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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment.
    As prescribed in 32.111(b)(1), insert the following clause: Discounts for Prompt Payment (FEB 2002) (a) Discounts for prompt payment will not be considered in the evaluation of offers. However, any offered discount will form a part of the…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    As prescribed in 32.908(c), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment clause in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditions specified in this claus…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(a), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the …
  • 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…
  • FAR 14.408-3 Prompt payment discounts.
    (a) Prompt payment discounts shall not be considered in the evaluation of bids. However, any discount offered will form a part of the award, and will be taken by the payment center if payment is made within the discount period specified by …
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …in the contract; or (iii) Other substantiation approved by the Contracting Officer. (6) Promptly after receipt of each substantiated voucher, the Government shall, except as otherwise provided in this contract, and subject to the terms of…
  • FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management.
    … contract financing request shall be deemed not to be a proper invoice for the purpose of prompt payment under this contract. The prompt payment terms of the contract regarding notice of an improper invoice and delays in accrual of interest…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    … contract financing request shall be deemed not to be a proper invoice for the purpose of prompt payment under this contract. The prompt payment terms of the contract regarding notice of an improper invoice and delays in accrual of interest…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …(2) Contract financing payments are not subject to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act. Interim payments made prior to the final payment under the contract are contract financing payments, except interim payments if th…
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …ent under this performance-based payment clause is a contract financing payment under the Prompt Payment clause of this contract and not subject to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act. The designated payment office wil…
  • FAR 32.202-2 Types of payments for commercial product and commercial service purchases.
    …equirements of the statutory commercial financing authority and the implementation of the Prompt Payment Act. Commercial advance payment, as used in this section, means a payment made before any performance of work under the contract. The …
  • DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
    … (v) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment number and date of shipment, discount for prompt payment terms). Bill of lading number and weight of shipment will be shown for shipments on Government bills of lading. (vi) Name and address …
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …advance payment or a delivery payment. These payments are contract financing payments for prompt payment purposes (i.e., not subject to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act in accordance with subpart 32.9). A commercial…
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    … contract information in describing any payment made. (e) Discounts. When a discount for prompt payment is taken, the designated payment office will make payment to the contractor as close as possible to, but not later than, the end of the…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …onnection therewith, shall remedy such occurrence with all reasonable dispatch, and shall promptly give written notice to the Contracting Officer of the cessation of such occurrence. (g) Invoice. (1) The Contractor shall submit an original…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …tion of this clause. (g) Reports, forms, and access to records. (1) The Contractor shall promptly furnish reports, certificates, financial statements, and other pertinent information (including estimates to complete) reasonably requested b…
  • FAR 52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …yment. An installment payment under this clause is a contract financing payment under the Prompt Payment clause of this contract, and except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, approved requests shall be paid within 30 days of subm…
  • DFARS 232.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …r approval can occur within the 7-day constructive acceptance period specified in the FAR Prompt Payment clauses. Government payment of construction progress payments can, in most cases, be made within the 14-day period allowed by the Promp…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …cost reimbursement contract for services when Alternate I of the clause at FAR 52.232-25, Prompt Payment, is used. (2) Contract financing payments do not include— (i) Invoice payments; (ii) Payments for partial deliveries; or (iii) Leas…
  • FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.
    … subcontractor or supplier in compliance with Chapter 39 of Title 31, United States Code (Prompt Payment Act); or (ii) Final payment to the subcontractor or supplier in compliance with the terms of the subcontract, purchase order, or other…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …y that office, or unless agency regulations provide alternative liquidation methods. (f) Prompt payment for commercial purchase payments. The provisions of subpart 32.9, Prompt Payment, apply to contract financing and invoice payments for …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …nder Fixed-Price Construction Contracts, and paragraph (e)(6) of the clause at 52.232-27, Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts, provide for the contractor to pay interest on unearned amounts in certain circumstances. The Government mus…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    … (v) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment number and date of shipment, discount for prompt payment terms). Bill of lading number and weight of shipment will be shown for shipments on Government bills of lading. (vi) Name and address …
  • FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party.
    …arty under this clause are not payments made by the Government and are not subject to the Prompt Payment Act or any implementation thereof in this contract. (d) Documentation. Documentation of each charge against the Government's account s…
  • FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.
    … The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act. (c) Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, includi…
  • DFARS 232.906 Making payments.
    …rim payments on cost-reimbursement contracts for services in the clause at FAR 52.232-25, Prompt Payment, when using the clause with its Alternate I. (ii) The restrictions of FAR 32.906 prohibiting early payment do not apply to invoice pay…
  • DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments.
    …es that the levy may result in an inability to perform the contract, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Procuring Contracting Officer in writing, with a copy to the Administrative Contracting Officer, and shall provide— (1) The total…
  • FAR 32.903 Responsibilities.
    …ng invoice payment due dates (see 32.904) necessary to support agency programs and foster prompt payment to contractors; (3) May adopt different payment procedures in order to accommodate unique circumstances, provided that such procedures…
  • FAR 32.908 Contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.232-26, Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts, in solicitations and contracts that contain the clause at 52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts. (1) As authorize…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …nal clauses that apply: (i) 52.232-1, Payments (APR 1984). (ii) 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment (FEB 2002). (iii) 52.232-11, Extras (APR 1984). (iv) 52.232-25, Prompt Payment (JAN 2017). (v) 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauth…
  • FAR 52.216-26 Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization.
    …acing of the definitive contract referred to in this letter contract, the Government will promptly reimburse the Contractor for all allowable costs under this contract at the following rates: (1) One hundred percent of approved costs repre…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …ective procedures to educate its employees in order to assure that subject inventions are promptly identified and disclosed to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters. The procedures shall include the maintenance of laboratory n…
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …l review all findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly notify the contractor, in writing, that the contractor's estimating system is acceptable and approved; or (ii) If the contracting officer fi…
  • DFARS 232.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (f) Prompt payment for commercial purchase payments. The contracting officer shall incorporate the following standard prompt payment terms for commercial product and commercial service contract financing: (i) Commercial advance payments: T…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly notify the contractor, in writing, that the contractor's MMAS is acceptable and approved; or (ii) If the contracting officer finds that ther…
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly notify the contractor, in writing, that the contractor's accounting system is acceptable and approved; or (ii) If the contracting officer fi…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …ther it has been accepted for publication; and (iii) After submission of the disclosure, promptly notify the Contracting Officer of the acceptance of any manuscript describing the invention for publication and of any on sale or public use.…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …ill reject and return it to the Contractor as an improper invoice for the purposes of the Prompt Payment clause of this contract. In the event there has been unauthorized use of foreign-flag vessels in the performance of this contract, the …
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …ed the requirements in 52.102 are satisfied; (3) Make maximum effort to obtain trade and prompt payment discounts (see 14.408-3). Prompt payment discounts shall not be considered in the evaluation of quotations; and (4) Use bulk funding t…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    …he contract file both the catalog or list price and the discount. (This does not apply to prompt payment or cash discounts.) (4) The contracting officer may modify the clause by increasing the 10 percent limit on aggregate increases specif…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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