FAR clauses/Part 3/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.203-13
Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

Clause date

NOV 2021

Prescribed at

FAR 3.1004(a). Insert in solicitations and contracts if the value of the contract is expected to exceed $7.5 million and the performance period is 120 days or more.

Applies to

Contracts expected to exceed $7.5 million with a performance period of 120 days or more (including commercial; paragraph (c) internal-control requirements don't apply to small businesses or commercial acquisitions).

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.203-13(d)(1) requires the substance of the clause, including paragraph (d), in subcontracts that exceed the threshold specified in FAR 3.1004(a) (currently $7.5 million) on the date of subcontract award and have a performance period of more than 120 days. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.203-13 on Acquisition.gov

… The Contractor shall timely disclose, in writing, to the agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG), with a copy to the Contracting Officer, whenever, in connection with the award, performance, or closeout of this contract or any subcontract thereunder, the Contractor has credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent, or subcontractor of the Contractor has committed …

From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01

This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.

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