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32 sections with “Prompt Payment clauses”

  • 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 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 52.216-7 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 32.903 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 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…
  • 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 252.232-7003 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 16.307 Contract clauses.
    …ts. (2) If the contract is a construction contract and contains the clause at 52.232-27, Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts, the contracting officer shall use the clause at 52.216-7 with its Alternate I. (3) If the contract is with…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …e dates in accordance with agency regulations: (1) The clause at 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract or fixed-price service contract is contemplated. (2) A clause, subs…
  • 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 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …the data required by paragraph (c) above the Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall promptly establish either a firm fixed price or a profit adjustment formula for determining final profit, as follows: (1) The parties shall negotiate…
  • 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 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    … Provisions 1. Ordering procedures and services to be provided. (a) The Contractor shall promptly deliver to the Contracting Officer one copy of each catalog applicable to this agreement, and one copy of any subsequent revision. (b) The G…
  • FAR 48.103 Processing value engineering change proposals.
    …t 48.2. Upon receiving a VECP, the contracting officer or other designated official shall promptly process and objectively evaluate the VECP in accordance with agency precedures and shall document the contract file with the rationale for ac…
  • 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 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …he data required by paragraph (d) above, the Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall promptly negotiate to redetermine fair and reasonable prices for supplies that may be delivered or services that may be performed in the period follow…
  • 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 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …he data required by paragraph (c) above, the Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall promptly establish the total final price of the items specified in (a) above by applying to final negotiated cost an adjustment for profit or loss, as…
  • 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 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    …ation as called for by the clause within the time required, the contracting officer shall promptly request the contractor to supply the required documents or information. If the failure persists, the contracting officer shall take appropria…
  • FAR 32.900 Scope of subpart.
    … policies, procedures, and clauses for implementing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315.
  • FAR 49.101 Authorities and responsibilities.
    …h the contractor, including a no-cost settlement if appropriate. Auditors and TCO's shall promptly schedule and complete audit reviews and negotiations, giving particular attention to the need for timely action on all settlements involving …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    … by the Secretary of the Treasury (see https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsservices/gov/pmt/promptPayment/rates.htm). Do not use any other interest rate. (8) Multiply (5) by (6) by (7). This is the working capital adjustment. It shall not ex…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    …e sole discretion to identify the covered contracts from which to withhold payments. (2) Promptly notify the contractor, in writing, of the contracting officer's determination to implement payment withholding in accordance with the clause …
  • DFARS 252.217-7027 Contract Definitization.
    …[insert specific type of contract action] is contemplated. The Contractor agrees to begin promptly negotiating with the Contracting Officer the terms of a definitive contract that will include— (1) All clauses required by the Federal Acqui…
  • DFARS 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
    …e following minimum amounts. The representation also shall state that the Contractor will promptly notify the Contracting Officer of any notice of cancellation of insurance or material change in insurance coverage that could affect the Unit…
  • 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…

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