Flow Down Clauses – Keeping Current with Revisions and Business Needs | December 9, 2025 @ 1PM-4PM ET

Many of the Federal Government’s FAR clauses included in prime contracts are required to be flowed down to one or all tiers of subcontractors. Primes also have flexibility to add additional discretionary flow down clauses to its subcontracts. Subcontractors must accept most – but not all – flow down clauses and should insist on having its own protection via clauses to be included in subcontracts. This class will provide an update on the most significant FAR flow down clauses and what actions primes and subs should take when addressing flow down provisions.

Managing Partner

Barbara Kinosky

Barbara Kinosky, Esq., is the Managing Partner of Centre Law. She has over thirty years of representing clients in various federal government contracting issues including TAA compliance, disputes, and protests.  Barbara has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to federal government contracting and was voted into the American Bar Foundation as a Fellow, an honor limited to the top 1% of licensed attorneys. Barbara Kinosky is a nationally renowned speaker, author, expert witness, and AAA Arbitrator specializing in complex prime subcontractor...
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  • Learn about the most important clauses that every prime should use.
  • Learn what to negotiate if you are a subcontractor.
  • Learn what is changing this year.

Flow-down Clauses: Keeping Current with Revisions and Business Needs | December 9, 2026 @ 1PM-3:30PM

Not many of the Federal Government’s FAR clauses are mandatory flow-down clauses for subcontractors. Learn which clauses are mandatory, which ones are not mandatory but must-haves, and which ones should be rewritten. Learn which ones should be negotiated from both a prime and subcontractor perspective. This class will provide an update on the most significant FAR flow-down clauses and what actions primes and subs should take when addressing flow-down provisions.

Who Should Attend?

  • Contract Administrators
  • In-house Attorneys
  • Program Managers
  • Subcontract Administrators
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