supply through U.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC) fully satisfy the requirements of the Berry Amendment and the Build America, Buy America Act. This page explains what those requirements mean, how USMGC meets them, and what it means for your organization's procurement decisions.

Berry Amendment Compliant Build America, Buy America Compliant 100% Domestic Supply Chain

A Supply Chain Built for Federal Procurement Standards

USMGC is the only American manufacturer that produces the machinery, chemicals, and raw materials required to manufacture both nitrile and polyisoprene gloves entirely on U.S. soil—making full compliance with federal domestic-content law not a marketing claim, but an operational reality.

100%

Domestic raw materials

2.5B+

Annual glove capacity

$63.6M

DoD / HHS contract fulfilled

U.S. production facilities

Law No. 1

The Berry Amendment

10 U.S.C. § 2533a | Implemented via DFARS 252.225-7012

The Berry Amendment restricts the Department of Defense—and any entity spending funds appropriated to the DoD—from procuring clothing, textiles, and hand-wear unless those items were grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States. Originally enacted in 1952 and codified into permanent law in 1994, it is one of the most stringent domestic-content statutes in federal procurement.

Medical and protective gloves fall squarely within the Amendment's definition of "hand-wear." This means that DoD contractors, federal agencies spending DoD-appropriated funds, and Foreign Military Sales recipients are all required to source compliant gloves—and that any distributor supplying those channels must be able to document the domestic origin of every product in the supply chain.

USMGC's flagship medical exam glove product line is explicitly certified as 100% Berry Amendment compliant. Every input—raw materials, packaging paper, and ink—is manufactured in the United States.

U.S.-Manufactured Gloves

Nitrile and polyisoprene gloves are produced at USMGC's Harvard, IL facility—the only facility in the country that also builds the glove-making machinery on-site.

Domestic Raw Materials

100% of raw materials, including NBR (nitrile butadiene rubber) and polyisoprene, are manufactured in the United States—satisfying the Amendment's "produced in the United States" requirement at every tier.

American Packaging

All packaging paper is American-made and medical-grade. All ink used in product labeling is American-made and water-soluble—ensuring compliance extends to every component of the finished product.

DoD Contract Track Record

USMGC successfully fulfilled a $63.6 million capacity-building contract from the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services—and remains the only nitrile glove manufacturer to have met all requirements of that contract.

Law No. 2

Build America, Buy America Act

Pub. L. 117-58, §§ 70901–70953 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 2021)

The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) establishes domestic-content preferences for all federal financial assistance programs, applying to iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in federally funded infrastructure projects. For manufactured goods to qualify, two conditions must both be satisfied: the item must be manufactured in the United States, and more than 55% of the total cost of its components must come from materials mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.

BABA's scope has been progressively broadened through Executive Order 14005 and subsequent OMB guidance, and procurement officers across healthcare networks, hospital systems, and GPOs participating in federally funded programs are increasingly required to document BABA compliance for PPE and medical supply purchases. Section 70953 of the Act specifically identifies gloves as PPE within the scope of domestic-content provisions.

Because USMGC manufactures its gloves in the U.S. and sources 100% of component materials domestically, USMGC products exceed the 55% domestic-component threshold and satisfy the manufacturing-location requirement—making them fully compliant with BABA for eligible procurement programs.

Manufactured in the United States

All gloves are produced at USMGC's domestic manufacturing network, with no final assembly or production for domestic sales occurring outside the country.

Exceeds the 55% Component Threshold

With 100% of raw materials—including NBR, polyisoprene, paper, and ink—produced domestically, USMGC products far exceed the minimum domestic-component cost requirement under BABA.

Aligned with Make PPE in America Act

USMGC products comply with the Make PPE in America Act's requirements for domestic PPE procurement under long-term federal contracts, consistent with BABA's broader domestic-sourcing framework for healthcare supply chains.

No Waivers Required

Unlike many glove suppliers who require Domestic Non-Availability Determinations or waivers to satisfy federal domestic-content law, USMGC products require no exceptions—they comply as manufactured.

The USMGC Supply Chain

End-to-End. Entirely American.

USMGC is the first and only manufacturer in the world that controls every stage of glove production—from the chemical precursors through finished, packaged product—within the United States. This vertical integration is what makes compliance an inherent product characteristic, not a certification that expires or a claim dependent on offshore supply chains.

Raw Materials

NBR and polyisoprene produced at domestic chemical plants (Harvard, IL and Honea Path, SC)

Machinery

Glove-making machines fabricated on-site in Harvard, IL using American-sourced parts and labor

Manufacturing

Gloves produced across USMGC's U.S. facility network with a capacity exceeding 2 billion annually

Distribution

Distributed to healthcare, government, and industrial buyers through HPPES—fully documented and traceable

For Your Procurement Team

What Compliance Means in Practice

Sourcing USMGC gloves through HPPES gives your procurement and compliance teams a straightforward, documentable answer to federal domestic-content requirements—whether you are supporting a DoD contract, administering a federally funded healthcare program, or simply building a supply chain resilient to foreign-sourcing disruptions.

DoD Contractors and Subcontractors Products satisfy Berry Amendment restrictions under DFARS 252.225-7012 for all hand-wear and PPE categories. No additional determination or waiver is required.

Federally Funded Healthcare Programs Products meet BABA domestic-content standards for manufactured goods, supporting compliance in programs subject to OMB domestic-preference guidance and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

GPO and Health System Procurement For health systems pursuing "Secure American Medical Supplies" designations or similar procurement frameworks, USMGC products provide the documentation backbone—fully traceable from raw material to finished product.

Supply Chain Risk Management Procuring through a fully domestic, vertically integrated supplier eliminates the foreign-sourcing vulnerabilities that triggered critical PPE shortages in 2020—and that continue to pose risk as global supply chains remain unstable.

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Compliance Notice: The information on this page is provided for general procurement guidance and reflects compliance characteristics as represented by U.S. Medical Glove Company. Applicability of the Berry Amendment and the Build America, Buy America Act depends on the specific terms of your contract, the funding source of your procurement, and the determination of the applicable contracting officer. Organizations should consult legal counsel or their contracting officer to confirm compliance requirements for their specific procurement context. Health and Hospitality Supply makes no representation that these products satisfy the requirements of every possible federal contract or program.

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