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

FAR 52.228-12 Prospective Subcontractor Requests for Bonds.

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 requires a contractor to promptly give a copy of the contract's payment bond to a prospective subcontractor or supplier who asks for it. It matters because it gives subcontractors and suppliers a way to see the payment bond that protects them, and the contractor must respond quickly when asked.

Applies to: Contractors whose contract includes this clause and who have furnished a payment bond to the Government

What it requires

  • Promptly provide a copy of the payment bond upon request by a prospective subcontractor or supplier offering to furnish labor or material for the contract

Key terms: payment bond · prospective subcontractor · supplier · labor or material

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

The text

As prescribed in 28.106-4(b), use the following clause:

Prospective Subcontractor Requests for Bonds (DEC 2022)

In accordance with section 806(a)(3) of Pub. L. 102-190, as amended by sections 2091 and 8105 of Pub. L. 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), upon the request of a prospective subcontractor or supplier offering to furnish labor or material for the performance of this contract for which a payment bond has been furnished to the Government pursuant to 40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter III, Bonds, the Contractor shall promptly provide a copy of such payment bond to the requester.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets. · 52.228-13 Alternative Payment Protections. →

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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