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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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43 sections with “advance and progress payments”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.412(a), insert the following clause: Advance Payments (MAY 2001) (a) Requirements for payment. Advance payments will be made under this contract (1) upon submission of properly certified invoices or vouchers by the Con…
  • DFARS 252.232-7005 Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.
    As prescribed in 232.412-70(b), use the following clause: Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MAR 2024) (a) The Government will reimburse the Contractor for any advance payments made by the Contract…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ayments shall be liquidated by deducting from any payment under this contract, other than advance or progress payments, the unliquidated progress payments, or 80 percent of the amount invoiced, whichever is less. The Contractor shall repay …
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …A statement of payments received, due, and yet to be received or to become due, including advance and progress payments; amounts withheld by the Government; and information as to any obligations of the Government yet to be performed under t…
  • FAR 32.402 General.
    (a) A limitation on authority to grant advance payments under Pub. L. 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431-1435) is described at 50.102-3(b)(4). (b) Advance payments may be provided on any type of contract; however, the agency shall authorize advance pa…
  • FAR 32.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    …tion an unusual progress payment; and (2) Not include a higher rate in a contract unless advance agency approval is obtained as prescribed in 32.501-2. (c) When advance payments and progress payments are authorized under the same contract…
  • FAR 49.206-2 Bases for settlement proposals.
    …loss (49.203(b)) must be made to complete the gross settlement proposal. All unliquidated advance and progress payments and all disposal and other credits known when the proposal is submitted must then be deducted. (3) This inventory basis…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …amount, product or service(s) to be provided, contract performance period, rate ceilings, advance approval requirements, pre-contract cost allowability limitations, and billing limitations. (v) The Contractor shall update the billings on a…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …cation to the Contractor, shall take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of funds until the violation ceases. (4) The Contractor shall permit authorized representatives of the Wage and Hour Division to conduct inte…
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    …tion of the national security interests involved and the ways award of the contract helps advance those interests; (4) The availability of another entity with the capacity, capability and technical expertise to satisfy defense acquisition,…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …of supplies or services by the Government. (1) Contract financing payments include— (i) Advance payments; (ii) Performance-based payments; (iii) Commercial advance and interim payments; (iv) Progress payments based on cost under the cl…
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …used in this part— Commercial interim payment means any payment that is not a commercial advance payment or a delivery payment. These payments are contract financing payments for prompt payment purposes (i.e., not subject to the interest p…
  • FAR 32.102 Description of contract financing methods.
    (a) Advance payments are advances of money by the Government to a prime contractor before, in anticipation of, and for the purpose of complete performance under one or more contracts. They are expected to be liquidated from payments due to …
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …yment otherwise payable under 49.112-1(b)— (1) All unliquidated balances of progress and advance payments (including interest) made to the contractor, which are allocable to the terminated portion of the contract; and (2) The amounts of a…
  • FAR 49.203 Adjustment for loss.
    … in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) below, less all disposal credits and all unliquidated advance and progress payments previously made under the contract: (1) The amount negotiated or determined for settlement expenses. (2) The contract …
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …n the Government under this clause, the Contractor shall obtain the Contracting Officer's advance approval of the action and the terms. If approved, the basis for payment (the events or performance criteria) to which the property is related…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …od of performance); (ii) Some costs are covered by special financing provisions, such as advance payments; or (iii) The contract is multiyear and there are special funding arrangements. (3) The portion that the contractor finances is gen…
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    Contracting officers shall— (a) Negotiate an advance agreement on the treatment of developmental assistance costs for either credit or reimbursement if the mentor firm proposes such an agreement, or delegate authority to negotiate to the a…
  • FAR 49.402-2 Effect of termination for default.
    …liable for the contractor's costs on undelivered work and is entitled to the repayment of advance and progress payments, if any, applicable to that work. The Government may elect, under the Default clause, to require the contractor to trans…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    …ubpart 32.10 (but not both). (f) Financing of contracts for supplies or services through advance payments in accordance with subpart 32.4. (g) Financing of contracts for supplies or services through guaranteed loans in accordance with sub…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …e policies or certificates of insurance or references to them. (13) Documents supporting advance or progress payments. (14) Progressing, expediting, and production surveillance records. (15) Quality assurance records. (16) Property admi…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …or corrective action, the contracting officer should give the prime contractor reasonable advance notice before determining to reduce the prime contract price. (1) When a prime contractor includes defective subcontract data in arriving at …
  • FAR 32.000 Scope of part.
    …s and progress payments based on percentage or stage of completion; (b) Loan guarantees, advance payments, and progress payments based on costs; (c) Administration of debts to the Government arising out of contracts; (d) Contract funding…
  • FAR 32.002 Applicability of subparts.
    …12: (1) Subpart 32.1, Financing for Other Than a Commercial Purchase. (2) Subpart 32.4, Advance Payments for Other Than Commercial Acquisitions . (3) Subpart 32.5, Progress Payments Based on Costs. (4) Subpart 32.10, Performance-Based P…
  • FAR 32.006-1 General.
    …he agency head determines there is substantial evidence that the contractor's request for advance, partial, or progress payments is based on fraud. This authority does not apply to commercial interim payments under subpart 32.2, or performa…
  • FAR 32.006-3 Responsibilities.
    …edures of this section. (b) Government personnel shall report suspected fraud related to advance, partial, or progress payments in accordance with agency regulations.
  • FAR 32.006-4 Procedures.
    …s remedy coordination official finds substantial evidence that a contractor's request for advance, partial, or progress payments under a contract awarded by that agency is based on fraud, the remedy coordination official shall recommend tha…
  • FAR 32.501-5 Other protective terms.
    …unts. (d) Protective covenants of the kinds in paragraph (p) of the clause at 52.232-12, Advance Payments. (e) A provision, included in the solicitation and resultant contract when first article testing is required (see subpart 9.3), limi…
  • FAR 32.502-4 Contract clauses.
    …ntracts under which the Government will provide progress payments based on costs. (2) If advance agency approval has been given in accordance with 32.501-1, the contracting officer may substitute a different customary rate for other than s…
  • FAR 32.601 General.
    … Breach of contract obligations concerning progress payments, performance-based payments, advance payments, financing of commercial products or commercial services, or Government-furnished property. (11) Government expense of correcting de…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …at officer. (5) Negotiate forward pricing rate agreements (see 15.407-3). (6) Negotiate advance agreements applicable to treatment of costs under contracts currently assigned for administration (see 31.109). (7) Determine the allowabilit…
  • FAR 42.502 Selecting contracts for postaward orientation.
    …erials or operations; and (l) Complex financing arrangements, such as progress payments, advance payments, or guaranteed loans.
  • FAR 42.703-1 Policy.
    …ement contracts at the business unit, subject to any specific limitation in a contract or advance agreement; and (2) Established final indirect cost rates shall be used in negotiating the final price of fixed-price incentive and fixed-pric…
  • FAR 45.000 Scope of part.
    … Property to which the Government has acquired a lien or title solely because of partial, advance, progress, or performance based payments; (3) Disposal of real property; (4) Software and intellectual property; or (5) Government property…
  • FAR 45.600 Scope of subpart.
    …roperty or to property for which the Government has a lien or title solely as a result of advance, progress, or performance-based payments that have been liquidated.
  • FAR 49.402-3 Procedure for default.
    …ult on the ability of the contractor to liquidate guaranteed loans, progress payments, or advance payments. (7) Any other pertinent facts and circumstances. (g) If, after compliance with the procedures in paragraphs (a) through (f) of thi…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    … progress payments previously made to the Contractor or its assignee and all unliquidated advance payments (with any interest) and (B) the amount of $____________ for all applicable property disposal credits [insert if appropriate, “and (C)…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    … progress payments previously made to the Contractor or its assignee and all unliquidated advance payments (with any interest) applicable to the terminated portion of the contract and (B) the amount of $____________ for all applicable prope…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    … progress payments previously made to the Contractor or its assignee and all unliquidated advance payments (with any interest), (B) the amount of $________ for all applicable property disposal credits [insert if appropriate, “and (C) the am…
  • FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.
    …er with the amount of $__________ previously paid the Contractor as partial, progress, or advance payments, constitutes payment in full and complete settlement, except as provided in subparagraph (b)(6) below, of the amount due the Contract…

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