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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 9: Contractor Qualifications › Subpart 9.6

FAR 9.604 Limitations.

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 clarifies that the rules on contractor team arrangements do not override antitrust laws and do not reduce the Government's existing rights. It matters because a team arrangement does not shield the prime contractor from normal Government oversight or full responsibility for performance.

Applies to: Contractor team arrangements and the prime contractor

Key terms: contractor team arrangements · antitrust statutes · prime contractor · subcontracts · data rights

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

The text

Nothing in this subpart authorizes contractor team arrangements in violation of antitrust statutes or limits the Government's rights to—

(a) Require consent to subcontracts (see subpart 44.2);

(b) Determine, on the basis of the stated contractor team arrangement, the responsibility of the prime contractor (see subpart 9.1);

(c) Provide to the prime contractor data rights owned or controlled by the Government;

(d) Pursue its policies on competitive contracting, subcontracting, and component breakout after initial production or at any other time; and

(e) Hold the prime contractor fully responsible for contract performance, regardless of any team arrangement between the prime contractor and its subcontractors.

← 9.603 Policy. · 9.701 Definition. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 9

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

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