FAR 8.607 Performance as a subcontractor
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 8.607
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 69 FR 16148 Effective Mar 26, 2004
- 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
Agencies shall not require a contractor, or subcontractor at any tier, to use FPI as a subcontractor for performance of a contract by any means, including means such as-
(a) A solicitation provision requiring a potential contractor to offer to make use of FPI supplies or services;
(b) A contract specification requiring the contractor to use specific supplies or services (or classes of supplies or services) offered by FPI; or
(c) Any contract modification directing the use of FPI supplies or services.
Federal Register history
Quick answers
What is FAR 8.607?
FAR 8.607 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Performance as a subcontractor".
When was FAR 8.607 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Purchases From Federal Prison Industries-Requirement for Market Research" (69 FR 16148), published Mar 26, 2004 and effective Mar 26, 2004.
Are changes to FAR 8.607 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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