FAR clauses/Part 19/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.219-14
Limitations on Subcontracting

Clause date

OCT 2022

Prescribed at

FAR 19.507(e). Insert when any portion of a requirement is set aside for small business and expected to exceed the SAT; in set-asides or sole-source awards under subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 regardless of dollar value; in qualifying set-aside or directed orders under multiple-award contracts; and when using the HUBZone price evaluation preference (unless waived or the offeror is other than small).

Applies to

Small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB set-asides and sole-source awards, and qualifying orders.

Flowdown

No flowdown required
52.219-14 contains no paragraph requiring its insertion in subcontracts; it limits what the prime pays to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). Paragraph (e) does count work a similarly situated entity further subcontracts toward the prime's limit.

Full text

FAR 52.219-14 on Acquisition.gov

… (1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. …

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.

• 52.219-8Utilization of Small Business ConcernsFAR 19.708(a)
• 52.219-9Small Business Subcontracting PlanFAR 19.708(b)(1)