In plain English
FAR 52.215-13, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data-Modifications, is a contract clause prescribed at FAR 15.408(e)(1), most recently dated Jun 2020. The complete official text is reproduced below, verbatim, from GSA's published FAR source files.
Its own text directs the contractor to include it in certain subcontracts, subject to the conditions quoted in the flowdown section below.
Does it flow down to subcontracts?
Flows down conditionally — mandate with stated conditions
“(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in each subcontract that exceeds the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) on the date of agreement on price or the date of award, whichever is later.”— FAR 52.215-13, paragraph (d), official text
“(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in each subcontract that exceeds $2.5 million.”— FAR 52.215-13, paragraph (d), official text
Required in subcontracts by OTHER clauses
These clauses direct that FAR 52.215-13 be included in certain subcontracts:
“(c) In each subcontract that, when entered into, exceeds the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), the Contractor shall insert either— (1) The substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), if paragraph (a) of this clause requires submission of certified cost or …”— FAR 52.215-12, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data
Where it's prescribed
As prescribed in 15.408(e)(1), insert the following clause:
Prescribing reference: FAR 15.408(e)(1).
The official text, verbatim
As prescribed in 15.408(e)(1), insert the following clause:
Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data-Modifications (Jun 2020)
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(a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall—
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(1) Become operative only for any modification to this contract involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.403-4(a)(1) on the date of execution of the modification; and
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(2) Be limited to such modifications.
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(b) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), on the date of agreement on price or the date of award, whichever is later; or before pricing any subcontract modification involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), the Contractor shall require the subcontractor to submit certified cost or pricing data (actually or by specific identification in writing), in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2 (to include any information reasonably required to explain the subcontractor's estimating process such as the judgmental factors applied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data, and the nature and amount of any contingencies included in the price), unless an exception under FAR 15.403-1(b) applies. If the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data specified in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) is adjusted for inflation as set forth in FAR 1.109(a), then pursuant to FAR 1.109(d) the changed threshold applies throughout the remaining term of the contract, unless there is a subsequent threshold adjustment.
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(c) The Contractor shall require the subcontractor to certify in substantially the form prescribed in FAR 15.406-2 that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the data submitted under paragraph (b) of this clause were accurate, complete, and current as of the date of agreement on the negotiated price of the subcontract or subcontract modification.
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(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in each subcontract that exceeds the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) on the date of agreement on price or the date of award, whichever is later.
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Alternate I (Oct 2025). As prescribed in 15.408 (e)(2), substitute the following paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) for paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of the basic clause:
(a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall—
(1) Become operative only for any modification to this contract involving aggregate increases and/or decreases in costs, plus applicable profits, expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data at FAR 15.403-4(a)(1); and
(2) Be limited to such modifications.
(b) Unless an exception under FAR 15.403-1 applies, the Contractor shall require the subcontractor to submit certified cost or pricing data (actually or by specific identification in writing), in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2 (to include any information reasonably required to explain the subcontractor's estimating process such as the judgmental factors applied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data, and the nature and amount of any contingencies included in the price)—
(1) Before modifying any subcontract that was awarded prior to July 1, 2018, involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed $950,000; or
(2) Before modifying any subcontract that was awarded on or after July 1, 2018, involving a pricing adjustment expected to exceed $2.5 million.
(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in each subcontract that exceeds $2.5 million.