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

FAR 52.242-2 Production Progress Reports.

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 contractor to prepare and submit production progress reports as specified in the contract schedule. If the contractor delays in providing these reports, the contracting officer may withhold a limited amount from payment as a penalty.

Applies to: Contractors subject to this clause

What it requires

  • Prepare and submit production progress reports as specified in the contract Schedule.

Key terms: production progress reports · Contracting Officer · contract Schedule · withhold from payment

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

The text

As prescribed in 42.1107(a), insert the following clause;

Production Progress Reports (APR 1991)

(a) The Contractor shall prepare and submit to the Contracting Officer the production progress reports specified in the contract Schedule.

(b) During any delay in furnishing a production progress report required under this contract, the Contracting Officer may withhold from payment an amount not exceeding $25,000 or 5 percent of the amount of this contract, whichever is less.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.242-1 Notice of Intent To Disallow Costs. · 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs. →

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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