FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 232: Contract Financing › Subpart 232.9
DFARS 232.905 Payment documentation and process.
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 DFARS section explains how task and delivery order numbers can be shown on invoices and receiving reports. For orders numbered under FAR 4.1603 and 204.1603, the 13-character order number may be used as the contract number, and the underlying contract number may be left off. For orders numbered with a four-position alpha-numeric call or order serial number, both the 13-position basic contract Procurement Instrument Identifier and the four-position order number must be included.
Applies to: Contractors invoicing on task and delivery orders
What it requires
- For orders numbered with a four-position alpha-numeric call or order serial number, include both the 13-position basic contract Procurement Instrument Identifier and the four-position order number on invoices and receiving reports.
Key terms: task and delivery orders · 13-character order number · contract number · Procurement Instrument Identifier · receiving reports
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The text
(b)(1)(iii) For task and delivery orders numbered in accordance with FAR 4.1603 and 204.1603, the 13-character order number may serve as the contract number on invoices and receiving reports. The contract or agreement number under which the order was placed may be omitted from invoices and receiving reports. The contractor may choose to identify both the contract number and the 13-character order number on invoices and receiving reports. Task and delivery orders numbered with a four-position alpha-numeric call or order serial number shall include both the 13-position basic contract Procurement Instrument Identifier and the four-position order number.
← 232.904 Determining payment due dates. · 232.906 Making payments. →
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.