FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.5
FAR 3.503-2 Contract clause.
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 tells contracting officers when to include the clause at 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, in solicitations and contracts. It applies to contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold, and for commercial products or commercial services the clause must be used with Alternate I. It matters to contractors because it determines whether this restriction on subcontractor sales will appear in their contract.
Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations and contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.203-6 in solicitations and contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold
- Use the clause with Alternate I for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services
Key terms: 52.203-6 · Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government · simplified acquisition threshold · commercial products · commercial services
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, in solicitations and contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. For the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.
Sections it refers to
- 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government.
← 3.503-1 Policy. · 3.601 Policy. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 3
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 3 and 49 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Reverse Auction Guidance ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · proposed 2024-01-09 · comments due 2024-03-11
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.