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DFARS 252.246-7007 (Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance) and related supply-chain diligence expect contractors to understand restricted-party and single-source exposure in their electronics supply base. This brief summarizes PUBLIC firm-level signals (sanctions lists, federal spending proxies, supplier graph) — not component BOM provenance.

Thesis

WATCH — Alphabet (Google): concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in custom silicon. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factors

Foreign-Origin Concentration58

Sole-Source Dependence48

Sanctions Exposure45

Downstream Criticality13

Restricted-party

Self: not flagged on tracked lists

Recommended actions

Place on watchlist; re-score after next CSL / USASpending refresh.

Public-data screening only. Not a substitute for counsel-reviewed OFAC/BIS diligence, ownership aggregation (OFAC 50% rule), or classified program BOM review. Name-matching has known recall gaps.