The FAR clause library
Clause pages are generated from GSA's own published FAR source files — the GSA-Acquisition-FAR repository, which contains the full FAR as structured XML, one file per clause (GSA/GSA-Acquisition-FAR @ da52ccb (2026-03-30), text current through FAC 2026-01). The "official text" section of each page is a rendering of that XML with nothing added and nothing paraphrased. Each page links its acquisition.gov and eCFR (48 CFR) counterparts; those official publications control if anything differs.
The flowdown table
Flowdown status is determined only from clause text. We scan every clause for insertion mandates ("shall include the substance of this clause … in all subcontracts"), classify what we find as explicit or conditional, and quote the sentence verbatim — the quote is the citation. "No mandate found" means exactly that: our scan of this text found no such sentence. We never assert flowdown beyond the words of the clause. A reverse index also records where a clause is ordered into subcontracts by a different clause's list (for example FAR 52.212-5(e) and 52.244-6(c)).
Forms and SAM.gov
Form explainers are grounded in the official form PDFs (GSA forms library, DoD forms site) and the FAR Part 53 prescriptions. SAM.gov pages cite sam.gov, GSA's published checklists and bulletins, and the Federal Service Desk knowledge base — article numbers included so you can pull the same source we did.
Statistics for this build
- 610 Part 52 records parsed (482 contract clauses, 128 solicitation provisions, 82 reserved numbers)
- 13 explicit + 61 conditional flowdown mandates found and quoted; 408 clauses with no mandate in text
- 9 federal forms explained block by block
What this site is not
FedCite is a private publication and is not affiliated with, operated by, or endorsed by the U.S. Government, the General Services Administration, or any federal agency. The official FAR text is published at acquisition.gov and ecfr.gov; the official text controls. Nothing here is legal advice.