FAR clauses/Part 42/Checked 15 Sep 2026
FAR 52.242-13
Bankruptcy
- Clause date
- JUL 1995
- Prescribed at
- FAR 42.903. Insert in all solicitations and contracts exceeding the SAT.
- Applies to
- All contracts above the SAT.
- Flowdown
- No flowdown required
52.242-13 contains no paragraph requiring its insertion in subcontracts. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). - Full text
- FAR 52.242-13 on Acquisition.gov
… This notification shall be furnished within five days of the initiation of the proceedings relating to bankruptcy filing. This notification shall include the date on which the bankruptcy petition was filed, the identity of the court in which the bankruptcy petition was filed, and a listing of Government contract numbers and contracting offices for all Government contracts against which final payment has not been made. …
From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01
Why it matters: The notice is due within five days and must list every Government contract and contracting office with final payment outstanding, not just the contract the notice is sent under.
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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