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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 18: Emergency Acquisitions › Subpart 18.1

FAR 18.122 Advance payments.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section allows agencies to authorize advance payments to facilitate the national defense for actions taken under Public Law 85-804. These advance payments can be made at or after award of sealed bid contracts as well as negotiated contracts. It matters to contractors because it identifies a circumstance in which an agency may provide payment before work is performed.

Applies to: Agencies authorizing advance payments for national defense actions under Public Law 85-804

Key terms: advance payments · national defense · Public Law 85-804 · sealed bid contracts · negotiated contracts

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The text

Agencies may authorize advance payments to facilitate the national defense for actions taken under Public Law 85-804 (see Subpart 50.1, Extraordinary Contractual Actions). These advance payments may be made at or after award of sealed bid contracts, as well as negotiated contracts. (See 32.405.)

Sections it refers to

  • 32.405 Applying Pub. L. 85-804 to advance payments under sealed bid contracts.

← 18.121 Bid guarantees. · 18.123 Assignment of claims. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 18

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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