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DFARS 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Paragraph (f): 'Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services.' No threshold and no COTS carve-out; the only gate is that the prime contract involve litigation support services

Form
substance, including this paragraph (f) — self-perpetuating
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-05 · edition JAN 2023 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

2 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. Something somebody else has to issue you

    The same day if the issuer is one of your own suppliers, months if it is an assessor or an underwriter.

    • The contracting officer's written consent, given before any litigation information goes to an entity outside your organization

      DFARS 252.204-7014(b)(2)

  2. Something you write

    Days to weeks, and nobody outside your company has to agree to it.

    • Your employees placed under use and nondisclosure obligations consistent with the clause before any of them is given access to the litigation information — (e) requires the obligation and leaves you the instrument

      DFARS 252.204-7014(e)

When it is used

All solicitations and contracts that involve litigation support services, including those using FAR part 12 procedures for commercial products and commercial services (204.7403(a); carried forward unchanged by DoD Class Deviation 2026-O0043, effective 2026-02-17). No dollar threshold, no COTS exception. 'Litigation support' is defined in the clause as administrative, technical, or professional services provided in support of the Government during or in anticipation of litigation — narrower than the templates suggest, and L3Harris states the condition on the line.

Read closely

(b)(5) closes it out: on completion of the authorized litigation support activities the information is destroyed, or returned to the Government at the contracting officer's request. (b)(1) and (b)(4) are use restrictions rather than paperwork — the information is accessed and used only to provide litigation support under this contract, and never to compete against a third party. (f) carries the substance into all of your own orders, commercial ones included.

The 6 templates that name it, with the line
166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 240069Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2392166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2340168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2438240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 2177106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1549

Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.204-7014, DFARS 204.7403(a) and DFARS 212.301(f); DoD Class Deviation 2026-O0043 (acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars, 2026-O0043 TAB A, Part 204), subpart 204.74 and clause text at Attachment A1 (verified 2026-08-05)

This is research, not legal advice. It states what the regulation says about this clause and cites the paragraph behind it. It does not rule on your order, and it does not rule on whether a prime's markings are correct.