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FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(c): 'in all subcontracts under this contract which exceed the simplified acquisition threshold' — since (c) flows down with it, the obligation cascades to lower tiers above $350k.

Form
substance, including paragraph (c) itself
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition JUN 2020 (Basic; Alt I NOV 2021) · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

One item for your checklist.

  1. Nothing to send, ever

    There is no paperwork here. It is a rule you follow while you perform the work.

    • Nothing to send — the clause bars any agreement or conduct that would stop a supplier selling its own item, process or software directly to the Government

      FAR 52.203-6(a)

When it is used

Enters prime contracts above the SAT ($350k) — FAR 3.503-2 — and flows down to every subcontract above the SAT as of the sub's award date, via paragraph (c).

Read closely

One of the few flow-downs that runs in the subcontractor's favor: it reaches this contract and any follow-on production contract, and no paragraph of it asks for paperwork. (b) leaves rights otherwise authorized by law or regulation intact, and (c) carries the same restriction into subcontracts above the simplified acquisition threshold.

Alternates

  • Alt I · NOV 2021

    FAR 3.503-2 — acquisitions of commercial products or commercial services.

    Alternate I rewrites paragraph (b) alone: on acquisitions of commercial products and services the restriction bites only where the agreement leaves the Federal Government treated differently from any other buyer. It narrows when the prohibition applies, and like the basic clause it asks for nothing to be sent.

The 15 templates that name it, with the line
143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 72155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 72233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 1077105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 187166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2149166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2096168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2185255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 912243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1803122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 933240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1276273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 693107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 2789AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 1440178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 61

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.203-6 + prescription 3.503-2; 52.244-6 and 52.212-5 (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.