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DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(q): flow down 'in all subcontracts when subcontractor personnel are supporting U.S. Armed Forces deployed outside the United States' — flow-down conditioned on the personnel's situation, not on value

Form
substance, including paragraph (q) itself
Reaches
all tiers, when the sub's personnel support the deployed forces

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition OCT 2023 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

3 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. Something somebody else has to issue you2

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

    • A letter of authorization generated from that system and signed by the contracting officer, which is what gets a person into theater and onto meals, transport and medical support

      DFARS 252.225-7040(c)

    • The preliminary personnel requirements (e) lists as one set — clearances, medical, dental and psychological fitness, required immunizations, theater-specific qualifications, passports and visas, and the training the paragraph names

      DFARS 252.225-7040(e)

  2. A state you have to be in, in a government system

    The record has to be posted before the prime can see it, and posting is not the same day as being ready.

    • Every deployed person entered in the Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker, with the record kept current for the whole deployment

      DFARS 252.225-7040(g)

When it is used

Contracts where contractor personnel support US forces deployed outside the country in designated operations (prescription 225.371-5(a)); no dollar threshold. Flows down to the sub only when THE SUB's personnel support those forces — with nobody in theater, it stays dormant.

Read closely

(e) is a pre-departure checklist and its items sit in subparagraphs this row does not name one by one. (f) adds processing through a designated deployment center and a designated reception site on arrival. With nobody heading to theater none of it is produced: (q) conditions the whole set on where the personnel are, not on the value of the order.

The 12 templates that name it, with the line
233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 71851Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 55260Raytheon TC-003 — Supplement 2: Government Contract Provisions from the DFARSRTXline 113166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2482166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2419168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2510255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1293243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 2266240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 2489273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 1177107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 776178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 1051

Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.225-7040 and 225.371-5(a) (verified 2026-08-04)

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.