FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 232: Contract Financing › Subpart 232.8
DFARS 232.805 Procedure.
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 describes the steps an assignee must follow when assigning a government contract's payment rights. The assignee must send copies of the assignment instrument and notice to the administrative contracting officer, any sureties, and the disbursing officer. It matters because it tells contractors exactly who must receive these documents and what those recipients must do with them.
Applies to: An assignee forwarding an instrument of assignment and notice of assignment under a government contract.
What it requires
- Forward to the administrative contracting officer a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and three copies of the notice of assignment.
- Forward to the surety or sureties, if any, a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and three copies of the notice of assignment.
- Forward to the disbursing officer of the payment office cited in the contract a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and one copy of the notice of assignment.
- Forward two copies of the acknowledged notice to the disbursing officer designated in the contract after the surety returns three acknowledged copies.
Key terms: assignee · instrument of assignment · notice of assignment · administrative contracting officer (ACO) · disbursing officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(b) The assignee shall forward—
(i) To the administrative contracting officer (ACO), a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and three copies of the notice of assignment. The ACO shall acknowledge receipt by signing and dating all copies of the notice of assignment and shall—
(A) File the true copy of the instrument of assignment and the original of the notice in the contract file;
(B) Forward two copies of the notice to the disbursing officer of the payment office cited in the contract;
(C) Return a copy of the notice to the assignee; and
(D) Advise the contracting officer of the assignment.
(ii) To the surety or sureties, if any, a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and three copies of the notice of assignment. The surety shall return three acknowledged copies of the notice to the assignee, who shall forward two copies to the disbursing officer designated in the contract.
(iii) To the disbursing officer of the payment office cited in the contract, a true copy of the instrument of assignment and an original and one copy of the notice of assignment. The disbursing officer shall acknowledge and return to the assignee the copy of the notice and shall file the true copy of the instrument and original notice.
← 232.803 Policies. · 232.806 Contract clauses. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 232
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-29 · effective 2024-07-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.