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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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27 sections with “customary rate”

  • 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…
  • DFARS 232.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    (a) The customary progress payment rates for DoD contracts, including contracts that contain foreign military sales (FMS) requirements, are 80 percent for large business concerns and 90 percent for small business concerns.
  • 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 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…
  • 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 32.501 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 32.502-2 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…
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …fications; or (C) Products or services used exclusively for governmental purposes; (ii) Customary practices regarding customizing, modifying or tailoring of products of services to meet customer needs and associated costs; (iii) Customar…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …n of commercial products or commercial services; or (2) Determined to be consistent with customary commercial practice. (b) Insert the following provisions in solicitations for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …cting. (7) The qualifications of the individual or concern rendering the service and the customary fee charged, especially on non-Government contracts. (8) Adequacy of the contractual agreement for the service (e.g., description of the se…
  • 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 52.245-1 Government Property.
    … Property Administrator prior to implementation of the changes. The Contractor may employ customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices and standards that provide effective and efficient Govern…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 232.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ket research has established that this form of contract financing is both appropriate and customary in the commercial marketplace. When installment payment financing is used, the contracting officer shall use the ceiling percentage of contr…
  • FAR 12.209 Determination of price reasonableness.
    …6-3, 14.408-2, or subpart 15.4, as applicable, the contracting officer should be aware of customary commercial terms and conditions when pricing commercial products and commercial services. Commercial product and commercial service prices a…
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    …mined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. (xiv) A statement regarding the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating, if applicable. …
  • FAR 27.405-3 Commercial computer software.
    …en there is any confusion as to whether the Government's needs are satisfied or whether a customary commercial license is consistent with Federal law. Additional or lesser rights may be negotiated using the guidance concerning restricted ri…
  • FAR 28.307-2 Liability.
    …ommensurate with any legal requirements of the locality and sufficient to meet normal and customary claims. (d) Aircraft public and passenger liability. When aircraft are used in connection with performing the contract, the contracting off…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …lifies under the criteria at 32.202-1(b) and installment payments for the item are either customary or are authorized in accordance with agency procedures. (1) Description. Installment payment financing is payment by the Government to a co…
  • 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 32.504 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 44.402 Policy requirements.
    …ing commercial products or commercial services; or (ii) Determined to be consistent with customary commercial practice for the item being acquired. (b) The clause at 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, …
  • FAR 52.232-31 Invitation To Propose Financing Terms.
    … contract; (3) The terms and conditions of the contract financing must be appropriate or customary in the commercial marketplace; and (4) The terms and conditions of the contract financing must be in the best interests of the United State…
  • 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 232.104 Providing contract financing.
    …need or the unavailability of private financing, DoD has determined that— (1) The use of customary contract financing (see FAR 32.113), other than loan guarantees and advance payments, is in DoD's best interest; and (2) Further justificat…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …eaties and international agreements to which the United States is a party, and applicable customary international law. Non-CAAF means personnel who are not designated as CAAF, such as local national (LN) employees and non-LN employees who …
  • 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…

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