---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 27.304-3"
title: "48"
number: "27.304-3"
heading: "Subcontracts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/27.304-3"
---

# §27.304-3. Subcontracts.

- (a) **The policies and procedures in this subpart apply to all subcontracts at any tier.**
- (b) Whenever a prime contractor or a subcontractor considers including a particular clause in a subcontract to be inappropriate or a subcontractor refuses to accept the clause, the contracting officer, in consultation with counsel, shall resolve the matter.
- (c) It is Government policy that contractors shall not use their ability to award subcontracts as economic leverage to acquire rights for themselves in inventions resulting from subcontracts.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 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: 72 FR 63049, Nov. 7, 2007, unless otherwise noted.