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FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Subcontracts for SERVICES or CONSTRUCTION > $3,500 with work in the US (exception: commercial services that are part of a COTS item purchase)

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. 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.

    • E-Verify running inside hiring — a case opened for each new hire within three business days of the date of hire, starting within 90 calendar days of enrollment

      FAR 52.222-54(b)(1)(ii)

  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.

When it is used

Prescription: contracts > $150,000 (FIXED threshold — did not follow the SAT), except COTS-only, work only outside the US, or period < 120 days. For the sub: services or construction > $3,500 in the US.

Read closely

Enrollment is free and the memorandum of understanding is signed online, so the second row is not about cost: it is a practice that is either running on your hiring or it is not, and the date it started is the answerable fact. Each employee assigned to the contract is verified within 90 calendar days of enrollment or within 30 calendar days of the assignment, whichever is later (paragraph (b)(1)(iii)); paragraph (d) covers individuals previously verified. Paragraph (e) carries the requirements into subcontracts for services or construction over $3,500 with work in the United States, leaving out commercial services bought as part of a commercially available off-the-shelf item. The prime-level threshold is $150,000 and did not move in the 2025-10-01 adjustment. A pure supplies scope is outside the prescription, which reaches services and construction.

The 18 templates that name it, with the line
76CORPDOC 2A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Commercial Products/Services under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 109143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 181155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 197233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 57551Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 475105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 56166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2278166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2220168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2318255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1037243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1958122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1010240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1723106L3Harris LGL-50.F2 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1466273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 328107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 26889AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 2315178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 712

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.222-54 and 22.1803 (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.