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FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Subcontracts > $45,000 (the 9.405-2(b) threshold as of the award date) that are not COTS

Form
substance, including (e) itself — self-perpetuating
Reaches
all tiers

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 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 written disclosure from your proposed supplier saying whether it or its principals are debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or voluntarily excluded

      Owed from each proposed supplier whose subcontract will exceed the FAR 9.405-2(b) threshold, other than one furnishing a commercially available off-the-shelf item

      FAR 52.209-6(c)

  2. Something you write

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

    • A written notice from a corporate officer to the contracting officer, naming the supplier, the reasons it is listed, the compelling reason for using it anyway, and the systems protecting the Government's interest

      Owed before entering into a subcontract with a party that is debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or voluntarily excluded, other than one furnishing a commercially available off-the-shelf item

      FAR 52.209-6(d)

When it is used

Contracts > $45,000 (FAR 9.409/9.405-2(b)).

Read closely

(b) is the underlying bar on subcontracting above that threshold with an excluded party absent a compelling reason, and the exclusion list is the System for Award Management, which answers the question in one lookup per supplier.

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 210143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 112155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 114233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 104251Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 449105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 167166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2196166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2142168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2231255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 935243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1858122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 952240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1561106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1294273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 100989AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 1688178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 566

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.209-6 and FAR 9.405-2 (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.