In plain English
FAR 52.215-22, Limitations on Pass-Through Charges-Identification of Subcontract Effort, is a solicitation provision prescribed at FAR 15.408(n)(1), most recently dated Oct 2009. 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 15.408(n)(1), use the following provision:
Prescribing reference: FAR 15.408(n)(1).
The official text, verbatim
As prescribed in 15.408(n)(1), use the following provision:
Limitations On Pass-Through Charges-Identification Of Subcontract Effort (Oct 2009)
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(a) Definitions. Added value, excessive pass-through charge, subcontract, and subcontractor, as used in this provision, are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Limitations on Pass-Through Charges" (FAR 52.215-23).
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(b) General. The offeror’s proposal shall exclude excessive pass-through charges.
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(c) Performance of work by the Contractor or a subcontractor.
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(1) The offeror shall identify in its proposal the total cost of the work to be performed by the offeror, and the total cost of the work to be performed by each subcontractor, under the contract, task order, or delivery order.
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(2) If the offeror intends to subcontract more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to be performed under the contract, task order, or delivery order, the offeror shall identify in its proposal-
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(i) The amount of the offeror’s indirect costs and profit/fee applicable to the work to be performed by the subcontractor(s); and
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(ii) A description of the added value provided by the offeror as related to the work to be performed by the subcontractor(s).
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(3) If any subcontractor proposed under the contract, task order, or delivery order intends to subcontract to a lower-tier subcontractor more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to be performed under its subcontract, the offeror shall identify in its proposal-
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(i) The amount of the subcontractor’s indirect costs and profit/fee applicable to the work to be performed by the lower-tier subcontractor(s); and
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(ii) A description of the added value provided by the subcontractor as related to the work to be performed by the lower-tier subcontractor(s).
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(End of provision)