FAR clauses/Part 3/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.203-6
Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government

Clause date

JUN 2020

Prescribed at

FAR 3.503-2. Insert in solicitations and contracts exceeding the SAT; for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services, use the clause with its Alternate I.

Applies to

Contracts above the SAT (Alternate I for commercial products and commercial services).

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.203-6(c) requires the substance of the clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts under the contract that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award (currently $350,000). It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1); 52.212-5(b) lists it with Alternate I for commercial prime contracts.

Full text

FAR 52.203-6 on Acquisition.gov

… the Contractor shall not enter into any agreement with an actual or prospective subcontractor, nor otherwise act in any manner, which has or may have the effect of restricting sales by such subcontractors directly to the Government of any item or process (including computer software) made or furnished by the subcontractor under this contract or under any follow-on production contract. …

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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