§ 909.570-12 - Subcontractors and consultants.

The contracting officer shall require offerors and contractors to obtain for the Department a disclosure or representation in accordance with 909.570-7 from subcontractors and consultants whose subcontract calls for the performance of services similar to those provided by the prime contractor, i.e., evaluation services or activities or technical consulting and management support services. Such disclosure or representation may be submitted by the subcontractors and consultants directly to the contracting officer, and their disclosure or representation shall be treated by the Department, to the extent permitted by law, as confidential information to be used solely for OCI purposes. The contract clause at 952.209-72, entitled Organizational Conflicts of Interest, requires that the contractor (and each succeeding lower tier subcontractor) include that clause in subcontracts or consultant agreements involving work covered by this subpart.