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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.232-1 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 clause requires the Government to pay the Contractor the contract prices for supplies delivered and accepted or services rendered and accepted, after the Contractor submits proper invoices or vouchers. It also allows for partial payments on accepted partial deliveries under certain conditions. It matters because it establishes when and how a contractor gets paid under fixed-price supply, service, or nonregulated communication services contracts.

Applies to: Fixed-price supply contracts, fixed-price service contracts, and contracts for nonregulated communication services

What it requires

  • Submit proper invoices or vouchers to receive payment

Key terms: proper invoices or vouchers · partial deliveries · fixed-price supply contract · fixed-price service contract · nonregulated communication services

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 32.111(a)(1), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due date in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract, a fixed-price service contract, or a contract for nonregulated communication services is contemplated:

Payments (APR 1984)

The Government shall pay the Contractor, upon the submission of proper invoices or vouchers, the prices stipulated in this contract for supplies delivered and accepted or services rendered and accepted, less any deductions provided in this contract. Unless otherwise specified in this contract, payment shall be made on partial deliveries accepted by the Government if—

(a) The amount due on the deliveries warrants it; or

(b) The Contractor requests it and the amount due on the deliveries is at least $1,000 or 50 percent of the total contract price.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.

Sections that refer to it

  • 8.1104 Contract clauses.
  • 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
  • 32.906 Making payments.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.231 [Reserved] · 52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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