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98 sections with “advance payments”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.405 Applying Pub. L. 85-804 to advance payments under sealed bid contracts.
    …provisions of law relating to contracts, as explained in 50.101-1(a), also include making advance payments. These advance payments may be made at or after award of sealed bid contracts as well as negotiated contracts. (b) Bidders may reque…
  • FAR 32.408 Application for advance payments.
    (a) A contractor may apply for advance payments before or after the award of a contract. (b) The contractor shall submit any advance payment request in writing to the contracting officer and provide the following information: (1) A refere…
  • 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 18.122 Advance payments.
    Agencies may authorize advance payments to facilitate the national defense for actions taken under Public Law 85-804 (see Subpart 50.1, Extraordinary Contractual Actions). These advance payments may be made at or after award of sealed bid c…
  • DFARS 252.232-7000 Advance payment pool.
    As prescribed in 232.412-70(a), use the following clause: Advance Payment Pool (APR 2020) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this contract, advance payments will be made for contract performance in accordance with the Determinatio…
  • DFARS 232.470 Advance payment pool.
    (a) An advance payment pool agreement— (1) Is a means of financing the performance of more than one contract held by a single contractor; (2) Is especially convenient for the financing of cost-type contracts with nonprofit educational or …
  • FAR 32.202-2 Types of payments for commercial product and commercial service purchases.
    …mercial 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 aggregate of these payments shal…
  • 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 32.406 Letters of credit.
    …easury) prescribes regulations and instructions covering the use of letters of credit for advance payments under contracts. See Treasury Department Circular 1075 (31 CFR part 205), and the implementing instructions in the Treasury Financial…
  • FAR 32.407 Interest.
    …w, the contracting officer shall charge interest on the daily unliquidated balance of all advance payments at the higher of— (1) The published prime rate of the financial institution (depository) in which the special account (see 32.409-3)…
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    (a) If advance payments are approved, the contracting officer shall enter into an agreement with the contractor covering special accounts and suitable covenants protecting the Government's interest (see 32.411). This requirement generally a…
  • FAR 32.410 Findings, determination, and authorization.
    (a) Each determination concerning advance payments shall be supported by written findings (see 32.402(c)(1)(iii)). (b) The following is an example of the format and text of findings, determination, and authorization with alternative words,…
  • FAR 32.411 Agreement for special account at a financial institution.
    … officer must use substantially the following form of agreement for a special account for advance payments: Agreement for Special Account This agreement is entered into this ____ day of ____________, 20____, between the United States of A…
  • 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 32.007 Contract financing payments.
    …cy heads must not prescribe a period shorter than 7 days or longer than 30 days. (b) For advance payments, loans, or other arrangements that do not involve recurrent submission of contract financing requests, the designated payment office …
  • 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 32.412 Contract clause.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.232-12, Advance Payments, in solicitations and contracts under which the Government will provide advance payments, except as provided in 32.412(b). (b) If the agency desires to waiv…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 232.412-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the clause at 252.232-7000, Advance Payment Pool, in any contract that will be subject to the terms of an advance payment pool agreement with a nonprofit organization or educational institution. Normally, use the clause in all cost …
  • FAR 32.202-1 Policy.
    …nterest of the Government. (b) Authorization. Commercial interim payments and commercial advance payments may be made under the following circumstances— (1) The contract item financed is a commercial supply or service; (2) The contract p…
  • FAR 32.400 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart provides policies and procedures for advance payments on prime contracts and subcontracts. It does not include policies and procedures for advance payments for the types of transactions listed in 32.404. This subpart does not a…
  • FAR 32.403 Applicability.
    Advance payments may be considered useful and appropriate for the following: (a) Contracts for experimental, research, or development work with nonprofit educational or research institutions. (b) Contracts solely for the management and op…
  • FAR 32.404 Exclusions.
    (a) This subpart does not apply to advance payments authorized by law for— (1) Rent; (2) Tuition; (3) Insurance premiums; (4) Expenses of investigations in foreign countries; (5) Extension or connection of public utilities for Governme…
  • FAR 32.409-1 Recommendation for approval.
    …ty, technical ability, and plant capacity. (d) Comments on (1) the contractor's need for advance payments and (2) potential Government benefits from the contract performance. (e) Proposed advance payment contract terms, including proposed…
  • 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 …
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …raft, the budget request includes full funding of procurement funds for production beyond advance procurement activities of aircraft units to be produced in the fiscal year covered by the budget; (3) Cancellation provisions in the contract…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …or upon the written request of the Department of Labor, must suspend any further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds until the violations cease or until the agency has withheld sufficient funds to compensate employees for back wages, an…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    …r any other Federal contract with the same contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay employees the full amount owed to compensate for any violation of E.O. 13706 or 29 CFR part 13; and (B…
  • FAR 32.106 Order of preference.
    … other agencies. (b) Customary contract financing other than loan guarantees and certain advance payments (see 32.113). (c) Loan guarantees. (d) Unusual contract financing (see 32.114). (e) Advance payments (see exceptions in 32.402(b))…
  • 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 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 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …basis. If no overtime rates are provided in the Schedule and overtime work is approved in advance by the Contracting Officer, overtime rates shall be negotiated. Failure to agree upon these overtime rates shall be treated as a dispute under…
  • 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 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    … impose any obligation on the Government to request any services or make any payment. 8. Advance payments are authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2396(a)(3). 9. Submit invoices to: ____________ (name and address of activity). Schedule Provisions 1.…
  • 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 13.302-5 Clauses.
    … officer shall insert the clause at 52.213-2, Invoices, in purchase orders that authorize advance payments (see 31 U.S.C. 3324(d)(2)) for subscriptions or other charges for newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or other publications (i.e., an…
  • FAR 19.811-1 Sole source.
    … within a maximum of 10 working days. (c) Except in procurements where the SBA will make advance payments to its 8(a) contractor, the agency contracting officer may, as an alternative to the procedures in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this sub…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …other account within the same fund, are unallowable except to the extent authorized by an advance agreement. If the withdrawal of assets from a pension fund is a plan termination under ERISA, the provisions of paragraph (j)(3) of this subse…

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