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22 sections with “late payment penalties”

  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    …ent offices are closed, may make payment on the following working day without incurring a late payment interest penalty. (4) When it is determined that the designated billing office erroneously rejected a proper invoice and upon resubmissi…
  • FAR 32.907 Interest penalties.
    (a) Late payment. The designated payment office will pay an interest penalty automatically, without request from the contractor, when all of the following conditions, if applicable, have been met: (1) The designated billing office received…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    … clause, the due date for making invoice payments by the designated payment office is the later of the following two events: (A) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor (except as prov…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …or making invoice payments is— (i) For work or services completed by the Contractor, the later of the following two events: (A) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor (except as prov…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    … is stated separately in the contract). (A) The due date for making such payments is the later of the following two events: (1) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor. (2) The 30th …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …2.908(a)(2) or (c)(2), the due date for making an invoice payment is as follows: (1) The later of the following two events: (i) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the contractor (except as prov…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …ith first request” as prescribed by the head of the agency; if not prescribed, insert “no later than 15 days prior to submission of the first request for payment”]. If not otherwise specified in this contract, the payment office is the desi…
  • FAR 31.110 Indirect cost rate certification and penalties on unallowable costs.
    …e 42.703-2 for administrative procedures regarding the certification provisions and the related contract clause prescription. (b) If unallowable costs are included in final indirect cost settlement proposals, penalties may be assessed. See…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …Contractor if the payment is for agency and legislative liaison activities not directly related to this contract. For purposes of this paragraph, providing any information specifically requested by an agency or Congress is permitted at any …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … or understanding that the small business concern will be awarded a subcontract for the related work if the Offeror is awarded the contract. (13) Assurances that the Contractor will provide the Contracting Officer with a written explanatio…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …nesses; (6) Assists small business concerns in obtaining payments under their contracts, late payment interest penalties, or information on contractual payment provisions; (7) Has supervisory authority over agency personnel to the extent …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …roduct in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except— (1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) PSG 88, Live Animals; (4) PSG 89, Subsistence; (5) P…
  • FAR 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs.
    …roposal submitted by the Contractor after the expiration of its fiscal year which— (i) Relates to any payment made on the basis of billing rates; or (ii) Will be used in negotiating the final contract price; or (2) The final statement of…
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …e United States to the prime contractor under the prime contract to which such kickback relates; (2) The contracting officer may direct a prime contractor to withhold from any sums owed to a subcontractor under a subcontract of the prime c…
  • FAR 32.901 Applicability.
    …art applies to invoice payments on all contracts, except contracts with payment terms and late payment penalties established by other governmental authority (e.g., tariffs). (b) This subpart does not apply to contract financing payments (s…
  • FAR 32.908 Contract clauses.
    …onditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies, or when payment terms and late payment penalties are established by other governmental authority (e.g., tariffs). (1) As authorized in 32.904(b)(1)(ii)(B)(4), the contracting …
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …of overpayment for this interest calculation shall be the date payment was made for the related completed and accepted contract items; or for subcontract defective pricing, the date payment was made to the prime contractor, based on prime c…
  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    … 2461 Note), the Department of Labor adjusts this civil monetary penalty for inflation no later than January 15 each year. (b) If the contractor or subcontractor fails or refuses to comply with overtime pay requirements of the statute and …
  • FAR 32.909 Contractor inquiries.
    … Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to obtain additional assistance related to payment issues, late payment interest penalties, and information on the Prompt Payment Act.
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …ages. The responsible Contractor and subcontractor are liable for unpaid wages if they violate the terms in paragraph (a) of this clause. In addition, the Contractor and subcontractor are liable for liquidated damages payable to the Governm…
  • FAR 52.226-7 Drug-Free Workplace.
    …'s conviction under a criminal drug statute for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than 5 days after such conviction. (5) Notify the Contracting Officer in writing within 10 days after receiving notice under subdivision (b)(4)…
  • DFARS 222.406-1 Policy.
    …rtunity); (B) Call attention to the labor standards requirements in the contract which relate to— (1) Employment of foremen, laborers, mechanics, and others; (2) Wages and fringe benefits payments, payrolls, and statements; (3) Differen…

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