5 CFR § 919.330 - What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s919.330"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 919.330 - What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "919.330"
section_name: "What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "919"
part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p.189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p.235."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 66544, 66561, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 68 FR 74161, Dec. 23, 2003."
cfr_part: "919"
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# 919.330 What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

Before entering into a covered transaction with a participant at the next lower tier, you must require that participant to—

(a) Comply with this subpart as a condition of participation in the transaction. You may do so using any method(s), unless § 919.440 requires you to use specific methods.

(b) Pass the requirement to comply with this subpart to each person with whom the participant enters into a covered transaction at the next lower tier.