---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 9.604"
title: "48"
number: "9.604"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/9.604"
---

# §9.604. Limitations.


Nothing in this subpart authorizes contractor team arrangements in violation of antitrust statutes or limits the Government's rights to—

- (a) Require consent to subcontracts (see [subpart 44.2](/cfr/48/subpart44.2.md));
- (b) Determine, on the basis of the stated contractor team arrangement, the responsibility of the prime contractor (see [subpart 9.1](/cfr/48/subpart9.1.md));
- (c) Provide to the prime contractor data rights owned or controlled by the Government;
- (d) Pursue its policies on competitive contracting, subcontracting, and component breakout after initial production or at any other time; and
- (e) Hold the prime contractor fully responsible for contract performance, regardless of any team arrangement between the prime contractor and its subcontractors.

## Notes

### 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 42142, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.