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FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

All subcontracts, including commercial

Form
substance
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-09 · edition Jun 2023 · 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.

    • No TikTok or other ByteDance covered application on information technology owned or managed by the Government, or on any information technology you use or provide under the contract — an employee's own phone that reaches contract mail or data included

      FAR 52.204-27(b)

When it is used

All contracts, including commercial/COTS and below the micro-purchase threshold.

Read closely

The clause has three paragraphs and none of them asks for a report, a notice or a certificate; the only notice in it runs the other way, a written exception from the contracting officer under guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. Paragraph (c) carries the substance into all subcontracts, commercial ones included, with no threshold. What it takes from a small shop is a device policy. The model text for the FAR overhaul prints this number as reserved and folds the prohibition into FAR 52.240-91.

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 85143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 105155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 107233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 563166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 219369Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2331166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2139168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2228255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 931243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1854122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 948240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1447106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1275273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 247107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 10289AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 2952178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 1923

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.204-27, codified text read at FAC 2026-01 (effective 2026-03-13), prescribed at 4.2203 with designation (Jun 2023), and printed [Reserved] in the RFO Part 52 disposition table (verified 2026-08-09)

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.