FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 32: Contract Financing › Subpart 32.6
FAR 32.611 Contract clause.
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 tells the contracting officer when to include the Interest clause (52.232-17) in solicitations and contracts. It generally must be inserted unless the contract falls into one of several listed categories, and it may be inserted even for those categories. This matters because the clause affects whether interest can be charged on late payments.
Applies to: Contracting officers handling solicitations and contracts
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.232-17, Interest, in solicitations and contracts unless the contract is contemplated to be in one of the listed categories.
Key terms: simplified acquisition threshold · Interest · solicitations · contracts · nonprofit organization
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232—17, Interest, in solicitations and contracts unless it is contemplated that the contract will be in one or more of the following categories:
(1) Contracts at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
(2) Contracts with Government agencies.
(3) Contracts with a State or local government or instrumentality.
(4) Contracts with a foreign government or instrumentality.
(5) Contracts without any provision for profit or fee with a nonprofit organization.
(6) Contracts described in Subpart 5.5, Paid Advertisements.
(7) Any other exceptions authorized under agency procedures.
(b) The contracting officer may insert the FAR clause at 52.232-17, Interest, in solicitations and contracts when it is contemplated that the contract will be in any of the categories specified in 32.611(a).
Sections it refers to
- 52.232-17 Interest.
← 32.610 Compromising debts. · 32.700 Scope of subpart. →
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.