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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • 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 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 52.232-8 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 52.212-4 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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.…
  • 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 32.103 Progress payments under construction contracts.
    …her factors. Upon completion of all contract requirements, retained amounts shall be paid promptly.
  • 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 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …cepted for publication. In addition, after disclosure to the agency, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of the acceptance of any manuscript describing the subject invention for publication and any on sale or public…
  • 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 52.237-5 Payment by Contractor to Government.
    …e for the condition of, or any loss or damage to, the property. (b) The Contractor shall promptly remove from the site all property acquired by the Contractor. The Government shall not permit storage of property on the site beyond the comp…
  • FAR 52.237-6 Incremental Payment by Contractor to Government.
    …e for the condition of, or any loss or damage to, the property. (c) The Contractor shall promptly remove from the site all property acquired by the Contractor. The Government will not permit storage of property on the site beyond the compl…
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly notify the contractor, in writing, that the contractor's property management system is acceptable and approved; or (ii) If the contracting o…
  • DFARS 252.232-7012 Performance-Based Payments—Whole-Contract Basis.
    …rmines that the security provided by the Contractor is insufficient, the Contractor shall promptly provide such additional security as the Contracting Officer determines necessary. In the event the Contractor fails to provide such additiona…
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    … contractor requests a unilateral change be determined a desirable change, the CFAO shall promptly evaluate the contractor's request and, as soon as practical, notify the contractor in writing whether the change is a desirable change or the…
  • 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 32.909 Contractor inquiries.
    …stance related to payment issues, late payment interest penalties, and information on the Prompt Payment Act.
  • FAR 49.105 Duties of termination contracting officer after issuance of notice of termination.
    … prime contractor and, when appropriate, the settlement proposals of subcontractors; (3) Promptly negotiate settlement with the contractor and enter into a settlement agreement; and (4) Promptly settle the contractor's settlement proposal…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …he data required by paragraph (c) above, the Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall promptly negotiate to redetermine fair and reasonable prices for supplies delivered and services performed by the Contractor under this contract. (e)…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …tract work. The Contracting Officer shall review the proposed classification and rate and promptly submit the completed SF 1444 (which must include information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the employees' authorized representat…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 …
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …olding authorized in this clause is not subject to the interest-penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act. (f) Correction of weaknesses. (1) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, when the Contractor has correc…
  • 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 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 52.216-26 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…
  • 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…

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