FFATA Subaward Reporting System
FSRS
Also known as: FSRS, subaward reporting (FFATA transparency reporting)
Visit FSRS →Operated by GSA (Integrated Award Environment)
At a Glance
- Official site
- fsrs.gov
- Run by
- GSA — part of the Integrated Award Environment
- When you use it
- When you are a prime reporting a first-tier subaward of $30,000+
- Cost
- Free to use
- Feeds
- USAspending.gov (public spending transparency)
What It Is
The FFATA Subaward Reporting System, FSRS, is the system prime contractors use to report their first-tier subcontract awards for federal spending-transparency purposes. Under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), implemented by the clause at FAR 52.204-10 and the procedures in FAR 4.1403, a prime must report each first-tier subcontract award of $30,000 or more in FSRS, and — when income-based tests are met — report the total compensation of its and certain subcontractors' top executives. The reported subaward data flows into USAspending.gov, making it part of the public record of where federal money goes. FSRS is a transparency mechanism, not a subcontracting-plan tool: it applies broadly to reportable subawards regardless of whether the prime has a small-business subcontracting plan, and its threshold is the $30,000 subaward line rather than the plan-based goals tracked in eSRS. For a subcontractor, FSRS is where an award to it becomes public, and the prime will need the sub's entity data to file.
When You Touch It
- As a prime with a reportable subaward — report each first-tier subcontract of $30,000 or more in FSRS.
- When executive-compensation tests are met — report the required top-executive compensation data.
- When taking a subaward — supply your prime with the UEI and data it needs to file your subaward.
- For transparency compliance — FSRS is how the prime satisfies FFATA subaward reporting under FAR 52.204-10.
Key Features
| Feature | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Transparency, not plan tracking | FSRS reports subawards for public transparency under FFATA — separate from the subcontracting-plan achievement reported in eSRS. |
| The $30,000 subaward line | Primes report each first-tier subcontract award of $30,000 or more; smaller subawards are not reported. |
| Feeds USAspending.gov | Reported subaward data flows to USAspending.gov, making subcontract dollars part of the public spending record. |
| Executive-compensation piece | When income-based tests are met, the clause also requires reporting certain top-executive compensation. |
What It Means for an SDVOSB
For an SDVOSB, FSRS mostly shows up as a teaming detail rather than a filing you do yourself — but it is one that separates easy partners from difficult ones. As a subcontractor taking a first-tier award of $30,000 or more, your award will be reported by the prime in FSRS and become part of the public record on USAspending.gov, and the prime will ask you for your Unique Entity ID and, if the tests apply, executive-compensation data. The practical lesson is that a current, accurate SAM.gov registration is what keeps FFATA reporting from becoming friction — a prime would rather team with an SDVOSB whose entity data is clean than one whose stale record complicates its reporting. If you grow into a prime that subcontracts work out, you inherit the FSRS reporting duty yourself, so build it into your subcontract administration from the first reportable subaward.
Watch Out For
- Confusing FSRS with eSRS — FSRS is broad FFATA transparency reporting; eSRS tracks subcontracting-plan goal achievement.
- Letting SAM registration lapse — stale entity data makes a prime's FFATA reporting difficult and signals an unreliable partner.
- Assuming small subawards are reported — the threshold is $30,000, so smaller first-tier subawards are not reported.
- Overlooking the executive-compensation piece — it turns on income-based tests separate from the $30,000 line.
Run the Numbers
Frequently Asked
What is FSRS?
FSRS, the FFATA Subaward Reporting System, is the system prime contractors use to report their first-tier subcontract awards for federal spending-transparency purposes. Under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, implemented by FAR 52.204-10 and FAR 4.1403, a prime must report each first-tier subcontract of $30,000 or more, and certain executive compensation when income-based tests are met. The reported data feeds USAspending.gov, making subcontract spending part of the public record. FSRS is free to use.
Who has to report in FSRS?
The prime contractor has the FSRS reporting obligation — it must report each first-tier subcontract award of $30,000 or more. Subcontractors do not file the report themselves, but they must give the prime the information it needs to file, including their Unique Entity ID and, when the executive-compensation tests apply, their top executives' total compensation. Keeping a current SAM.gov registration is what makes supplying that data straightforward.
How is FSRS different from eSRS?
They serve different purposes. FSRS is a broad transparency system: primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more so the data appears on USAspending.gov, regardless of whether the prime has a subcontracting plan. eSRS is a subcontracting-plan tool: large primes report how much of their subcontracting went to small businesses against the goals in their FAR 52.219-9 plans. FSRS is about public transparency; eSRS is about small-business subcontracting achievement.
Primary Sources
- FAR 52.204-10 — Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
- FAR 4.1403 — Contract clause (subaward reporting)
- FSRS — FFATA Subaward Reporting System
Plain-English reference, not legal advice. Government systems are periodically consolidated, renamed, or migrated to new addresses, and the FAR/DFARS sections that govern them are amended from time to time — always confirm the current system, its URL, and its requirements against the official site and the actual solicitation before relying on it, and consult qualified counsel for your specific situation.
Change log (1)
- LaunchedPublished the federal contracting systems & databases reference covering the online systems an SDVOSB registers in, is found in, and is evaluated through — SAM.gov (FAR Subpart 4.11), the Unique Entity ID (FAR 52.204-6), VetCert (13 CFR Part 128), SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (FAR 5.201), the Dynamic Small Business Search (FAR 19.202-2), SBA SubNet (FAR Subpart 19.7), the Federal Procurement Data System (FAR Subpart 4.6), USAspending.gov (FFATA/DATA Act), CPARS (FAR Subpart 42.15), FAPIIS (FAR 9.104-6), the Supplier Performance Risk System (DFARS 252.204-7019/7020), the electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (FAR 52.219-9), and the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FAR 52.204-10) — each with an at-a-glance quick-facts card showing the official site and operating agency, a when-you-touch-it list, a key-features table, an SDVOSB-specific angle, watch-outs, FAQPage, Article, Dataset, and BreadcrumbList structured data, primary-source citations, and cross-links into the glossary, how-to guides, forms, clauses, FAQ, and the set-aside eligibility, size-standard, win-probability, price-to-win, and subcontracting calculators.