FAR clauses/Part 15/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.215-12
Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data

Clause date

JUN 2020

Prescribed at

FAR 15.408(d)(1). Insert in solicitations and contracts when the clause prescribed in 15.408(b), 52.215-10, Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data, is included.

Applies to

Negotiated contracts that carry 52.215-10, where subcontracts or subcontract modifications may exceed the certified cost or pricing data threshold ($2.5 million for prime contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2018).

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.215-12(c) requires, in each subcontract that when entered into exceeds the FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) threshold (currently $2.5 million for prime contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2018), either the substance of this clause, including paragraph (c), if paragraph (a) required certified cost or pricing data for the subcontract, or the substance of 52.215-13, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications. Not listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) or 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.215-12 on Acquisition.gov

… The Contractor shall require the subcontractor to certify in substantially the form prescribed in FAR 15.406-2 that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the data submitted under paragraph (a) of this clause were accurate, complete, and current as of the date of agreement on the negotiated price of the subcontract or subcontract modification. …

From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01

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• 52.215-2Audit and Records—NegotiationFAR 15.209(b)