48 CFR § 52.244-5 - 52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s52.244-5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 52.244-5 - 52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "52.244-5"
section_name: "52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "52"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES"
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 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "52"
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# 52.244-5 52.244-5 Competition in Subcontracting.
As prescribed in 44.204(c), insert the following clause:
****Competition in Subcontracting (AUG 2024)
(a) The Contractor shall select subcontractors (including suppliers) on a competitive basis to the maximum practical extent consistent with the objectives and requirements of the contract.
(b) If the Contractor is an approved mentor under the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (10 U.S.C. 4902), the Contractor may award subcontracts under this contract on a noncompetitive basis to its protégés.
****(End of clause)
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34762, July 3, 1995; 61 FR 2638, Jan. 26, 1996; 61 FR 67420, Dec. 20, 1996; 63 FR 34062, June 22, 1998; 89 FR 61339, July 30, 2024]