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131 sections with “Progress payments”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.503-2 Supervision of progress payments.
    (a) The extent of progress payments supervision, by prepayment review or periodic review, should vary inversely with the contractor's experience, performance record, reliability, quality of management, and financial strength, and with the a…
  • FAR 32.503-5 Administration of progress payments.
    (a) While the ACO may, in approving progress payment requests under 32.503-3 above, rely on the contractor's accounting system and certification without prepayment review, postpayment reviews (including audits when considered necessary) sha…
  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …include either performance-based payments, provided they meet the criteria in 32.1003, or progress payments, provided they meet the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments, but not both. Subcontracts for commercial purchase…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.502-4(a), insert the following clause: Progress Payments (NOV 2021) The Government will make progress payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but not more frequently than monthly, in amounts of $2…
  • DFARS 252.232-7016 Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments.
    As prescribed in 232.1005-70(c), insert the following provision: Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments (APR 2020) (a) The need for customary progress payments in accordance with subpart 32.5 of the Federal Acquisition …
  • DFARS 252.232-7018 Progress Payments—Multiple Lots.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(c), use the following clause: Progress Payments—Multiple Lots (MAY 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Lot means one or more fixed-price deliverable line items or deliverable subline items represe…
  • FAR 32.501-2 Unusual progress payments.
    (a) The contracting officer may provide unusual progress payments only if— (1) The contract necessitates predelivery expenditures that are large in relation to contract price and in relation to the contractor's working capital and credit; …
  • FAR 32.503-3 Initiation of progress payments and review of accounting system.
    …ssed of an adequate accounting system and controls, and (3) in sound financial condition, progress payments in amounts requested by the contractor should be approved as a matter of course. (b) For all other contractors, the ACO shall not a…
  • FAR 52.232-13 Notice of Progress Payments.
    …the following provision in invitations for bids and requests for proposals that include a Progress Payments clause: Notice of Progress Payments (APR 1984) The need for customary progress payments conforming to the regulations in subpart 3…
  • FAR 52.232-14 Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns.
    …ids in response to the same invitation and (b) only the small business bidders would need progress payments: Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns (APR 1984) The Progress Payments clause will …
  • DFARS 252.232-7002 Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(a), use the following clause: Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions (MAY 2023) If this contract includes foreign military sales (FMS) requirements, the Contractor shall— (a) Submit separa…
  • FAR 32.502-1 Use of customary progress payments.
    The contracting officer may use a Progress Payments clause in solicitations and contracts, in accordance with this subpart. The contracting officer must reject as nonresponsive bids conditioned on progress payments when the solicitation did…
  • FAR 52.232-15 Progress Payments Not Included.
    … solicitation will not contain one of the provisions prescribed in 32.502-3 (a) and (b): Progress Payments Not Included (APR 1984) A progress payments clause is not included in this solicitation, and will not be added to the resulting con…
  • FAR 32.103 Progress payments under construction contracts.
    When satisfactory progress has not been achieved by a contractor during any period for which a progress payment is to be made, a percentage of the progress payment may be retained. Retainage should not be used as a substitute for good contr…
  • DFARS 232.501-2 Unusual progress payments.
    Follow the procedures at PGI 232.501-2 for approval of unusual progress payments.
  • FAR 32.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    (a) The customary progress payment rate is 80 percent, applicable to the total costs of performing the contract. The customary rate for contracts with small business concerns is 85 percent. (b) The contracting officer must— (1) Consider a…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    (a) General. The Progress Payments clause provides a Government right to reduce or suspend progress payments, or to increase the liquidation rate, under specified conditions. These conditions and actions are discussed in paragraphs (b) thro…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …Government shall pay the Contractor the contract price as provided in this contract. (b) Progress payments. The Government shall make progress payments monthly as the work proceeds, or at more frequent intervals as determined by the Contra…
  • DFARS 252.217-7007 Payments.
    As prescribed in 217.7104(a), use the following clause: Payments (DEC 1991) (a) Progress payments, as used in this clause, means payments made before completion of work in progress under a job order. (b) Upon submission by the Contractor…
  • DFARS 232.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …contracting officer must prepare a supplementary analysis of the contractor's request for progress payments and calculate the loss ratio adjustment using the procedures in FAR 32.503-6(g). (ii) The contracting officer may request the contr…
  • DFARS 252.232-7004 DoD Progress Payment Rates.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(b), use the following clause: DoD Progress Payment Rates (OCT 2014) If the Contractor is a small business concern, the Progress Payments clause of this contract is modified to change each mention of the progr…
  • FAR 32.102 Description of contract financing methods.
    …e of the contracts. Since they are not measured by performance, they differ from partial, progress, or other payments based on the performance or partial performance of a contract. Advance payments may be made to prime contractors for the p…
  • FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.
    …g conditions: (a) The payments are made under the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments based on costs, 32.202-1 for commercial product or commercial service purchase financing, or 32.1003 for performance-based payments,…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    …pbuilding, or ship conversion, alteration, or repair, when agency regulations provide for progress payments based on a percentage or stage of completion. (b) Financing of construction or architect-engineer services purchased under the auth…
  • FAR 32.501 General.
    Progress payments may be customary or unusual. Customary progress payments are those made under the general guidance in this subpart, using the customary progress payment rate, the cost base, and frequency of payment established in the Prog…
  • FAR 32.502-3 Solicitation provisions.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.232-13, Notice of Progress Payments, in invitations for bids and requests for proposals that include a Progress Payments clause. (b)(1) Under the authority of the statutes cited …
  • FAR 32.502-4 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments, in— (i) Solicitations that may result in contracts providing for progress payments based on costs; and (ii) Fixed-price contracts under which the Government will provide progress p…
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    …n rate would result in the Government recouping under each invoice the full extent of the progress payments applicable to the costs allocable to that invoice; (6) The contractor would not be paid for more than the costs of items delivered …
  • FAR 32.503-10 Establishing alternate liquidation rates.
    …iquidation rate is— (1) High enough to result in Government recoupment of the applicable progress payments on each billing; and (2) Supported by documentation included in the administration office contract file. (b) The minimum liquidati…
  • FAR 32.503-12 Maximum unliquidated amount.
    (a) The contracting officer shall ensure that any excess of the unliquidated progress payments over the contractual limitation in paragraph (a) of the Progress Payments clause in the contract is promptly corrected through one or more of the…
  • FAR 32.503-14 Protection of Government title.
    (a) Since the Progress Payments clause gives the Government title to all of the materials, work-in-process, finished goods, and other items of property described in paragraph (d) of the Progress Payments clause, under the contract under whi…
  • FAR 32.503-15 Application of Government title terms.
    (a) Property to which the Government obtains title by operation of the Progress Payments clause solely is not, as a consequence, Government-furnished property. (b) Although property title is vested in the Government under the Progress Paym…
  • FAR 32.503-16 Risk of loss.
    (a) Under the Progress Payments clause, and except for normal spoilage, the contractor bears the risk of loss for Government property under the clause, even though title is vested in the Government, unless the Government has expressly assum…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …rmination of an interest penalty on the actual date of acceptance. (ii) The due date for progress payments is the 30th day after Government approval of contractor estimates of work or services accomplished. For the sole purpose of computin…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …nting control over the property on its books and records. (3) If, at any time during the progress of the work on the contract, it becomes necessary to deliver to a third person any items or materials on which the Government has a lien, the…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …re several types of invoice payments that may occur under this contract, as follows: (i) Progress payments, if provided for elsewhere in this contract, based on Contracting Officer approval of the estimated amount and value of work or serv…
  • FAR 52.236-15 Schedules for Construction Contracts.
    …luding acquiring materials, plant, and equipment). The schedule shall be in the form of a progress chart of suitable scale to indicate appropriately the percentage of work scheduled for completion by any given date during the period. If the…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …jective for contract type risk. It only applies to fixed-price contracts that provide for progress payments. Though it uses a formula approach, it is not intended to be an exact calculation of the cost of working capital. Its purpose is to …
  • DFARS 232.102-70 Provisional delivery payments.
    … (1) Used sparingly; (2) Priced conservatively; and (3) Reduced by liquidating previous progress payments in accordance with the Progress Payments clause. (c) Provisional delivery payments shall not— (1) Include profit; (2) Exceed fund…
  • DFARS 232.502-4-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the clause at 252.232-7002, Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions, in solicitations and contracts that— (i) Contain FMS requirements; and (ii) Provide for progress payments. (b) Use the clause at 252.232-7004,…

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