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49 sections with “demand for payment”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …of this section, the contracting officer shall take the following actions: (1) Issue the demand for payment as soon as the contracting officer has determined that an actual debt is due the Government and the amount. (2) Issue the demand f…
  • DFARS 232.604 Demand for payment.
    When issuing a demand for payment of a contract debt, follow the procedures at PGI 232.604.
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …0 days after the date the invoice amount is paid; and (C) The contractor makes a written demand to the designated payment office for additional penalty payment, in accordance with paragraph (a)(6)(ii) of this clause, postmarked not later t…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …0 days after the date the invoice amount is paid; and (C) The Contractor makes a written demand to the designated payment office for additional penalty payment, in accordance with paragraph (a)(6)(ii) of this clause, postmarked not later t…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …he Contractor exceed the amount due, the excess amount shall be paid to the Government on demand. For purposes of this paragraph, the contract price shall be considered to be the stated contract price of $___, less any subsequent price redu…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …0 days after the date the invoice amount is paid; and (C) The Contractor makes a written demand to the designated payment office for additional penalty payment, in accordance with paragraph (a)(7)(ii) of this clause, postmarked not later t…
  • FAR 32.605 Final decisions.
    …nt of a debt in a timely manner; (2) The contractor fails to liquidate a debt previously demanded by the contracting officer within the timeline specified in the demand for payment unless the amounts were not repaid because the contractor …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …riod as fixed by the Secretary until the amount is paid. (ii) The Government may issue a demand for payment to the Contractor upon finding a debt is due under the contract. (iii) Final decisions. The Contracting Officer will issue a final…
  • FAR 52.232-17 Interest.
    …eriod as fixed by the Secretary until the amount is paid. (b) The Government may issue a demand for payment to the Contractor upon finding a debt is due under the contract. (c) Final Decisions. The Contracting Officer will issue a final d…
  • FAR 52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …termination for cause. If this contract is terminated for cause, the Contractor shall, on demand, repay to the Government the amount of unliquidated installment payments. The Government shall be liable for no payment except as provided by t…
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …lt. If this contract is terminated under the Default clause, (1) the Contractor shall, on demand, repay to the Government the amount of unliquidated performance-based payments, and (2) title shall vest in the Contractor, on full liquidation…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …sequent payments to the contractor. Therefore, contracting officers normally must make no demand for payment. Contracting officers must— (A) Compute the amount in accordance with the clause; (B) Provide the contractor with a final decisio…
  • FAR 36.608 Liability for Government costs resulting from design errors or deficiencies.
    …may be reasonably liable. The contracting officer shall enforce the liability and issue a demand for payment of the amount due, if the recoverable cost will exceed the administrative cost involved or is otherwise in the Government's interes…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …r (a)(5) above, the Contractor shall repay the amount of such excess to the Government on demand. (8) Notwithstanding any other terms of the contract, the Contractor agrees not to request progress payments in dollar amounts of less than $2…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …w 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Claim means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain, the adjustment or …
  • FAR 32.907 Interest penalties.
    …days after the date the invoice amount is paid; and (iii) The contractor makes a written demand to the designated payment office for additional penalty payment in accordance with paragraph (c)(2) of this section, postmarked not later than …
  • FAR 42.709-4 Assessing the penalty.
    … unallowability under 31.201-6. (c) Issue a final decision (see 33.211) which includes a demand for payment of any penalty assessed under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. The letter shall state that the determination is a final decisi…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …ue on the settlement proposal, the contractor shall repay the excess to the Government on demand, together with interest. The interest shall be computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App. 1215(b)(2…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    … risk that is assumed by the Government, the Government shall be subrogated to any claim, demand or cause of action against third parties that exists in favor of the Contractor. If required by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall e…
  • FAR 52.230-4 Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns.
    …, or regulation as specified in 48 CFR 9903 and 48 CFR 9904 and as to any cost adjustment demanded by the U.S. Government, such failure to agree will constitute a dispute under 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. (c) The Contractor sh…
  • FAR 52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …termination for cause. If this contract is terminated for cause, the Contractor shall, on demand, repay to the Government the amount of unliquidated contract financing payments. The Government shall be liable for no payment except as provid…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …inally determined to be due, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government upon demand, together with interest computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App. 1215(b)(2). Interest shall be co…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …inally determined to be due, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government upon demand, together with interest computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App 1215(b)(2). Interest shall be com…
  • DFARS 232.072-2 Appropriate information.
    …nce contract performance; (ii) Contractor's exposure to financial crisis from creditor's demands; (iii) Degree to which credit security provisions could conflict with Government title terms under contract financing; (iv) Clearly stated c…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …ement shall contain the following: (1) A description of the debt. (2) The date of first demand for payment. (3) Notice of an interest charge, in conformity with 32.608 and the FAR clause at 52.232-17, Interest; or, in the case of a debt …
  • FAR 33.211 Contracting officer's decision.
    …garding Maritime Contracts) within 12 months of the date you receive this decision” (vi) Demand for payment prepared in accordance with 32.604 and 32.605) in all cases where the decision results in a finding that the contractor is indebted…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …e amount due the Contractor for the complete termination of the contract and of all other demands and liabilities of the Contractor and the Government under the contract, except as provided in paragraph (7) below. (7) Regardless of any oth…
  • DFARS 252.251-7000 Ordering from Government supply sources.
    …mputing interest for late Contractor payments, the Government's invoice is deemed to be a demand for payment in accordance with the Interest clause of this contract. The Contractor's failure to pay may also result in the DoD supply source r…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    …on date of the letter, upon presentation by the Government (the beneficiary) of a written demand therefor. Neither the financial institution nor the offeror/Contractor can revoke or condition the letter of credit. (b) If the offeror intend…
  • FAR 52.233-1 Disputes.
    … shall be resolved under this clause. (c) Claim, as used in this clause, means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain, the adjustment or …
  • DFARS 252.247-7007 Liability and insurance.
    … this contract. (g) The Contractor shall, at its own cost and expense, defend any suits, demands, claims, or actions, in which the United States might be named as a co-defendant of the Contractor, resulting from the Contractor's performanc…
  • FAR 3.907-1 Definitions.
    … Government provides any portion of the money or property that is provided, requested, or demanded; and (2) At least some of the funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by the Recovery Act. Covered information means information…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …rning penalties, the contracting officer shall obtain the advice of counsel. (iv) In the demand letter, the contracting officer shall separately include— (A) The repayment amount; (B) The penalty amount (if any); (C) The interest amount…
  • FAR 27.202-3 Adjustment of royalties.
    …ppropriate cases, the contracting officer in coordination with the cognizant office shall demand a refund pursuant to any refund of royalties clause in the contract (see 27.202-4) or negotiate for a reduction of royalties. (d) For guidance…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …b) The ILC shall be irrevocable, require presentation of no document other than a written demand and the ILC (and letter of confirmation, if any), expire only as provided in paragraph (f) of this subsection, and be issued/confirmed by an ac…
  • FAR 32.602 Responsibilities.
    (a) The contracting officer has primary responsibility for identifying and demanding payment of contract debts except those resulting from errors made by the payment office. The contracting officer shall not collect contract debts or otherw…
  • FAR 32.608-2 Interest credits.
    … contractor. (2) Interest may not be reduced for any time between the due date under the demand and the period covered by a deferment of collection, unless the contract includes an interest clause; e.g., the clause prescribed in 32.611. (…
  • FAR 33.102 General.
    … the debt, degree of the awardee's fault, and costs of collection, to determine whether a demand for reimbursement ought to be made. If it is in the best interests of the Government to seek reimbursement, the contracting officer shall notif…
  • FAR 42.709-5 Computing interest.
    …2-41 (85 Stat. 97). (c) Compute interest from the date of overpayment to the date of the demand letter for payment of the penalty. (d) Determine the paid portion of the disallowed costs in consultation with the contract auditor.
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …icer shall, after completion and final payment of the repurchase contract, make a written demand on the contractor for the total amount of the excess, giving consideration to any increases or decreases in other costs such as transportation,…

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