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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 44: Subcontracting Policies and Procedures › Subpart 44.3

FAR 44.305-2 Notification.

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 describes what a notification granting approval of a contractor's purchasing system must contain, including which plants are covered, the effective date, and what the approval waives. It matters because approval removes certain advance-notification and consent requirements, but the approval can be withdrawn at any time and some subcontracts may still require consent.

Applies to: Contractors whose purchasing systems have been granted system approval

What it requires

  • Reply within 15 days with a position regarding recommendations made for improvement of an approved system

Key terms: system approval · plant · cross-servicing arrangements · advance notification · consent to subcontracts

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

The text

(a) The notification granting system approval shall include—

(1) Identification of the plant or plants covered by the approval;

(2) The effective date of approval; and

(3) A statement that system approval—

(i) Applies to all Federal Government contracts at that plant to the extent that cross-servicing arrangements exist;

(ii) Waives the contractual requirement for advance notification in fixed-price contracts, but not for cost-reimbursement contracts;

(iii) Waives the contractual requirement for consent to subcontracts in fixed-price contracts and for specified subcontracts in cost-reimbursement contracts but not for those subcontracts, if any, selected for special surveillance and identified in the contract Schedule; and

(iv) May be withdrawn at any time at the ACO's discretion.

(b) In exceptional circumstances, consent to certain subcontracts or classes of subcontracts may be required even though the contractor's purchasing system has been approved. The system approval notification shall identify the class or classes of subcontracts requiring consent. Reasons for selecting the subcontracts include the fact that a CPSR or continuing surveillance has revealed sufficient weaknesses in a particular area of subcontracting to warrant special attention by the ACO.

(c) When recommendations are made for improvement of an approved system, the contractor shall be requested to reply within 15 days with a position regarding the recommendations.

Sections that refer to it

← 44.305-1 Responsibilities. · 44.305-3 Withholding or withdrawing approval. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 44

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

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