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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.6

FAR 8.607 Performance as a subcontractor.

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 prohibits agencies from forcing a contractor or any subcontractor to use Federal Prison Industries (FPI) as a subcontractor. It matters because it protects a contractor's ability to choose its own subcontractors rather than being required to use FPI.

Applies to: Agencies and contractors or subcontractors at any tier

Key terms: FPI · subcontractor at any tier · solicitation provision · contract specification · contract modification

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

The text

Agencies shall not require a contractor, or subcontractor at any tier, to use FPI as a subcontractor for performance of a contract by any means, including means such as—

(a) A solicitation provision requiring a potential contractor to offer to make use of FPI supplies or services;

(b) A contract specification requiring the contractor to use specific supplies or services (or classes of supplies or services) offered by FPI; or

(c) Any contract modification directing the use of FPI supplies or services.

← 8.606 Evaluating FPI performance. · 8.608 Protection of classified and sensitive information. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

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

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