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DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Subcontracts with technical data deliveries

Form
substance ((l) says 'insert this clause' without the 'without alteration' formula — a noted difference versus 7014/7015)
Reaches
any tier that requires delivery of technical data, including commercial subs; the CO can handle the challenge directly with the sub through the prime ((k) Privity)

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition JAN 2025 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

2 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. Something you write

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

    • A written justification answering the challenge

      Owed when a written challenge notice arrives, stating the specific grounds — the time to answer is the one the notice sets

      252.227-7037(e)

  2. Nothing to send now

    It does not hold the order. It decides what money moves later — what you can claim, what can be claimed from you, and what can be held back — and none of that changes after signature.

    • Nothing to send now: the records that justify every restriction asserted on delivered technical data are what a challenge to it is decided on

      Owed when you or a supplier at any tier asserted a restriction on technical data delivered, required to be delivered, or otherwise provided under the order

      252.227-7037(c)

When it is used

Accompanies 7013/7014/7015: solicitations/contracts (including FAR Part 12) with technical data deliveries — after the merger with the old 7019, also on the software side (227.7203-6(f)).

Read closely

The window is long: a marking can be challenged for six years after final payment or delivery of the data, whichever is later, and there is no limit at all where the restriction was fraudulent. Paragraph (d) is a request for information rather than a challenge, and answering that costs far less than answering (e). Paragraph (k) lets the Government deal with a supplier directly.

The 18 templates that name it, with the line
76CORPDOC 2A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Commercial Products/Services under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 161143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 441155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 476233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 73051Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 57260Raytheon TC-003 — Supplement 2: Government Contract Provisions from the DFARSRTXline 145166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 251069Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2432166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2447168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2544255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1382243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 2291240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 2715106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1826273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 1289107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 97289AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 3250178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 1350

Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.227-7037, 227.7102-4 and 227.7203-6 (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.