48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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82 sections with “subcontracts, at any tier”: the first 40
- FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.…eceived— (A) 80 percent or more of its annual gross revenues from Federal contracts (and subcontracts), loans, grants (and subgrants), cooperative agreements, and other forms of Federal financial assistance; and (B) $25,000,000 or more in…
- FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.…4) of this clause. (j) Communications. [Complete according to agency instructions.] (k) Subcontracts. (1) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (k), in all subcontracts for experimental, devel…
- 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 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.…en request, give written authorization to the prime contractor to conclude settlements of subcontracts terminated in whole or in part without approval or ratification when the amount of settlement (see 49.002(d)) is $100,000 or less, if— (…
- 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 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.…it/fee on work performed by a subcontractor (other than charges for the costs of managing subcontracts and any applicable indirect costs and associated profit/fee based on such costs). No or negligible value means the Contractor or subcont…
- FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.…ted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were none, and listing all subcontracts at any tier containing a patent rights clause or stating that there were none. (4) The Contractor shall require, by written agreement, i…
- FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.…l be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by the Contractor and which contain a Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) clause. If the Contractor has notified the Contract…
- 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 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.As prescribed in 44.403, insert the following clause: Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial product, commercial service, and commercially available off…
- DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).… all subject inventions or stating that there were no subject inventions, and listing all subcontracts at any tier containing a patent rights clause or stating that there were no subcontracts. (8)(i) The Contractor shall promptly notify th…
- DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services.As prescribed in 244.403, use the following clause: Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (NOV 2023) (a) The Contractor shall not include the terms of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause or Defense Federa…
- DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.…sition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); (2) Ensure that all applicable purchase orders and subcontracts contain all flowdown clauses, including terms and conditions and any other clauses needed to carry out the requirements of the prime cont…
- FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.…at are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services a…
- 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…
- DFARS 212.504 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, commercial services, or commercial components: (i) 10 U.S.C. 2391 note, Notification of Substantial Impact on Employment. (i…
- DFARS 252.246-7003 Notification of Potential Safety Issues.…right of the Government or the Contractor established elsewhere in this contract. (f)(1) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in subcontracts for— (i) Parts identified as c…
- FAR 27.304-3 Subcontracts.(a) The policies and procedures in this subpart apply to all subcontracts at any tier. (b) Whenever a prime contractor or a subcontractor considers including a particular clause in a subcontract to be inappropriate or a subcontractor refus…
- FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.…revent future use or submission of covered telecommunications equipment or services. (e) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e) and excluding paragraph (b)(2), in all subcontrac…
- 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 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…
- DFARS 249.7003 Notification of anticipated contract terminations or reductions.…y of Labor; and (ii) Through the contracting officer to each prime contractor. (c) When subcontracts have been issued, the prime contractor is responsible for— (1) Providing notice of the termination or substantial reduction in funding t…
- DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.…s a result of other applicable U.S. Government statutory or regulatory requirements. (m) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall— (1) Include this clause, including this paragraph (m), in subcontracts, or similar contractual instruments, for o…
- DFARS 252.223-7006 Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials.…ntractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts that require, may require, or permit a subcontractor access to a DoD installation, at any subcontract tier. (End of clause) Alternate I…
- DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.…uirements or by a failure of the contracting activity to provide required oversight. (f) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in subcontracts, including subcontracts for com…
- FAR 12.500 Scope of subpart.…o— (1) Contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services; (2) Subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services; and (3) Contracts and subcontracts, at any tier, for th…
- FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.…on with its offer are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of the offer for the subcontracts; or (ii) Unless the prime contractor has reason to question the representation, it may accept a subcontractor's representation of its si…
- FAR 31.204 Application of principles and procedures.…nomic price adjustment provisions. (c) Costs incurred as payments under firm-fixed-price subcontracts or fixed-price subcontracts with economic price adjustment provisions or modifications thereto, for which subcontract cost analysis was p…
- FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.…vice produced or provided by a source that is subject to an applicable FASCSA order. (e) Subcontracts. (1) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e) and excluding paragraph (c)(1) of this clause…
- FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.…als expressed as a percentage of total subcontract dollars. The Offeror shall include all subcontracts that contribute to contract performance, and may include a proportionate share of products and services that are normally allocated as in…
- FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.…uirements or by a failure of the contracting activity to provide required oversight. (f) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts that will be performed outs…
- FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards.…l be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by the Contractor and which contain a Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) clause. If the Contractor has notified the Contract…
- DFARS 252.203-7001 Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies.…er; and (4) An explanation of why a waiver is in the interest of national security. (g) Subcontracts. The Contractor agrees to include the substance of this clause, appropriately modified to reflect the identity and relationship of the pa…
- DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).…uding options, exceeds $100 million; and (D) Military department. (iii) Total number of subcontracts active under the Test Program that would have otherwise required a subcontracting plan. (iv) Costs incurred in negotiating, complying wi…
- DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.…litary article includes specialty metal contained in any item, including COTS items. (e) Subcontracts. (1) The Contractor shall exclude and reserve paragraph (d) and this paragraph (e)(1) when flowing down this clause to subcontracts. (2)…
- DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.…graph (p) shall be subject to the provisions of the Changes clause of this contract. (q) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall incorporate the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (q), in all subcontracts when subcontractor pers…
- DFARS 252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns.…awaiian small business concerns the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the subcontracts it awards, to the fullest extent consistent with efficient performance of the contract. (c) The Contracting Officer and the Contractor, …
- 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 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).…tion, to reflect a $2.5 million threshold for obtaining certified cost or pricing data on subcontracts entered on and after July 1, 2018. See 15.408. (b) When certified cost or pricing data are required, the contracting officer shall requi…
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.