subcontractor
Defined in 5 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
Subcontractor.—The term “subcontractor”—
(A) means a person, other than the prime contractor, that offers to furnish or furnishes supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract or a subcontract entered into in connection with the prime contract; and
(B) includes a person that offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor.
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- 2010–202641 U.S.C. § 8701Public Contracts · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “subcontractor”—
(A) means a person, other than the prime contractor, that offers to furnish or furnishes supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract or a subcontract entered into in connection with the prime contract; and
(B) includes a person that offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor.
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- 2026–present41 U.S.C. § 8701Public Contracts · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “subcontractor”—
(A) means any person, other than the prime contractor, who offers to furnish or furnishes any supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract or a subcontract entered into in connection with such prime contract; and
(B) includes any person who offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor.
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- 1994–present41 U.S.C. § 52Public Contracts · Definitions · in this section
The term “subcontractor” means a person who has contracted with a prime contractor or with another subcontractor to perform a contract.
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- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 694ACommerce and Trade · Definitions · as used in this part
The term “subcontractor” means a private entity that has entered into a contract or contractual action with a contractor or another subcontractor to furnish supplies, equipment, materials, or services of any kind in connection with another contract in support of any program of the Administration.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 6228Armed Forces · Reporting on penetrations of networks of contractors and subcontractors · in this section
The term "subcontractor" means any person or entity (or an affiliate of such person or entity) that is not an affiliate of the covered service provider and that, pursuant to a contract or arrangement with the covered service provider or an affiliate, reasonably expects to receive $1,000 (or such amount as the Secretary may establish in regulations to account for inflation since December 27, 2020, as appropriate) or more in compensation for performing one or more services described in item (bb) under a contract or arrangement with the covered plan.
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- 2020–present29 U.S.C. § 1108Labor · Exemptions from prohibited transactions · under this section