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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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192 sections with “final payment”: the first 40

  • FAR 49.112-2 Final payment.
    …) There is an appeal, the contractor shall submit a voucher or invoice showing the amount finally determined due on the appeal, less any portion previously paid. Pending determination of any appeal, the contractor may submit vouchers or inv…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …h day after Government acceptance of supplies delivered or services performed. (A) For a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions, acceptance is deemed to occur on the effective date of the contract …
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act. Interim payments made prior to the final payment under the contract are contract financing payments, except interim payments if this contract contains Alternate I to the clause at 52.23…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …had been incurred after the increase in the ceiling price. (f) Audit. At any time before final payment under this contract, the Contracting Officer may request audit of the vouchers and supporting documentation. Each payment previously mad…
  • FAR 28.106-7 Withholding contract payments.
    …its obligation to its subcontractors or suppliers, the contracting officer shall withhold final payment. However, the surety must agree to hold the Government harmless from any liability resulting from withholding the final payment. The con…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …d, 30 days after approval by the Contracting Officer for release to the Contractor. (ii) Final payments based on completion and acceptance of all work and presentation of release of all claims against the Government arising by virtue of th…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …t procedures must ensure that— (1) Disposition of classified material is completed; (2) Final patent report is cleared. If a final patent report is required, the contracting officer may proceed with contract closeout in accordance with th…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …oses of this provision if both of the following criteria apply: (1) The tax liability is finally determined. The liability is finally determined if it has been assessed. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administr…
  • FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.
    …compliance with Chapter 39 of Title 31, United States Code (Prompt Payment Act); or (ii) Final payment to the subcontractor or supplier in compliance with the terms of the subcontract, purchase order, or other agreement with the prime cont…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rence. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract. (e) Definitions. The clause at FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, is incorporated herein by refer…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …(d), and (e) of this clause, for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the Federal Acquisition Regulat…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …at the procedures required by paragraph (e)(1) of this clause have been followed. (ii) A final report, within 3 months after completion of the contracted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were none, and listing all…
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    …50,000 (40 U.S.C. 3131). Until completion of any warranty period, or for 1 year following final payment, whichever is later. (2) Contracts subject to alternative payment protection (see FAR 28.102-1(b)(1)). For the full contract performanc…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …part 16.4); (3) Orders issued under indefinite-delivery contracts and subcontracts where final payment is not based on actual costs incurred (FAR Subpart 16.5); and (4) The fixed-hourly rate portion of time-and-materials and labor-hours c…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    … and conditions of the subcontract; and (4) This certification is not to be construed as final acceptance of a subcontractor's performance. (Name) (Title) (Date) (d) Refund of unearned amounts. If the Contractor, after making a certifi…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    … excess amount to the Contractor. (c) Upon satisfactory completion by the Contractor and final acceptance by the Contracting Officer of all the work done by the Contractor under the “Statement of Architect-Engineer Services”, the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.237-4 Payment by Government to Contractor.
    …s payments the Contracting Officer shall retain 10 percent of the estimated payment until final completion and acceptance of the contract work. However, if the Contracting Officer finds that satisfactory progress was achieved during any per…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …actor's failure to respond to the challenge notice cannot be the sole basis for issuing a final decision denying the validity of an asserted restriction. (d) Challenge and validation. All challenges shall be made in accordance with the pro…
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …er a contract. The Government's right to challenge an assertion expires three years after final payment under the contract or three years after delivery of the software, whichever is later. Those limitations on the Government's challenge ri…
  • DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.
    … the software is delivered or otherwise furnished to the Government, or 6 years following final payment under this contract, whichever is later. (2) The absence of a challenge to an asserted restriction shall not constitute validation unde…
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …e current validity of the asserted restriction; (iii) State that a Contracting Officer's final decision, issued pursuant to paragraph (g) of this clause, sustaining the validity of a prior asserted restriction identical to the current asse…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …l subject inventions have been disclosed or that there are no subject inventions. (ii) A final report, within 3 months after completion of the contracted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were no subject inventions…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …equest them on the form prescribed in 49.602-4 at any time after submission of interim or final settlement proposals. The Government will process applications for partial payments promptly. A subcontractor shall submit its application throu…
  • FAR 52.216-26 Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization.
    …ern may receive more frequent payments than every 2 weeks. (f) Audit. At any time before final payment, the Contracting Officer may have the Contractor's invoices or vouchers and statements of costs audited. Any payment may be (1) reduced …
  • FAR 52.227-21 Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems.
    …data made pursuant to this paragraph. (d) Withholding of payment. (1) At any time before final payment under this contract the Contracting Officer may withhold payment as a reserve up to an amount not exceeding $100,000 or 5 percent of the…
  • FAR 52.237-6 Incremental Payment by Contractor to Government.
    …to be fair and reasonable for that increment of payment. Upon receipt of the Contractor's final payment, all title that has not passed to the Contractor shall vest in the Contractor, unless specifically designated in the Schedule as being r…
  • DFARS 252.236-7003 Payment for mobilization and preparatory work.
    …made does not reduce this item to zero, the balance will be paid to the Contractor in the final payment under the contract. (3) The retained percentage will be paid in accordance with the Payments to Contractor clause of this contract. (f…
  • DFARS 252.236-7004 Payment for mobilization and demobilization.
    …ation costs at completion of demobilization; and (iii) The remainder of this item in the final payment under this contract. (2) The Contracting Officer's determination of the actual costs in paragraph (b)(1) of this clause is not subject …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …e Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. …
  • FAR 4.703 Policy.
    …uirements of the contracting agencies and the Comptroller General for— (1) 3 years after final payment; or (2) For certain records, the period specified in 4.705 through 4.705-3, whichever of these periods expires first. (b) Contractors …
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …onstrate what good faith efforts have been made before the contracting officer issues the final decision and shall further state that failure of the contractor to respond may be taken as an admission that no valid explanation exists. (e) P…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …s withheld or suspended—(1) Forwarding wage underpayments to the Secretary of Labor. Upon final administrative determination, if the contractor or subcontractor has not made restitution, the contracting officer must follow the Department of…
  • FAR 28.203-3 Release of security interest.
    …ph (a). The security interest shall be maintained for the later of— (i) 1 year following final payment; (ii) Until completion of any warranty period (applicable only to performance bonds); or (iii) Pending resolution of all claims filed …
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    … subject to the Bonds statute, the later of— (A) One year following the expected date of final payment; (B) For performance bonds only, until completion of any warranty period; or (C) For payment bonds only, until resolution of all claim…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …ntractor has agreed to repay the debt. (3) Issue the demand for payment as a part of the final decision, if a final decision is required by 32.605(a). (b) The demand for payment shall include the following: (1) A description of the debt,…
  • FAR 32.605 Final decisions.
    (a) The contracting officer shall issue a final decision as required by 33.211 if— (1) The contracting officer and the contractor are unable to reach agreement on the existence or amount of a debt in a timely manner; (2) The contractor fa…
  • FAR 42.703-1 Policy.
    (a) A single agency (see 42.705-1) shall be responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates for each business unit. These rates shall be binding on all agencies and their contracting offices, unless otherwise specifically prohibited …
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …ntracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) responsible for establishing the final indirect cost rates: (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate administrative contracting officer…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    (a) General. (1) Postdetermined final indirect cost rates shall be used in the settlement of indirect costs for all cost-reimbursement contracts with educational institutions, unless predetermined final indirect cost rates are authorized an…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …individuals responsible for preparing and reviewing interim evaluations, if prepared, and final evaluations (e.g., contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, project managers, and program managers). Those individuals identif…

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