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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 203: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 203.5

DFARS 203.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section names specific DoD investigative organizations whose Special Agents the DoD Inspector General has designated to conduct inspections and audits related to subcontractor kickbacks under 41 U.S.C. chapter 87. It matters to contractors because it identifies which agents may carry out those kickback-related inspections and audits.

Applies to: DoD contractors and subcontractors subject to kickback inspections and audits

Key terms: subcontractor kickbacks · DoD Inspector General · Special Agents · inspections and audits · 41 U.S.C. chapter 87

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The text

(h) The DoD Inspector General has designated Special Agents of the following investigative organizations as representatives for conducting inspections and audits under 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks:

(i) U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.

(ii) Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

(iii) Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

(iv) Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

← 203.171-4 Solicitation provision and contract clause. · 203.570 Prohibition on persons convicted of fraud or other defense-contract-related felonies. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 203

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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