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FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Subcontracts > $200,000 as of the sub's award date ((g)(3))

Form
substance, including (g) itself — self-perpetuating
Reaches
all tiers; disclosures (SF-LLL) climb tier by tier up to the prime, who submits them to the CO within 30 days after quarter end

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition Jun 2020 · 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 you

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

    • A declaration carrying the certification and disclosure at 52.203-11(c) and (d), obtained from each person requesting or receiving the subcontract and retained by whoever awards it

      Owed where the subcontract exceeds the threshold specified in FAR 3.808 on the date of subcontract award — the clause names no figure, and 3.808 sets it at $200,000 since 2025-10-01

      FAR 52.203-12(g)(1)

  2. Something you fill in and send back2

    Hours, once you know which one is missing.

    • Standard Form LLL naming the lobbying registrants, including the individuals performing the services

      Owed when no form went in with the offer and a registrant has since made a lobbying contact for you on this contract

      FAR 52.203-12(d)(1)
    • An updated Standard Form LLL to the contracting officer, within 30 days of the end of the calendar quarter the change fell in

      Owed where a form was already filed under 52.203-11(d) and a change affects Block 10 of it — the name and address of the registrant, or the individuals performing the services

      FAR 52.203-12(d)(2)

When it is used

Contracts > $200,000 (FAR 3.808; was $150k until 2025-09-30).

Read closely

Two paragraphs of (g) are easy to read as one and they are different obligations: (g)(1) is the declaration a supplier hands you, and (g)(3) is the substance of the clause travelling into that subcontract. Both hang on the same test — the FAR 3.808 threshold measured at the date of subcontract award — and neither states a dollar figure. (g)(2) sends only the disclosure forms up the chain, tier by tier, for the prime to hand the contracting officer within 30 days of the end of the quarter; the certifications stay in the file of whoever awarded the subcontract. (c) is the exception list — agency and legislative liaison, and professional or technical services for proposal preparation — and (e)(2) lets a company rely without liability on a supplier's declaration unless it knows better.

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 191143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 74155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 74233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 107051Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 426105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 176166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 215469Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2310166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2101168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2190255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 891243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1807122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 935240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1307106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1407273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 46689AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 1168178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 107

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.203-12 and FAR 3.808 (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.