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13 sections with “administrative interest charges”

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing, and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs. (2) Studies, analyses and evaluations, i.e., contracted services that provide…
  • FAR 52.245-9 Use and Charges.
    …ith the following paragraphs. (d) General. (1) Rental requests shall be submitted to the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), identify the property for which rental is requested, propose a rental period, and compute an estimated renta…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …ect labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit; and (2) Actual cost for materials (except as provided for in 31.205-26(e) and (f)). (c) Application. A time-and…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …re findings of fact and issue decisions under the Disputes clause on matters in which the administrative contracting officer (ACO) has the authority to take definitive action. (11) In connection with Cost Accounting Standards (see 48 CFR 3…
  • DFARS 232.611 Contract clause.
    … FAR 32.611(a)(2) through (5) and other contracts, in exceptional circumstances, from the administrative interest charges required by this subpart. (7) Other exceptions are— (A) Contracts for instructions of military or ROTC personnel at …
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …the contracts of a contracting office, an agency, or several agencies. (e) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO), or other contracting officer established in part 42, shall negotiate advance agreements except that an advan…
  • FAR 52.229-6 Taxes—Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts.
    …that the Contractor is required to pay or bear as the result of legislative, judicial, or administrative action taking effect after the contract date. After-relieved tax means any amount of tax or duty, other than an excepted tax, that wou…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    … payments otherwise due the contractor. (7) Notification that the debt may be subject to administrative charges in accordance with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3717(e) and the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. (8) Notification tha…
  • FAR 32.606 Debt collection.
    …ion, the payment office shall initiate withholding of principal, interest, penalties, and administrative charges. In the event the contract is assigned under the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. 3727 and 41 U.S.C. 6305), the righ…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …ntracting Officer. (4) The hourly rates shall include wages, indirect costs, general and administrative expense, and profit. Fractional parts of an hour shall be payable on a prorated basis. (5) Vouchers may be submitted not more than onc…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …ted. 7. The estimated annual cost of this agreement is $__________. This estimate is for administrative purposes only and does not impose any obligation on the Government to request any services or make any payment. 8. Advance payments ar…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mputer software documentation). The term does not include computer software or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information, or information incidental to contract administration. Unlimited rights means rights to us…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …mputer software documentation). The term does not include computer software or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information, or information incidental to contract administration. Unlimited rights means rights to us…

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