Clause Library / FAR Part 4
FAR 52.204-21
Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems
A contract clause under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, placed in Uniform Contract Format Section I (Contract clauses).
Contract clausePrescribed in 4.1903UCF Section IIncorporated by reference
When it applies
Required by 4.1903 when the contractor or any subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting its information systems — true of nearly every contract except pure COTS buys.
Prescription
The FAR directs use of 52.204-21 at 4.1903 — read the prescribing section on acquisition.gov →.
Official text
The full, authoritative text of 52.204-21 is on acquisition.gov: View FAR 52.204-21 →
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