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42 sections with “payment due dates”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …nment officials to fulfill their administrative responsibilities under the contract. (b) Payment due dates. Except as prescribed in paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section, or as authorized in 32.908(a)(2) or (c)(2), the due date for ma…
  • DFARS 232.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …val can occur within the 7-day constructive acceptance period specified in the FAR Prompt Payment clauses. Government payment of construction progress payments can, in most cases, be made within the 14-day period allowed by the Prompt Payme…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    As prescribed in 32.1110(a)(2), insert the following clause: Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management (JUL 2013) (a) Method of payment. (1) All payments by the Government under this contract shall be mad…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    (a) General. Payment will be based on receipt of a proper invoice and satisfactory contract performance. (b) Content of invoices. (1) A proper invoice must include the following items (except for interim payments on cost reimbursement cont…
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    (a) General. The Government will not make invoice payments earlier than 7 days prior to the due dates specified in the contract unless the agency head determines— (1) To make earlier payment on a case-by-case basis; or (2) That the use of…
  • FAR 52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts.
    …d in 32.111(a)(2), insert the following clause, as appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price research and development contract is contem…
  • FAR 52.232-9 Limitation on Withholding of Payments.
    …1(b)(2), insert a clause substantially as follows, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a supply contract, service contract, time-and-materials c…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.412(a), insert the following clause: Advance Payments (MAY 2001) (a) Requirements for payment. Advance payments will be made under this contract (1) upon submission of properly certified invoices or vouchers by the Con…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    As prescribed in 32.908(c), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment clause in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditions specified in this claus…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(b), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditio…
  • FAR 52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 32.206(g), insert the following clause: Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (a) Contractor entitlement to financing payments. The Contractor may request, and the Government shal…
  • DFARS 232.007 Contract financing payments.
    (a) DoD policy is to make contract financing payments as quickly as possible. Generally, the contracting officer shall insert the standard due dates of 7 days for progress payments, and 14 days for performance-based payments and interim pay…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …acting officer shall insert the following clauses, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates, in accordance with agency regulations— (1) The clause at 52.232-1, Payments, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price sup…
  • FAR 32.902 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Discount for prompt payment means an invoice payment reduction offered by the contractor for payment prior to the due date. Mixed invoice means an invoice that contains items with different payment due dates. Pay…
  • FAR 32.903 Responsibilities.
    … implement this subpart; (2) May prescribe additional standards for establishing invoice payment due dates (see 32.904) necessary to support agency programs and foster prompt payment to contractors; (3) May adopt different payment procedu…
  • FAR 52.232-3 Payments Under Personal Services Contracts.
    …ibed in 32.111(a)(3), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for personal services: Payments Under Personal Services Contr…
  • FAR 52.232-4 Payments Under Transportation Contracts and Transportation-Related Services Contracts.
    …ibed in 32.111(a)(4), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for transportation or transportation-related services: Paymen…
  • FAR 52.232-6 Payment Under Communication Service Contracts With Common Carriers.
    …ibed in 32.111(a)(6), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for regulated communication services by common carriers: Paym…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …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 interpretation of contract terms, or other relief arising under or relating to the contract. Howe…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …se properly accounted for. (5) The Contractor shall, within 10 days after receipt of the payment specified in this agreement, pay to each of its immediate subcontractors (or their respective assignees) the amounts to which they are entitle…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …se properly accounted for. (6) The Contractor shall, within 10 days after receipt of the payment specified in this agreement, pay to each of its immediate subcontractors (or their respective assignees) the amounts to which they are entitle…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …se properly accounted for. (5) The Contractor shall, within 10 days after receipt of the payment specified in this agreement, pay to each of its immediate subcontractors (or their respective assignees) the amounts to which they are entitle…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …he item. (b) Assignment. The Contractor or its assignee may assign its rights to receive payment due as a result of performance of this contract to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …t combinations of bona fide fringe benefits, or by making equivalent or differential cash payments, only in accordance with subpart D of 29 CFR part 4. (e) Minimum Wage. In the absence of a minimum wage attachment for this contract, neithe…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3 years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor relating t…
  • FAR 52.232-17 Interest.
    …xed 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 decision as …
  • FAR 52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …cial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (a) Contractor entitlement to financing payments. The Contractor may request, and the Government shall pay, a contract financing payment as specified elsewhere in this contract when: the pay…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …antly different from those previously anticipated or (2) to the calculation of a lump-sum payment, which cannot later be revised. Government costs, as used in this clause, means those agency costs that result directly from developing and i…
  • FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.
    …rcent for fixed-price contracts or (ii) 75 percent for cost-reimbursement contracts. (2) Payment. Payment of any share due the Contractor for use of a VECP on this contract shall be authorized by a modification to this contract to— (i) Ac…
  • DFARS 232.602 Responsibilities.
    (b) Disbursing officers are those officials designated to make payments under a contract or to receive payments of amounts due under a contract. The disbursing officer is responsible for determining the amount and collecting contract debts …
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    … and does not impose any obligation on the Government to request any services or make any payment. 8. Advance payments are authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2396(a)(3). 9. Submit invoices to: ____________ (name and address of activity). Schedule P…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3 years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor relating t…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …contractor to respond may be taken as an admission that no valid explanation exists. (e) Payment of liquidated damages. (1) If, after consideration of all the pertinent data, the contracting officer finds that the contractor failed to make…
  • FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.
    …se properly accounted for. (4) The Contractor shall, within 10 days after receipt of the payment specified in this agreement, pay to each of its immediate subcontractors (or their respective assignees) the amounts to which they are entitle…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …under this or any other Federal contract with the same Contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay employees the full amount owed to compensate for any violation of the requirements of E.O. …
  • FAR 52.232-11 Extras.
    …ibed in 32.111(c)(2), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract, fixed-price service contra…
  • DFARS 232.903 Responsibilities.
    … accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3801(b), DoD shall assist small business concerns by providing payment as quickly as possible, to the fullest extent permitted by law, with a goal of 15 days after receipt of proper invoices and all required docum…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    … obligations, and the contractor's expectations regarding completion. (3) A statement of payments received, due, and yet to be received or to become due, including advance and progress payments; amounts withheld by the Government; and info…
  • FAR 29.304 Matters requiring special consideration.
    …es a specified tax or (2) require that the contractor take certain actions with regard to payment, nonpayment, refund, protest, or other treatment of a specified tax. Such special treatment may be appropriate when there is doubt as to the a…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …ine items on other terms and conditions or the requirement (e.g., place of performance or payment and funding requirements) (see 15.206); (3) Information required to be in the offeror's proposal; and (4) Factors and significant subfactors…

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