48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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580 sections with “Subcontractor”: the first 40
- FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.…ckback Act of 1986 (now codified at 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks,) was passed to deter subcontractors from making payments and contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment i…
- FAR 9.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.…prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors (but see 9.405 and 9.405-2 regarding debarred, ineligible, or suspended firms). Determinations of prospective subcontractor responsibil…
- FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.…ons 2091 and 8105 of Pub. L. 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), upon the assertion by a subcontractor or supplier of a Federal contractor that the subcontractor or supplier has not been paid in accordance with the payment terms of the sub…
- FAR 42.505 Postaward subcontractor conferences.…) The prime contractor is generally responsible for conducting postaward conferences with subcontractors. However, the prime contractor may invite Government representatives to a conference with subcontractors, or the Government may request…
- FAR 49.108-1 Subcontractor's rights.A subcontractor has no contractual rights against the Government upon the termination of a prime contract. A subcontractor may have rights against the prime contractor or intermediate subcontractor with whom it has contracted. Upon terminat…
- FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.…Block 14 of SF 30 for settlements of fixed-price contracts covering only settlements with subcontractors.] (a) This agreement settles that portion of the settlement proposal of the Contractor that is based upon termination of the following…
- FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government.As prescribed in 3.503-2, insert the following clause: Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020) (a) Except as provided in (b) below, the Contractor shall not enter into any agreement with an actual or prospective s…
- FAR 52.214-28 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.As prescribed in 14.201-7(c)(1)(i), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding (JUN 2020) (a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall (1) Become operativ…
- FAR 52.215-12 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data.As prescribed in 15.408(d)(1), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data (JUN 2020) (a) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in F…
- FAR 52.215-13 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.As prescribed in 15.408(e)(1), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (JUN 2020) (a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall— (1) Become operative only for any modi…
- FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.… 32.009-2, insert the following clause: Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) (a)(1) In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801, within 15 days after receipt of accelerated payments from the …
- DFARS 227.7103-15 Subcontractor rights in technical data.(a) 10 U.S.C. 3771 provides subcontractors at all tiers the same protection for their rights in data as is provided to prime contractors. The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Se…
- DFARS 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.(a) Subcontractors and suppliers at all tiers should be provided the same protection for their rights in computer software or computer software documentation as are provided to prime contractors. (b) The clauses at 252.227-7019, Validation…
- FAR 29.303 Application of State and local taxes to Government contractors and subcontractors.(a) Prime contractors and subcontractors shall not normally be designated as agents of the Government for the purpose of claiming immunity from State or local sales or use taxes. Before any activity contends that a contractor is an agent of…
- FAR 30.202-8 Subcontractor disclosure statements.(a) When the Government requires determinations of adequacy of subcontractor disclosure statements, the CFAO for the subcontractor shall provide this determination to the CFAO for the contractor or next higher-tier subcontractor. The higher…
- FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.If the contractor makes financing payments to a subcontractor under a cost-reimbursement prime contract, the contracting officer should accept the financing payments as reimbursable costs of the prime contract only under the following condi…
- FAR 45.502 Subcontractor and alternate prime contractor locations.(a) To ensure subcontractor compliance with Government property administration requirements, and with prime contractor consent, the property administrator assigned to the prime contract may request support property administration from anoth…
- FAR 49.108-6 Delay in settling subcontractor settlement proposals.When a prime contractor's inability to settle with a subcontractor delays the settlement of the prime contract, the TCO may settle with the prime contractor. The TCO shall except the subcontractor settlement proposal from the settlement in …
- FAR 52.242-5 Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.As prescribed in 42.1504, insert the following clause: Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (JAN 2017) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Reduced payment means a payment that is for less than the amount agreed upon in a subcon…
- FAR 52.244-4 Subcontractors and outside associates and consultants (Architect-engineer services).As prescribed in 44.204(b), insert the following clause: Subcontractors and Outside Associates and Consultants (Architect-Engineer Services) (AUG 1998) Any subcontractors and outside associates or consultants required by the Contractor in…
- DFARS 252.215-7006 Use of Employees or Individual Subcontractors Who Are Members of the Selected Reserve.As prescribed in 215.370-3, use the following clause: Use of Employees or Individual Subcontractors Who Are Members of the Selected Reserve (MAR 2022) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Selected Reserve has the meaning given that te…
- FAR 8.607 Performance as a subcontractor.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 offe…
- FAR 32.112-2 Subcontractor requests for information.…ns 2091 and 8105 of Public Law 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), upon the request of a subcontractor or supplier under a Federal contract other than for a commercial product or commercial service, the contracting officer shall promptly a…
- FAR 49.605 Request to settle subcontractor settlement proposals.Contractors requesting authority to settle subcontractor settlement proposals shall furnish applicable information from the list below and any additional information required by the contracting officer: (a) Name of contractor and address o…
- FAR 52.228-12 Prospective Subcontractor Requests for Bonds.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. 46…
- FAR 28.106-8 Payment to subcontractors or suppliers.The contracting officer will only authorize payment to subcontractors or suppliers from an ILC (or any other cash equivalent security) upon a judicial determination of the rights of the parties, a signed notarized statement by the contracto…
- DFARS 209.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.Generally, the Canadian Commercial Corporation's (CCC) proposal of a firm as its subcontractor is sufficient basis for an affirmative determination of responsibility. However, when the CCC determination of responsibility is not consistent w…
- DFARS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors.As prescribed in 225.1101(3), use the following clause: Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors (MAR 2022) (a) Definition. Qualifying country, as used in this clause, means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum o…
- DFARS 252.232-7005 Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.As prescribed in 232.412-70(b), use the following clause: Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MAR 2024) (a) The Government will reimburse the Contractor for any advance payments made by the Contract…
- FAR 3.502 Subcontractor kickbacks.
- FAR 3.503 Unreasonable restrictions on subcontractor sales.
- FAR 22.2105 Paid sick leave for Federal contractors and subcontractors.In accordance with 29 CFR 13.5, and by operation of the clause at 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706, the following contractor requirements apply: (a) Accrual. (1) Contractors are required to permit an employee to accru…
- FAR 32.112 Nonpayment of subcontractors under contracts other than for commercial products and commercial services.
- DFARS 203.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.(h) The DoD Inspector General has designated Special Agents of the following investigative organizations as representatives for conducting inspections and audits under 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks: (i) U.S. Army Criminal Investigation C…
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…or surplus. Labor surplus area concern means a concern that together with its first-tier subcontractors will perform substantially in labor surplus areas. Performance is substantially in labor surplus areas if the costs incurred under the …
- FAR 3.502-1 Definitions.…nsation of any kind which is provided to any prime contractor, prime contractor employee, subcontractor, or subcontractor employee for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract …
- FAR 3.901 Definitions.…ement or any other written statement that the contractor requires any of its employees or subcontractors to sign regarding nondisclosure of contractor information, except that it does not include confidentiality agreements arising out of ci…
- FAR 3.905-1 Remedies.… shall— (1) Determine whether sufficient basis exists to conclude that the contractor or subcontractor has subjected the employee who submitted the complaint to a reprisal as prohibited by 3.903; and (2) Either issue an order denying reli…
- FAR 4.402 General.…ation Specification, to provide security classification guidance to U.S. contractors, and subcontractors as applicable, requiring access to information classified as “Confidential”, “Secret”, or “Top Secret”. (1) Provided that the data sub…
- FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.…or debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, is proposed as a subcontractor for any subcontract subject to Government consent (see subpart 44.2), contracting officers shall not consent to subcontracts with such c…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.