Restrictions on subcontracting.

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Title 48 CFR: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Chapter 2: DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE › Part 209: CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS › Subpart 209.4: Subpart 209.4—Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility › § 209.405-2: Restrictions on subcontracting.

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(a) The contracting officer shall not consent to any subcontract with a firm, or a subsidiary of a firm, that is identified by the Secretary of Defense in SAM Exclusions as being owned or controlled by the government of a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism unless the agency head states in writing the compelling reasons for the subcontract. (See also 225.771.)

[79 FR 73489, Dec. 11, 2014]

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