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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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17 sections with “customary progress payments”

  • FAR 32.502-1 Use of customary progress payments.
    The contracting officer may use a Progress Payments clause in solicitations and contracts, in accordance with this subpart. The contracting officer must reject as nonresponsive bids conditioned on progress payments when the solicitation did…
  • FAR 32.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    (a) The customary progress payment rate is 80 percent, applicable to the total costs of performing the contract. The customary rate for contracts with small business concerns is 85 percent. (b) The contracting officer must— (1) Consider a…
  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …ria in 32.1003, or progress payments, provided they meet the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments, but not both. Subcontracts for commercial purchases may include commercial product or commercial service purchase financi…
  • FAR 52.232-13 Notice of Progress Payments.
    …include a Progress Payments clause: Notice of Progress Payments (APR 1984) The need for customary progress payments conforming to the regulations in subpart 32.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will not be considered as a hand…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    … is in the form of progress payments, the progress payment rate in the subcontract is the customary rate used by the contracting agency, depending on whether the subcontractor is or is not a small business concern. (7) Concerning any proce…
  • DFARS 252.232-7016 Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments.
    …: Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments (APR 2020) (a) The need for customary progress payments in accordance with subpart 32.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or performance-based payments in accordance wi…
  • FAR 32.501-2 Unusual progress payments.
    …ion, see 32.502-2. (b) The excess of the unusual progress payment rate approved over the customary progress payment rate should be the lowest amount possible under the circumstances. (c) Progress payments will not be considered unusual me…
  • FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.
    …e following conditions: (a) The payments are made under the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments based on costs, 32.202-1 for commercial product or commercial service purchase financing, or 32.1003 for performance-based…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    The solicitation must specify the customary contract financing offerors may propose. The following are customary contract financing when provided in accordance with this part and agency regulations: (a) Financing of shipbuilding, or ship c…
  • FAR 32.501 General.
    Progress payments may be customary or unusual. Customary progress payments are those made under the general guidance in this subpart, using the customary progress payment rate, the cost base, and frequency of payment established in the Prog…
  • FAR 32.104 Providing contract financing.
    … regulations and paragraph (d) of this section, the contracting officer— (1) May provide customary contract financing in accordance with 32.113; and (2) Must not provide unusual contract financing except as authorized in 32.114. (d) Unle…
  • FAR 32.502-4 Contract clauses.
    …een given in accordance with 32.501-1, the contracting officer may substitute a different customary rate for other than small business concerns for the progress payment and liquidation rate indicated. (3) If an unusual progress payment rat…
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …ce payments; (ii) Payments for partial deliveries; or (iii) Lease and rental payments. Customary contract financing means that financing deemed by an agency to be available for routine use by contracting officers. Most customary contract…
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …nts. (c) Modify (without consideration) applicable contract(s) to incorporate other than customary progress payments for protégé firms in accordance with FAR 32.504(c) if a mentor firm provides such payments to a protégé firm and the mento…
  • DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions.
    …nd receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items for services.) (iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request. (iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance bas…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …es is generally the portion not covered by progress payments, i.e., 100 percent minus the customary progress payment rate (see FAR 32.501). For example, if a contractor receives progress payments at 80 percent, the portion that the contract…
  • FAR 32.502-2 Contract finance office clearance.
    …king any of the following actions: (a) Providing a progress payment rate higher than the customary rate (see 32.501-1). (b) Deviating from the progress payments terms prescribed in this part. (c) Providing progress payments to a 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.