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34 sections with “overpayment”

  • FAR 12.215 Notification of overpayment.
    If the contractor notifies the contracting officer of a duplicate payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid, the contracting officer shall follow the procedures at 32.604.
  • FAR 32.008 Notification of overpayment.
    If the contractor notifies the contracting officer of a duplicate payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid, the contracting officer shall follow the procedures at 32.604.
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …(7)(i) In addition to the price adjustment, the Government is entitled to recovery of any overpayment plus interest on the overpayments. The Government is also entitled to penalty amounts on certain of these overpayments. Overpayment occurs…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …check or the specified payment date if an electronic funds transfer payment is made. (5) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a …
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …dure, payments will be made within 15 days after the date of receipt of the invoice. (d) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a …
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …ract financing payments in accordance with the applicable contract financing clause. (c) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …rsement claim may not include any amount for reimbursement of such interest penalty. (l) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a …
  • DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
    …ract financing payments in accordance with the applicable contract financing clause. (5) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a …
  • FAR 52.214-27 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
    …ction, the Contractor shall be liable to and shall pay the United States at the time such overpayment is repaid— (1) Interest compounded daily, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6622, on the amount of such overpayment to be computed from the date(s…
  • FAR 52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ction, the Contractor shall be liable to and shall pay the United States at the time such overpayment is repaid— (1) Interest compounded daily, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6622, on the amount of such overpayment to be computed from the date(s…
  • FAR 52.215-11 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …ction, the Contractor shall be liable to and shall pay the United States at the time such overpayment is repaid— (1) Interest compounded daily, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6622, on the amount of such overpayment to be computed from the date(s…
  • FAR 3.1003 Requirements.
    …t has overpaid on a contract financing or invoice payment, the contractor shall remit the overpayment amount to the Government. A contractor may be suspended and/or debarred for knowing failure by a principal to timely disclose credible evi…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …officer shall take immediate unilateral action only if warranted by circumstances such as overpayments or unsatisfactory contract performance. (3) In all cases, the contracting officer shall— (i) Act fairly and reasonably; (ii) Base deci…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …inion of the TCO, become due to the contractor because of the termination. (g) Effect of overpayment. If the total of partial payments exceeds the amount finally determined due on the settlement proposal, the contractor shall repay the exc…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …; (B) Violation of the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729-3733); or (C) Significant overpayment(s) on the contract, other than overpayments resulting from contract financing payments as defined in 32.001. (vii) Determination of a fal…
  • FAR 9.407-2 Causes for suspension.
    …(ii) Violation of the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729-3733); or (iii) Significant overpayment(s) on the contract, other than overpayments resulting from contract financing payments as defined in 32.001; or (9) Determination of a fa…
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …racts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts. (iii) The total overpayments and underpayments for fixed-price and flexibly-priced contracts made by the Government during the period of noncompliance; and (5) When …
  • FAR 32.601 General.
    …ducts or commercial services. (4) Increases to financing payment liquidation rates. (5) Overpayments disclosed by quarterly statements required under price redetermination or incentive contracts. (6) Price adjustments resulting from Cost…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    … Accounting Standards (CAS) clause in the contract, interest is computed from the date of overpayment by the Government until repayment by the contractor at the underpayment rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the periods…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …terest; or, in the case of a debt arising from a defective pricing or a CAS noncompliance overpayment, interest, as prescribed by the applicable Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data or CAS clause (see 32.607(c)). (4…
  • FAR 42.709-5 Computing interest.
    …compute interest on any paid portion of the disallowed cost as follows: (a) Consider the overpayment to have occurred, and interest to have begun accumulating, from the midpoint of the contractor's fiscal year. Use an alternate equitable m…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …roactively revised by mutual agreement, at either party's request, to prevent substantial overpayment or underpayment. (f) Quick-closeout procedures. Quick-closeout procedures are applicable when the conditions in FAR 42.708(a) are satisfi…
  • DFARS 215.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    … defined in 242.7100 and does not waive the Government entitlement to the recovery of any overpayment plus interest on the overpayments in accordance with FAR 15.407-1(b)(7). (iii) Voluntary disclosure of defective pricing does not waive t…
  • FAR 3.1000 Scope of subpart.
    …rt— (a) Implements 41 U.S.C. 3509, Notification of Violations of Federal Criminal Law or Overpayments; and (b) Prescribes policies and procedures for the establishment of contractor codes of business ethics and conduct, and display of age…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …itation on payments statements and take action in accordance with Subpart 32.6 to recover overpayments from the contractor. (19) Issue tax exemption forms. (20) Ensure processing and execution of duty-free entry certificates. (21) For cl…
  • FAR 42.704 Billing rates.
    …official) or auditor and the contractor at either party's request, to prevent substantial overpayment or underpayment. When agreement cannot be reached, the billing rates may be unilaterally determined by the contracting officer (or cogniza…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …her audit would have little effect on the rates finally agreed upon and the potential for overpayment of indirect cost is relatively insignificant. (5) If predetermined rates are used— (i) The contracting officer shall include the negotia…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …partial payment is made for amounts not in dispute. (C) A payment is reduced due to past overpayments. (D) There is an administrative mistake. (E) Late performance by the subcontractor leads to later payment by the prime contractor. (h)…
  • FAR 49.402-2 Effect of termination for default.
    …ed by the Government under the Default clause. (d) The Government must be protected from overpayment that might result from failure to provide for the Government's potential liability to laborers and material suppliers for lien rights outs…
  • FAR 52.216-26 Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization.
    …ts found by the Contracting Officer not to constitute allowable costs or (2) adjusted for overpayments or underpayments made on preceding invoices or vouchers. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …racts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts. (iii) The total overpayments and underpayments made by the Government during the period of noncompliance. (4) When requested by the CFAO, identify all CAS-covered co…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …presentative not to have been properly payable and shall also be subject to reduction for overpayments or to increase for underpayments. Upon receipt and approval of the voucher designated by the Contractor as the “completion voucher” and s…
  • FAR 52.232-9 Limitation on Withholding of Payments.
    …s; (b) Withholdings not specifically provided for by this contract; (c) The recovery of overpayments; and (d) Any other withholding for which the Contracting Officer determines that this limitation is inappropriate. (End of clause)
  • DFARS 232.602 Responsibilities.
    … officer is responsible for determining the amount and collecting contract debts whenever overpayments or erroneous payments have been made. The disbursing officer also has primary responsibility when the amounts due and dates for payment a…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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