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FAR 52.224-2 Privacy Act

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

(a)(3): in all subcontracts under the contract that require the design, development, or operation of a system of records

Form
verbatim, including (a)(3) itself; in addition (a)(2) requires repeating the Privacy Act notification in every solicitation and resulting subcontract
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-04 · edition APR 1984 · 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.

    • Nothing to send. The Act's rules on collecting, using, storing and disclosing records run for the whole of the work, with your employees treated as agency employees for the Act's criminal provisions

      Owed when the work has you designing, developing or operating a system of records on individuals

      FAR 52.224-2

When it is used

Contracts where the contractor designs, develops, or operates a system of records (a set of records about individuals retrievable by name/identifier, under agency control) to accomplish an agency function. No dollar threshold.

Read closely

Paragraph (a)(2) carries the Privacy Act notification into your own solicitations and subcontracts for the same work, and (a)(3) carries this clause itself. What makes it expensive is not paperwork but access control: restricting who touches the system, and being able to show it.

The 8 templates that name it, with the line
105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 75166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 229869Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2359166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2232168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2330240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1835273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 58289AAR Government Services — C40 Purchase Order General Provisions, Non-Commercial Firm Fixed Price Items or ServicesAAR Corpline 3032

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.224-2 (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.