In plain English
FAR 52.223-2, Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, is a contract clause prescribed at FAR 23.109(c)(2), most recently dated May 2024. 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
We scanned the full clause text and found no sentence directing the contractor to insert this clause into subcontracts. That is a statement about the text, not legal advice: a prime contractor may still flow terms down contractually, an agency supplement (DFARS, VAAR, …) may add requirements, and clauses listed below (if any) may order this clause into subcontracts from the outside.
Where it's prescribed
As prescribed in 23.109(c)(2), insert the following clause:
Prescribing reference: FAR 23.109(c)(2).
The official text, verbatim
As prescribed in 23.109(c)(2), insert the following clause:
Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (May 2024)
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(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—
Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to forestry materials, forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2).
USDA-designated product category means a generic grouping of products that are or can be made with biobased materials—
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(1) That are listed by USDA in a procurement guideline (7 CFR part 3201, subpart B); and
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(2) For which USDA has provided purchasing recommendations (available at https://www.biopreferred.gov ).
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(b) The Contractor shall report to https://www.sam.gov, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, on the product types and dollar value of any biobased products in USDA-designated product categories purchased by the Contractor during the previous Government fiscal year, between October 1 and September 30; and
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(c) Submit this report no later than—
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(1) October 31 of each year during contract performance; and
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(2) At the end of contract performance.
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(End of clause)