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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment.

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 clause applies to contracts for manufacturing or furnishing materials, supplies, articles, or equipment above a certain threshold and subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 65. It incorporates Department of Labor wage stipulations and requires that employees working on the contract be paid at least the minimum wage set by Labor regulations. It matters because it imposes wage and record-related obligations on covered contracts.

Applies to: Contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment above the FAR 22.602 threshold and subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 65

What it requires

  • Pay all employees whose work relates to the contract not less than the minimum wage prescribed by the Secretary of Labor at 41 CFR 50-202.2
  • Follow the stipulations required by 41 U.S.C. chapter 65 and Department of Labor regulations at 41 CFR Chapter 50, which are incorporated by reference

Key terms: minimum wage · 41 U.S.C. chapter 65 · Secretary of Labor · learners · student learners

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

The text

As prescribed in 22.610, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts:

Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment (JUN 2020)

If this contract is for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles or equipment in an amount that exceeds or may exceed the threshold specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 22.602 on the date of award of this contract, and is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 65, the following terms and conditions apply:

(a) All stipulations required by 41 U.S.C. chapter 65 and regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR Chapter 50) are incorporated by reference. These stipulations are subject to all applicable rulings and interpretations of the Secretary of Labor that are now, or may hereafter, be in effect.

(b) All employees whose work relates to this contract shall be paid not less than the minimum wage prescribed by regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 50-202.2). Learners, student learners, apprentices, and workers with disabilities may be employed at less than the prescribed minimum wage (see 41 CFR 50-202.3) to the same extent that such employment is permitted under section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (41 U.S.C. 6508).

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Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 8.1104 Contract clauses.
  • 22.610 Contract clause.
  • 50.103-7 Contract requirements.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies. · 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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