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Service Contract Labor Standards coverage
$2,500
- Citation
- FAR 22.1006(a)(1); 41 U.S.C. 6702(a)(2)
- Last moved
- Long-standing; no recent change
- Checked
- 2 November 2026, against the codified FAR and, where it leads the FAR, the statute
- Note
- Statutory and excluded from inflation adjustment by 41 U.S.C. 1908(b). If the contract is for an indefinite amount and you do not know in advance it will stay at or under this figure, the clause goes in. It also caps the micro-purchase threshold for covered services at $2,500.
A janitorial services contract at a federal office in the United States, performed by service employees. Above what contract amount must you insert the Service Contract Labor Standards clause, 52.222-41?
$2,500 (FAR 22.1006(a)(1); 41 U.S.C. 6702(a)(2)), as of 2 November 2026.
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