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FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Non-small subs > $900k with further opportunities

Form
substance via (d)(9) — the sub adopts its own plan, not the clause verbatim
Reaches
cascades as long as there are non-small subs above the threshold

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-09 · edition Jan 2025 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

2 items for your checklist, slowest first.

  1. Something you write

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

    • A subcontracting plan with separate dollar and percentage goals by category — small, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business concerns — and the other items paragraph (d) enumerates

      FAR 52.219-9(d)

  2. Something you fill in and send back

    Hours, once you know which one is missing.

    • The Individual Subcontract Report and the Summary Subcontract Report, filed through the electronic subcontracting reporting system

      FAR 52.219-9(d)(10)

When it is used

Contracts > $900,000 (> $2M construction) held by other-than-small concerns with subcontracting opportunities. Does not apply to small businesses.

Read closely

Paragraph (a) states that the clause does not reach small business concerns. Paragraph (d)(9) is what carries down a tier, and it carries an obligation rather than the clause: a subcontractor that is other than small, receiving a subcontract above the FAR 19.702(a) threshold with further subcontracting possibilities, adopts a subcontracting plan complying with the requirements of this clause. Paragraph (l) holds the reporting mechanics and their timing. It is a recurring administrative cost, not a one-time filing.

Alternates

  • Alt II · NOV 2016

    FAR 19.708(b)(1)(ii).

    Alternate II substitutes paragraph (c)(1) so the plan goes in with the offer rather than after selection — a change to when it is due, in offeror terminology, while the plan and the two reports stay exactly the parent's.

  • Alt III · JAN 2025

    FAR 19.708(b)(1)(iii) — when the contractor will not report via eSRS (e.g., certain contracts performed outside the US).

    Alternate III modifies (d)(10) and (l) so subcontracting reports go on Standard Form 294 instead of through the electronic system, which changes the paper itself. It pairs with DFARS 252.219-7003 Alternate I, which makes the same switch on the defense side.

The 17 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 160155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 179233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 1092105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 20960Raytheon TC-003 — Supplement 2: Government Contract Provisions from the DFARSRTXline 208166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2247166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2189168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2279255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 951243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1876122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 997240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1653106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1329273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 510107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 61389AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 2944178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 498

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.219-9, codified text read at FAC 2026-01 (effective 2026-03-13), prescribed at 19.708(b) with designation (Jan 2025); the RFO Part 52 disposition table prescribes it at 19.109(e)(2)(i) and prints (Deviation Date), so the model text is rewritten rather than carried over (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.