FAR clauses/Part 4/Checked 15 Sep 2026
FAR 52.204-25
Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
- Clause date
- NOV 2021
- Prescribed at
- FAR 4.2105(b). Insert in all solicitations and contracts.
- Applies to
- All solicitations and contracts, including commercial and micro-purchase-level actions.
- Flowdown
- Flows down
52.204-25(e) requires the substance of the clause, including paragraph (e) and excluding paragraph (b)(2), in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1). - Full text
- FAR 52.204-25 on Acquisition.gov
… (1) In the event the Contractor identifies covered telecommunications equipment or services used as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, during contract performance, or the Contractor is notified of such by a subcontractor at any tier or by any other source, the Contractor shall report the information in paragraph (d)(2) of this clause to the Contracting Officer, unless elsewhere in this contract are established procedures for reporting the information; …
From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01
Why it matters: The (b)(2) prohibition reaches the prime's own use of covered equipment regardless of whether it relates to a Federal contract, which is why (b)(2) is excluded from the flowdown while the rest goes to every subcontract.
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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