FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 32: Contract Financing
FAR 32.006-3 Responsibilities.
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 requires agencies to set up procedures for handling advance, partial, and progress payments under the stated policies. It also requires government personnel to report suspected fraud related to those payments through agency regulations. For contractors, it signals that payment-related fraud is actively monitored and must be reported by government staff.
Applies to: Government agencies and government personnel
What it requires
- Agencies must establish appropriate procedures to implement the policies and procedures of this section.
- Government personnel must report suspected fraud related to advance, partial, or progress payments in accordance with agency regulations.
Key terms: advance payments · partial payments · progress payments · fraud · agency regulations
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Agencies shall establish appropriate procedures to implement the policies and procedures of this section.
(b) Government personnel shall report suspected fraud related to advance, partial, or progress payments in accordance with agency regulations.
← 32.006-2 Definition. · 32.006-4 Procedures. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 32
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-07 · effective 2025-08-07
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.