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FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

The current (c)(1) list: 52.203-13, -15, -17, -19; 52.204-21, -23, -25, -27, -30+Alt I; 52.219-8; 52.222-21, -26*, -35, -36, -37, -40, -50+Alt I, -55*, -62; 52.224-3; 52.225-26; 52.232-40; 52.240-1; 52.247-64 (* inoperative by deviation after the EOs' revocation)

Form
the paragraph (c)(1) list + the terms of this clause in all subs (d)
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-09 · edition Oct 2025 · 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.

    • The flow-down list your own orders have to carry — the clauses at paragraph (c)(1), which is the whole of what this clause requires

      Owed when you place a subcontract of your own for commercial products or commercial services

      52.244-6(c)(1)

When it is used

FAR 44.403 puts this clause in contracts other than those for commercial products or commercial services, so it sits in a non-commercial contract one level up. Paragraph (d) then carries it into every subcontract awarded under that contract, whether or not what you sell is commercial. What the clause defines is the exhaustive list, at paragraph (c)(1), of what must go into a subcontract for commercial products or commercial services. No threshold.

Read closely

Paragraph (c)(2) is permissive and says so: while not required, the contractor may flow additional clauses down, kept to the minimum necessary — so anything past the (c)(1) list is the buyer's choice rather than the regulation's. Paragraph (d) put this clause in your hands whether or not what you sell is commercial. Under the model text DoD contracting officers have used since 2026-02-01 the list sits at paragraph (b)(2) with different membership, so the regime has to be named before the list is read.

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 128143CORPDOC 3A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Fixed Price Non-Commercial Items under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 275155CORPDOC 4A — FAR/DFARS Flowdown Provisions for Cost-Reimbursement/T&M Subcontracts under a DoD Prime ContractLockheed Martinline 306233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 94351Raytheon TC-001 — General Terms and Conditions of PurchaseRTXline 507105Raytheon TC-002 — Supplement 1: Government Contract Provisions from the FARRTXline 116166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-001 — U.S. Government Firm Fixed Price Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 225569Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-002 — U.S. Government FFP or T&M Order for Commercial Products and ServicesNorthrop Grummanline 2373166Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-003 — U.S. Government T&M Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2197168Northrop Grumman CTM-P-ST-004 — U.S. Government Cost Reimbursement Order (Not for Commercial Products and Services)Northrop Grummanline 2287255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1158243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 2120122GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-095 — FFP Purchase Orders for Commercial/COTS Products or Services in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 1033240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 1988273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 407107Honeywell — Supplemental Provisions Under Fixed Price U.S. Government Contracts for Commercial ItemsHoneywellline 15178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 1591

Source: acquisition.gov, FAR 52.244-6 and 44.403 — paragraph (d) and the 44.403 prescription both read verbatim 2026-08-07, and both re-read at FAC 2026-01 (effective 2026-03-13) with designation (Oct 2025); the RFO Part 52 disposition table keeps the 44.403 prescription 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.