48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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12 sections with “commercial interim payments”

  • FAR 32.202-2 Types of payments for commercial product and commercial service purchases.
    These definitions incorporate the requirements 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 performan…
  • FAR 32.202-1 Policy.
    …r to provide all resources needed for performance of the contract. Thus, for purchases of commercial products or commercial services, financing of the contract is normally the contractor's responsibility. However, in some markets the provis…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …the paragraph entitled “Payment” of the clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. If the contract will provide for contract financing, the contracting officer shall construct a solicitati…
  • 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 32.001 Definitions.
    As 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 interes…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …t costs. (2) If the Contractor furnishes its own materials that meet the definition of a commercial product or commercial service in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, the price to be paid for such materials shall not exceed the C…
  • FAR 32.202-3 Conducting market research about financing terms.
    …financing normally provided; (c) The amount or percentages of any payments equivalent to commercial advance payments (see 32.202-2); (d) The basis for any payments equivalent to commercial interim payments (see 32.001), as well as the fre…
  • FAR 32.006-1 General.
    …dvance, partial, or progress payments is based on fraud. This authority does not apply to commercial interim payments under subpart 32.2, or performance-based payments under subpart 32.10. (c) The agency head may not delegate his or her re…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …o fulfilling their responsibilities; and (4) Except for a contract for the purchase of a commercial product or commercial service, including a brand-name commercial product for authorized resale (e.g., commissary items), the contracting of…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …nancing payments include— (i) Advance payments; (ii) Performance-based payments; (iii) Commercial advance and interim payments; (iv) Progress payments based on cost under the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.232-16, Pro…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business subcontracting for its commercial products, or, if there is no currently approved plan, assist the contracting officer in evaluating the plans for those products. (54) Assi…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …source selection information. Disclosure of such information could cause harm both to the commercial interest of the Government and to the competitive position of the contractor being evaluated as well as impede the efficiency of Government…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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