FAR clauses/Part 22/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.222-36
Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

Clause date

JUN 2020

Prescribed at

FAR 22.1408(a). Insert in solicitations and contracts that exceed or are expected to exceed $20,000, except when both performance of the work and recruitment of workers will occur outside the United States and the listed outlying areas, or when the Director of OFCCP or the agency head has waived all the terms of the clause.

Applies to

Contracts expected to exceed $20,000, unless both the work and the recruitment of workers are outside the United States and the listed outlying areas.

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.222-36(b) requires the terms of the clause in every subcontract or purchase order in excess of the threshold in FAR 22.1408(a) (currently $20,000) on the date of subcontract award, unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.222-36 on Acquisition.gov

… The Contractor shall abide by the requirements of the equal opportunity clause at 41 CFR 60-741.5(a), as of March 24, 2014. This clause prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by the Contractor to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities. …

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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