Subcontract Flowdown Exhibit Generator
Turn your prime contract’s clause list into a draft flowdown exhibit for a subcontract: every FAR clause that mandates flowdown, incorporated by reference with its number, title, and date — and the verbatim FAR sentence that justifies including it. Where the FAR conditions a flowdown on facts this page can’t decide, the clause goes to a review list with the quoted condition, never silently in or out. Runs entirely in your browser.
1. Your prime contract’s clauses
Paste the Section I listing, the award’s clause pages, or just the numbers — anything matching 52.xxx-xx is picked up. DFARS / agency-supplement numbers (252.xxx-xxxx…) are detected and reported as out of scope, not dropped.
2. Describe the subcontract
Used only for clauses whose flowdown condition is a pure dollar threshold (simplified acquisition threshold, micro-purchase…). Leave blank and those clauses go to the review list instead of being decided.
If yes, clauses on the FAR commercial minimum-flowdown lists (52.244-6(c)(1) / 52.212-5(e)(1)) are surfaced even when their own text has no mandate.
How this works & where the data comes from
- The dataset behind this page is the same one that powers the Flowdown Checker and the FedCite flowdown table: every FAR Part 52 contract clause, scanned in full text from GSA’s published FAR source files, with a hand-curated core of 55 high-traffic clauses additionally verified against acquisition.gov (July 2026). The mandate sentence is quoted verbatim — the quote is the citation.
- Required — the clause’s text (or a companion clause on your list) mandates insertion, and any condition on the mandate is a pure dollar threshold your answers satisfy. Dollar thresholds evaluate against FAR 2.101’s base figures — micro-purchase $15,000, simplified acquisition threshold $350,000 — which have listed exceptions (construction, contingency operations…), so threshold-decided rows say so.
- Review — a mandate exists but its condition involves facts this page can’t decide (subject matter, classified access, funding source…). The condition is quoted; you decide, and can tick a clause to include it in the exhibit.
- Pulled in — some clauses are ordered into subcontracts by a different clause. The classic trap: 52.219-8 (Utilization of Small Business Concerns) has no flowdown sentence of its own — the mandate lives in 52.219-9(d)(9). If a clause on your list orders another clause in, it appears here automatically, labeled with its source.
- Commercial subcontracts — FAR designates minimum flowdown sets at 52.244-6(c)(1) and 52.212-5(e)(1). Answering “commercial” surfaces list-member clauses for review; it never removes a clause whose own text mandates flowdown.
- Incorporation by reference — the exhibit lists number, title, and date, following the convention of FAR 52.252-2 (clauses incorporated by reference have the same force as if set out in full). The date matters: the version incorporated into your prime contract governs, and it may differ from today’s FAR — check your award.
- Fill-ins — clauses whose text contains blanks to complete (
____/ “[insert…]”) are flagged; with full text appended, the blanks are highlighted. This page never fills them in.
Disclaimer. FedCite is a private publication and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Government or any federal agency. This generator produces a mechanical draft from the current FAR text for general information — it is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for reading your actual prime contract. It covers FAR Part 52 only: agency supplements (DFARS, VAAR, AFARS…), the prime’s own flowdown terms, and non-FAR requirements are outside its view. Clause versions in your award govern, not today’s FAR. Consult a government-contracts attorney before using any output in a real subcontract.