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FAR 52.204-2 Security Requirements

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(d): insert substantially conforming terms, including paragraph (d) itself, in all subcontracts involving access to classified information

Form
substance ('terms that conform substantially', excluding the reference to the Changes clause)
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition MAR 2021 (Basic; Alt I and Alt II of APR 1984) · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

2 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. A program you have to be running

    You are either running it or you are not, and what the prime asks for is the date it started.

    • The security program the operating manual at 32 CFR part 117 requires — a facility security officer, cleared people, storage, marking, transmission and reporting

      Owed when the same access (a) limits the clause to, and it follows any revision of the manual you are given notice of

      52.204-2(b)(1)

  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.

    • A facility clearance under the National Industrial Security Program, carried by a signed DD Form 441 security agreement

      Owed when the order actually involves access to information classified Confidential, Secret or Top Secret — paragraph (a) limits the clause to that extent

      52.204-2(b)(1)

When it is used

Enters when the contract involves access to classified information (prescription 4.404(a)); no value threshold. Flows down only to subcontracts that also involve classified access — a sub that does not touch classified material does not receive this one.

Read closely

A clearance is sponsored and granted rather than applied for, so the calendar belongs to the Government and to the buyer. Paragraph (c) prices a Government change in classification level as an equitable adjustment, and (d) strips the reference to the Changes clause out of the version that reaches a subcontract, so that route is not automatic one tier down. The DD Form 254 the buyer issues is what says which of these actually bite.

Alternates

  • Alt I · APR 1984

    FAR 4.404(b) area — cost R&D contract with an educational institution.

    Alternate I adds a step that produces paper: where a raised classification or tighter area controls make performance impractical, the position has to be put to the contracting officer in writing, and everything stays safeguarded while it is considered.

  • Alt II · APR 1984

    Construction or architect-engineer contracts where employee identification is required.

    Alternate II adds two things nobody produces under the basic clause: identification issued to and displayed by every employee on the work, and fingerprints when the contracting officer requires them.

The 17 templates that name it, with the line
76CORPDOC 2A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Commercial Products/Services under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 194143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 86155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 87233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 1249105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 30166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 11169Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 118166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 110168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 111255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 924243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1432122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 941240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1353273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 206107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 6289AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 1451178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 183

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.204-2 and 4.404(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.