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57 sections with “Payment withholding”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    (a) Withholding from contract payments. If the contracting officer believes a violation exists (see 22.406-8), or upon request of the Department of Labor, the contracting officer must withhold from payments due the contractor an amount equa…
  • FAR 52.227-21 Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems.
    …), insert the following clause: Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems (MAY 2014) (a) Scope of declaration. The Contractor shall provide, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2302(e)(7), the following decla…
  • FAR 28.106-7 Withholding contract payments.
    (a) During contract performance, agencies shall not withhold payments due contractors or assignees because subcontractors or suppliers have not been paid. (b) If, after completion of the contract work, the Government receives written notic…
  • DFARS 222.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    (a) Withholding from contract payments. The contracting officer shall contact the labor advisor for assistance when payments due a contractor are not available to satisfy that contractor's liability for Construction Wage Rate Requirements o…
  • DFARS 252.227-7030 Technical data—withholding of payment.
    …103-6(e)(2) or 227.7104-4(b)(6), use the following clause: Technical Data—Withholding of Payment (MAR 2000) (a) If technical data specified to be delivered under this contract, is not delivered within the time specified by this contract o…
  • FAR 22.1022 Withholding of contract payments.
    …responsible contractor liable for the amount of any deductions, rebates, refunds, or underpayments (which includes nonpayment) of compensation due employees performing the contract. The contracting officer may withhold—or, upon written requ…
  • FAR 52.232-9 Limitation on Withholding of Payments.
    …1(b)(2), insert a clause substantially as follows, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a supply contract, service contract, time-and-materials c…
  • FAR 29.204 Federal excise tax on specific foreign contract payments.
    …uire acquiring agencies to collect this excise tax via withholding on applicable contract payments (see 29.402-3, 31.205-41(b)(8)). Agencies merely withhold the tax (section 5000C tax) for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). All substantive…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(b), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditio…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    … note prec., as amended by section 816 of Pub. L. 112-81). (b) Determination to withhold payments. If the contracting officer makes a final determination to disapprove a contractor's business system in accordance with the clause at 252.242…
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …m contains material weaknesses, the final determination will include a notice to withhold payments. (e) Withholding payments. (1) If the Contracting Officer issues the final determination with a notice to withhold payments for material we…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.111(c)(1), insert the following clause: Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 2010) (a) Estimates shall be made monthly of the amount and value of the work and services performed by the Contracto…
  • DFARS 228.106-7 Withholding contract payments.
    (a) Withholding may be appropriate in other than construction contracts (see FAR 32.112-1(b)).
  • FAR 22.406-6 Payrolls and statements.
    …contractor must submit or cause to be submitted, within 7 calendar days after the regular payment date of the payroll week covered, for the contractor and each subcontractor, (1) copies of weekly payrolls applicable to the contract, and (2)…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    …the procedures in 29 CFR 13.43. (d) Remedies and sanctions—(1) Withholding or suspending payment. The contracting officer shall, upon his or her own action or upon written request of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division— (i)(A)…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …acting officer shall insert the following clauses, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates, in accordance with agency regulations— (1) The clause at 52.232-1, Payments, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price sup…
  • FAR 32.606 Debt collection.
    …actor has not liquidated the debt within 30 days of the date due or requested installment payments or deferment of collection, the payment office shall initiate withholding of principal, interest, penalties, and administrative charges. In t…
  • FAR 52.222-7 Withholding of Funds.
    …ing wage requirements, which is held by the same Prime Contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the Contr…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …t combinations of bona fide fringe benefits, or by making equivalent or differential cash payments, only in accordance with subpart D of 29 CFR part 4. (e) Minimum Wage. In the absence of a minimum wage attachment for this contract, neithe…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3 years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor relating t…
  • FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation.
    …person means any person other than a United States person. Specified Federal procurement payment means any payment made pursuant to a contract with a foreign contracting party that is for goods, manufactured or produced, or services provid…
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    …Service Form W-14, Certificate of Foreign Contracting Party Receiving Federal Procurement Payments, with each voucher or invoice submitted under this contract throughout the period in which this status is applicable. The excise tax withhold…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3 years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor relating t…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … may result in disapproval of the system by the Contracting Officer and/or withholding of payments. (c) System criteria. The Contractor's purchasing system shall— (1) Have an adequate system description including policies, procedures, and…
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …ll judicial appeal rights have been exhausted. (ii) The taxpayer is delinquent in making payment. A taxpayer is delinquent if the taxpayer has failed to pay the tax liability when full payment was due and required. A taxpayer is not delinq…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …nitially negotiated, adjusted in accordance with paragraph (d) below. (c) Withholding of payment. (1) Normally, the Government shall pay the fee to the Contractor as specified in the Schedule. However, when the Contracting Officer consider…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …under this or any other Federal contract with the same Contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay employees the full amount owed to compensate for any violation of the requirements of E.O. …
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ceptable accounting system, as defined in this clause, shall result in the withholding of payments if the contract includes the clause at 252.242-7005, Contractor Business Systems, and also may result in disapproval of the system. (c) Syst…
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract or a time-and-materials contract (other than a contract for a commercial produ…
  • FAR 22.1905 Enforcement of Executive Order Minimum Wage Requirements.
    …nforce the terms and conditions of the contract. (2) Contracting officers shall withhold payment at the direction of the Administrator. (3) The contracting officer shall withhold payment, without a request from the Administrator, if the c…
  • FAR 27.406-3 Major system acquisition.
    (a) The clause at 52.227-21, Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems, implements 41 U.S.C. 2302(e). When using the clause at 52.227-21, the section of the contract specifying data delivery requirements…
  • DFARS 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.
    …ements of the contract concerning such data; and (2) Authorizes agency heads to withhold payments (or exercise such other remedies an agency head considers appropriate) during any period if the contractor does not meet the requirements of …
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    … may result in disapproval of the system by the Contracting Officer and/or withholding of payments. (c) System criteria. The Contractor's property management system shall be in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (f) of the contract clause …
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …ified at 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks,) was passed to deter subcontractors from making payments and contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime c…
  • FAR 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …ement include— (1) Misclassification of workers; (2) Hours of work; (3) Wage rates and payment; (4) Payment of overtime; (5) Withholding practices; and (6) The applicability of the labor standards requirements under varying circumstan…
  • FAR 32.804 Extent of assignee's protection.
    (a) No payments made by the Government to the assignee under any contract assigned in accordance with the Act may be recovered on account of any liability of the contractor to the Government. This immunity of the assignee is effective wheth…
  • FAR 52.216-11 Cost Contract—No Fee.
    …he Government shall not pay the Contractor a fee for performing this contract. (b) After payment of 80 percent of the total estimated cost shown in the Schedule, the Contracting Officer may withhold further payment of allowable cost until …
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …lding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. The Contracting Officer will withhold from payments due under the contract sufficient funds required to satisfy any Contractor or subcontractor liabilities for unpaid wages and liquidated damag…
  • DFARS 217.7404-3 Definitization schedule.
    …l in accordance with the contract definitization schedule, notwithstanding FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization, the contracting officer may withhold an amount necessary to protect the interests of the Government…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …lan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the material weaknesses. (g) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disapprove the Contractor's estimating system, and the contract includes the claus…

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