In plain English
FAR 52.214-31, Facsimile Bids, is a solicitation provision prescribed at FAR 14.201-6(v), most recently dated Dec 1989. The complete official text is reproduced below, verbatim, from GSA's published FAR source files.
Its text contains no sentence requiring insertion into subcontracts; see the flowdown section below for what that does and does not mean.
Does it flow down to subcontracts?
No flowdown mandate found in the clause text
This is a solicitation provision — it applies to offerors when submitting an offer, not to contract performance, so subcontract flowdown is generally not the operative question for it.
Where it's prescribed
As prescribed in 14.201-6(v), insert the following provision:
Prescribing reference: FAR 14.201-6(v).
The official text, verbatim
As prescribed in 14.201-6(v), insert the following provision:
Facsimile Bids (Dec 1989)
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(a) Definition. "Facsimile bid," as used in this solicitation, means a bid, modification of a bid, or withdrawal of a bid that is transmitted to and received by the Government via electronic equipment that communicates and reproduces both printed and handwritten material.
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(b) Bidders may submit facsimile bids as responses to this solicitation. These responses must arrive at the place and by the time, specified in the solicitation.
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(c) Facsimile bids that fail to furnish required representations or information or that reject any of the terms, conditions, and provisions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.
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(d) Facsimile bids must contain the required signatures.
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(e) The Government reserves the right to make award solely on the facsimile bid. However, if requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, the apparently successful bidder agrees to promptly submit the complete original signed bid.
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(f) Facsimile receiving data and compatibility characteristics are as follows:
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(1) Telephone number of receiving facsimile equipment:_____________________
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(2) Compatibility characteristics of receiving facsimile equipment (e.g., make and model number, receiving speed, communications protocol):_____________________
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(g) If the bidder chooses to transmit a facsimile bid, the Government will not be responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the facsimile bid including, but not limited to, the following:
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(1) Receipt of garbled or incomplete bid.
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(2) Availability or condition of the receiving facsimile equipment.
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(3) Incompatibility between the sending and receiving equipment.
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(4) Delay in transmission or receipt of bid.
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(5) Failure of the bidder to properly identify the bid.
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(6) Illegibility of bid.
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(7) Security of bid data.
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(End of provision)