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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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43 sections with “EFT”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.1106 EFT mechanisms.
    (a) Domestic EFT mechanisms. The EFT clauses at 52.232-33 and 52.232-34 are designed for use with the domestic United States banking system, using United States currency, and only the specified mechanisms (U.S. Automated Clearing House, and…
  • FAR 32.1109 EFT information submitted by offerors.
    If offerors are required to submit EFT information prior to award, the successful offeror is not responsible for resubmitting this information after award of the contract except to make changes, or to place the information on invoices if re…
  • FAR 32.1104 Protection of EFT information.
    The Government shall protect against improper disclosure of contractors' EFT information.
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …SAM registration; and (7) Micro-purchases that do not use the electronic funds transfer (EFT) method for payment and are not required to be reported (see subpart 4.6). (b) If practical, the contracting officer shall modify the contract or…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    …quired by agency procedures. (See 4.9 TIN requirements.) (ix) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information. (A) The contractor must include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required by agency procedures. (B) If EFT b…
  • FAR 32.1102 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Electron Funds Transfer information (EFT) means information necessary for making a payment by EFT through specified EFT mechanisms. Governmentwide commercial purchase card means a card that is similar in nature to…
  • FAR 32.1103 Applicability.
    The Government shall provide all contract payments through EFT except if— (a) The office making payment under a contract that requires payment by EFT, loses the ability to release payment by EFT. To the extent authorized by 31 CFR part 208…
  • FAR 32.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …nsfer—Other than System for Award Management, in solicitations and contracts that require EFT as the method for payment but do not include the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management, or a similar agency clause that requires the …
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …ntenance (OCT 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, o…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (x) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information. (A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (B) I…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …nt as being made on the day a check is dated or the date of an electronic funds transfer (EFT). Definitions of pertinent terms are set forth in sections 2.101, 32.001, and 32.902 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. All days referred to i…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (ix) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information. (A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (B) I…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    … the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (x) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information. (A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract. (B) I…
  • FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management.
    …ayments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT), except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this clause. As used in this clause, the term “EFT” refers to the funds transfer and may also include …
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …ayments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this clause. As used in this clause, the term “EFT” refers to the funds transfer and may also include t…
  • FAR 52.232-35 Designation of Office for Government Receipt of Electronic Funds Transfer Information.
    …h (c) of this clause as the office to receive the Contractor's electronic funds transfer (EFT) information, in lieu of the payment office of this contract. (b) The Contractor shall send all EFT information, and any changes to EFT informati…
  • FAR 32.1105 Assignment of claims.
    The use of EFT payment methods is not a substitute for a properly executed assignment of claims in accordance with Subpart 32.8. EFT information that shows the ultimate recipient of the transfer to be other than the contractor, in the absen…
  • FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management.
    …ement (NOV 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, o…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …anagement (OCT 2018) (Applies when the payment will be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) and the payment office uses the System for Award Management (SAM) as its source of EFT information). (xxi) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Fund…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …d by the applicable Federal Information Processing Standards. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by cash, check, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electr…
  • FAR 52.204-6 Unique Entity Identifier.
    …ifier (OCT 2016) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, o…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion …
  • FAR 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
    …ing system permits the discrete identification of every FAR paragraph. The digits to the left of the decimal point represent the part number. The numbers to the right of the decimal point and to the left of the dash, represent, in order, th…
  • FAR 13.302-1 General.
    …ntractual information. (e) In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3332, electronic funds transfer (EFT) is required for payments except as provided in 32.1110. See Subpart 32.11 for instructions for use of the appropriate clause in purchase orders. …
  • FAR 52.232-38 Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer.
    … the following information that is required to make payment by electronic funds transfer (EFT) under any contract that results from this solicitation. This submission satisfies the requirement to provide EFT information under paragraphs (b)…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …titrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; (3) Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receivin…
  • FAR 9.407-2 Causes for suspension.
    …titrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; (3) Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receivin…
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    …y events over which the owner has no control, such as fire, windstorm, flood, accident, theft, etc., and an insurance award is recovered. The following govern involuntary conversions: (1) When there is a cash award and the converted asset …
  • FAR 32.902 Definitions.
    …eans the date on which a check for payment is dated or, for an electronic funds transfer (EFT), the settlement date. Settlement date, as it applies to electronic funds transfer, means the date on which an electronic funds transfer payment …
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    …t office— (1) Will mail checks on the same day they are dated; (2) For payments made by EFT, will specify a date on or before the established due date for settlement of the payment at a Federal Reserve Bank; (3) When the due date falls o…
  • FAR 32.1100 Scope of subpart.
    …for contract financing and delivery payments to contractors by electronic funds transfer (EFT).
  • FAR 32.1101 Statutory requirements.
    …ect to implementing regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury at 31 CFR part 208, that EFT be used to make all contract payments.
  • FAR 32.1107 Payment information.
    …le payment information that is suitable for transmission as of the date of release of the EFT instruction to the Federal Reserve System.
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    … but is not limited to— (1) Items that cannot be found after a reasonable search; (2) Theft; (3) Damage resulting in unexpected harm to property requiring repair to restore the item to usable condition; or (4) Destruction resulting from…
  • FAR 45.301 Use and rental.
    …(b) Rental charges, to the extent authorized do not apply to Government property that is left in place or installed on contractor-owned property for mobilization or future Government production purposes; however, rental charges shall apply …
  • FAR 47.207-11 Volume movements within the contiguous United States.
    …tion (see www.gsa.gov/transportation (click on Transportation Management Zone Offices in left-hand column, then click on Transportation Management Zones under Contacts on right-hand column).
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receivin…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receivin…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    … but is not limited to— (1) Items that cannot be found after a reasonable search; (2) Theft; (3) Damage resulting in unexpected harm to property requiring repair to restore the item to usable condition; or (4) Destruction resulting from…
  • DFARS 225.7304 FMS customer involvement.
    …3) of this section, the degree of FMS customer participation in contract negotiations is left to the discretion of the contracting officer after consultation with the contractor. The contracting officer shall provide an explanation to the F…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.