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FAR 52.222-1 Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

No

The current text on acquisition.gov shows only the notification paragraph, with no flow-down (verified in two readings); the classic FEB 1997 version had a (b) requiring insertion of the substance in subcontracts whose disputes could delay the contract — same date, divergent text, removal unexplained (unconfirmed). Primes include it in every PO anyway

A clause can reach your subcontract without a mandate. Once it is in your document, it is a contract term all the same. The missing mandate is a fact about the regulation. It is not a ruling on your order.

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition FEB 1997 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

One item for your checklist.

  1. Something you write

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

    • Immediate written notice of a labor dispute, actual or potential, that delays or threatens to delay the work, with the relevant information

      FAR 52.222-1

When it is used

Prescription 22.103-5(a), no dollar threshold — appears in practically any contract where a labor dispute could delay delivery. At the sub level, it arrives via the prime's template.

Read closely

The text on the current page is a single sentence with no paragraphs, so the citation stays at the clause. It asks for the notice, not for preventing the dispute, and the whole cost is one email on the day.

The 10 templates that name it, with the line
233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 856166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2257166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2199168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2289255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 954243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1879122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 999240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1675273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 302178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 589

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.222-1 and 22.103-5(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.