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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.5

FAR 3.503-1 Policy.

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 states that subcontractors must not be unreasonably prevented from selling directly to the Government any supplies or services they make or furnish under a contract. It also clarifies that contractors can still assert rights allowed by other laws or regulations.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors on Government contracts

Key terms: subcontractors · direct sales · supplies or services · rights

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

10 U.S.C. 4655 and 41 U.S.C. 4704 require that subcontractors not be unreasonably precluded from making direct sales to the Government of any supplies or services made or furnished under a contract. However, this does not preclude contractors from asserting rights that are otherwise authorized by law or regulation.

← 3.503 Unreasonable restrictions on subcontractor sales. · 3.503-2 Contract clause. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 3

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

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