48 CFR § 3.503-1 - 3.503-1 Policy.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s3.503-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 3.503-1 - 3.503-1 Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "3.503-1"
section_name: "3.503-1 Policy."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42108, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3"
---
# 3.503-1 3.503-1 Policy.
10 U.S.C. 4655 and 41 U.S.C. 4704 require that subcontractors not be unreasonably precluded from making direct sales to the Government of any supplies or services made or furnished under a contract. However, this does not preclude contractors from asserting rights that are otherwise authorized by law or regulation.
[50 FR 35475, Aug. 30, 1985, and 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986; 79 FR 24196, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73895, Dec. 1, 2022]