FAR 22.202 Contract clause
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 22.202
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 85 FR 27088 Effective Jun 5, 2020
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
Insert the clause at 52.222-3, Convict Labor, in solicitations and contracts above the micro-purchase threshold, when the contract will be performed in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands; unless-
(a) The contract will be subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 65, (see subpart 22.6), which contains a separate prohibition against the employment of convict labor;
(b) The supplies or services are to be purchased from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see subpart 8.6); or
(c) The acquisition involves the purchase, from any State prison, of finished supplies that may be secured in the open market or from existing stocks, as distinguished from supplies requiring special fabrication.
Federal Register history
Sections cited
- FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor
- FAR Subpart 22.6 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment
- FAR Subpart 8.6 Acquisition from Federal Prison Industries, Inc
Quick answers
What is FAR 22.202?
FAR 22.202 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Contract clause".
When was FAR 22.202 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds" (85 FR 27088), published May 6, 2020 and effective Jun 5, 2020.
Are changes to FAR 22.202 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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