---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 22.1803"
title: "48"
number: "22.1803"
heading: "Contract clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/22.1803"
---

# §22.1803. Contract clause.


Insert the clause at 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification, in all solicitations and contracts that exceed $150,000, except those that—

- (a) Are only for work that will be performed outside the United States;
- (b) Are for a period of performance of less than 120 days; or
- (c) **Are only for—**
  - (1) Commercially available off-the-shelf items;
  - (2) Items that would be COTS items, but for minor modifications (as defined at paragraph (3)(ii) of definition of “commercial product” at 2.101;
  - (3) Items that would be COTS items if they were not bulk cargo; or
  - (4) **Commercial services that are—**
    - (i) Part of the purchase of a COTS item (or an item that would be a COTS item, but for minor modifications);
    - (ii) Performed by the COTS provider; and
    - (iii) **Are normally provided for that COTS item.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 67703, Nov. 14, 2008, as amended at 85 FR 40067, July 2, 2020; 86 FR 61028, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67703, Nov. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42258, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 67703, Nov. 14, 2008, as amended at 85 FR 40067, July 2, 2020; 86 FR 61028, Nov. 4, 2021]