FAR clauses/Part 44/Checked 15 Sep 2026
FAR 52.244-2
Subcontracts
- Clause date
- JUN 2020
- Prescribed at
- FAR 44.204(a)(1). Insert in solicitations and contracts when contemplating a cost-reimbursement contract, or a letter, time-and-materials, or labor-hour contract that exceeds the SAT, or a fixed-price contract that exceeds the SAT under which unpriced contract actions are anticipated; Alternate I for cost-reimbursement contracts at civilian agencies other than the Coast Guard and NASA.
- Applies to
- Cost-reimbursement contracts; letter, T&M, and labor-hour contracts above the SAT; fixed-price contracts above the SAT with anticipated unpriced actions.
- Flowdown
- No flowdown required
52.244-2 contains no paragraph requiring its insertion in subcontracts. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). Paragraph (g) does bar cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost subcontracts and caps fees on cost-reimbursement subcontracts at the FAR 15.404-4(c)(4)(i) limits. - Full text
- FAR 52.244-2 on Acquisition.gov
… (b) When this clause is included in a fixed-price type contract, consent to subcontract is required only on unpriced contract actions (including unpriced modifications or unpriced delivery orders), and only if required in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of this clause. …
From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01
Why it matters: Unless the consent says otherwise, consent to a subcontract does not decide that its terms are acceptable or its costs allowable, so consent is no defense to a later disallowance.
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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