[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR9.104-4]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 9.1_Responsible Prospective Contractors
 
Sec.  9.104-4  Subcontractor responsibility.

    (a) Generally, prospective prime contractors are responsible for 
determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors (but 
see 9.405 and 9.405-2 regarding debarred, ineligible, or suspended 
firms). Determinations of prospective subcontractor responsibility may 
affect the Government's determination of the prospective prime 
contractor's responsibility. A prospective contractor may be required to 
provide written evidence of a proposed subcontractor's responsibility.
    (b) When it is in the Government's interest to do so, the 
contracting officer may directly determine a prospective subcontractor's 
responsibility (e.g., when the prospective contract involves medical 
supplies, urgent requirements, or substantial subcontracting). In this 
case, the same standards used to determine a prime contractor's 
responsibility shall be used by the Government to determine 
subcontractor responsibility.