48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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39 sections with “Subcontracts (Labor Standards)”
- FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause: Subcontracts (Labor Standards) (MAY 2014) (a) Definition. Construction, alteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employe…
- FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.…ons of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4). This clause does not apply to contracts or subcontracts administratively exempted by the Secretary of Labor or exempted by 41 U.S.C. 6702, as interpreted in subpart C of 29 CFR part 4. (c) Com…
- FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.(a) The following laws are not applicable to subcontracts at any tier for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services at any tier: (1) 10 U.S.C. 2631, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (except for the types of subcontract…
- FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.… not subject to the no increased cost prohibition provisions of CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts affected by the change. Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts means— (1) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts described at FAR 16.20…
- FAR 52.222-48 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Certification.…e contract also constitutes its certification as to compliance by its subcontractor if it subcontracts out the exempt services. If the offeror certifies to the conditions in paragraph (a) of this provision, and the Contracting Officer deter…
- FAR 52.222-51 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Requirements.…e Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in subcontracts for exempt services under this contract. (End of clause)
- FAR 52.222-52 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services—Certification.…e contract also constitutes its certification as to compliance by its subcontractor if it subcontracts out the exempt services. If the offeror certifies to the conditions in paragraph (a) of this provision, and the Contracting Officer deter…
- FAR 52.222-53 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services—Requirements.…e Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (h), in subcontracts for exempt services under this contract. (End of clause)
- FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.As prescribed in 44.204(a)(1), insert the following clause: Subcontracts (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Approved purchasing system means a Contractor's purchasing system that has been reviewed and approved in accorda…
- FAR 22.406-5 Subcontracts.In accordance with the requirements of the clause at 52.222-11, Subcontracts (Labor Standards), the contractor and subcontractors at any tier are required to submit a fully executed SF 1413, Statement and Acknowledgment, upon award of each …
- FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.…or Department of Labor to interview employees in the workplace during working hours. (e) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the provisions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this clause in subcontracts that may require or in…
- FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…ice. Conduct price analyses of all subcontractor proposals. Conduct cost analyses for all subcontracts when certified cost or pricing data are submitted by the subcontractor. Include these analyses as part of your own certified cost or pric…
- FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.…ary of Labor has exempted from the Service Contract Labor Standards statute contracts and subcontracts in which the primary purpose is to furnish maintenance, calibration, or repair of the following types of equipment, if the conditions at …
- FAR 30.001 Definitions.… not subject to the no increased cost prohibition provisions of CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts affected by the change. Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts means— (1) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts described at 16.202, 1…
- FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (JAN 2025) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds the applicab…
- FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.…or curtailment of benefits, the amount of the adjustment shall be— (A) For contracts and subcontracts that are subject to full coverage under the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board rules and regulations, the amount measured, assigned, a…
- FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.…FR part 471, which implements Executive Order 13496 or as otherwise provided by law. (f) Subcontracts. (1) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in every subcontract that exceeds $10,000 a…
- FAR 53.222 Application of labor laws to Government acquisitions (SF's 307, 1413, 1445, 1446, WH-347).…cribed for use in obtaining contractor acknowledgment of inclusion of required clauses in subcontracts, as specified in 22.406-5. (f) Form SF 1444 (Rev. 4/2013), Request for Authorization of Additional Classification and Rate. (See 22.406-…
- FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.… and Trainees. (5) 52.222-10, Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements. (6) 52.222-11, Subcontracts (Labor Standards). (7) 52.222-12, Contract Termination—Debarment. (8) 52.222-13, Compliance with Construction Wage Rate Requirements an…
- FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…een divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the contractor under a common control; (B) Subcontracts for supplies and incidental services for which there is not a labor category specified in the contract; (C) Other direct costs (e.g., in…
- FAR 52.222-12 Contract Termination—Debarment.…ices and Trainees, Payrolls and Basic Records, Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements, Subcontracts (Labor Standards), Compliance with Construction Wage Rate Requirements and Related Regulations, or Certification of Eligibility may be gr…
- FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.…ol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. (b) If the Contractor, or a subcontractor at any tier, subcontracts a portion of the work involving any construction trade, each such subcontract in excess of $10,000 shall include this clause and the Noti…
- FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.…vities in paragraph (b) of this clause) and to monitor, detect, and terminate any agents, subcontracts, or subcontractor employees that have engaged in such activities. (4) Posting. (i) The Contractor shall post the relevant contents of th…
- FAR 22.1703 Policy.…se of working on a U.S. Government contract or subcontract, for portions of contracts and subcontracts performed outside the United States; or (B) Failing to provide return transportation or pay for the cost of return transportation upon t…
- FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.…he prime and subcontractor may preclude free competition or result in higher prices; (3) Subcontracts are proposed for award on a non-competitive basis, at prices that appear unreasonable, or at prices higher than those offered to the Gove…
- FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).…nauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013). (vi) 52.233-1, Disputes (MAY 2014). (vii) 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025). (viii) 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms (JAN 1991). (b) The Contractor sh…
- FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.…ts of this clause and may be held liable for unpaid wages due subcontractor workers. (k) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (k) in all subcontracts, regardless of dollar value,…
- FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.…tracting agency, the Department of Labor, or the employees or their representatives. (m) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (m), in all subcontracts, regardless of dollar value,…
- FAR 52.228-4 Workers' Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas.…ntinue to maintain it until performance is completed. The Contractor shall insert, in all subcontracts under this contract to which the Defense Base Act would apply but for the waiver, a clause similar to this paragraph (a) (including this …
- FAR 1.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds—adjustment for inflation.…res the adjustment described in paragraph (a) of this section be applied to contracts and subcontracts without regard to the date of award of the contract or subcontract. Therefore, if a threshold is adjusted for inflation as set forth in p…
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…d (3) Identification of those parties excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain types of Federal financial and non-financial assistance and benefits. Task order means an order for services placed against…
- FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).…fficer shall not require certified cost or pricing data to support any action (contracts, subcontracts, or modifications) (but may require data other than certified cost or pricing data as defined in FAR 2.101 to support a determination of …
- FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.…very order informs the contracting officer pursuant to 52.215-22 that it intends to award subcontracts for more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to be performed under the contract, task or delivery order, the contracting officer sh…
- FAR 22.1025 Ineligibility of violators.…bor. This prohibition against award to an ineligible contractor applies to both prime and subcontracts.
- FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.…ce of the contractor's purchasing system (see part 44). (51) Consent to the placement of subcontracts. (52) Review, evaluate, and approve plant or division-wide small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-…
- FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…e contract also constitutes its certification as to compliance by its subcontractor if it subcontracts out the exempt services.) [The contracting officer is to check a box to indicate if paragraph (k)(1) or (k)(2) applies.] □ (1) Maintenan…
- FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.… claimed and billed by contract and subcontract. (J) Subcontract information. Listing of subcontracts awarded to companies for which the contractor is the prime or upper-tier contractor (include prime and subcontract numbers; subcontract v…
- FAR 52.236-13 Accident Prevention.…luding this paragraph (e), with appropriate changes in the designation of the parties, in subcontracts. (End of clause) Alternate I (NOV 1991). If the contract will involve (a) work of a long duration or hazardous nature, or (b) performan…
- DFARS 201.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds-adjustment for inflation.… statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds in the DFARS be applied to contracts and subcontracts without regard to the date of award of the contract or subcontract, except thresholds based on the Wage Rate Requirements statute, the Se…
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.