48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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26 sections with “progress payment requests”

  • FAR 32.503-4 Approval of progress payment requests.
    …trols have been established (see 32.503-3 above) the ACO may, in approving any particular progress payment request (including initial requests on new contracts), rely upon that accounting system and upon the contractor's certification, with…
  • FAR 32.503-5 Administration of progress payments.
    (a) While the ACO may, in approving progress payment requests under 32.503-3 above, rely on the contractor's accounting system and certification without prepayment review, postpayment reviews (including audits when considered necessary) sha…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.502-4(a), insert the following clause: Progress Payments (NOV 2021) The Government will make progress payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but not more frequently than monthly, in amounts of $2…
  • DFARS 252.232-7018 Progress Payments—Multiple Lots.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(c), use the following clause: Progress Payments—Multiple Lots (MAY 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Lot means one or more fixed-price deliverable line items or deliverable subline items represe…
  • DFARS 252.232-7002 Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(a), use the following clause: Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions (MAY 2023) If this contract includes foreign military sales (FMS) requirements, the Contractor shall— (a) Submit separa…
  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …include either performance-based payments, provided they meet the criteria in 32.1003, or progress payments, provided they meet the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments, but not both. Subcontracts for commercial purchase…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    (a) General. The Progress Payments clause provides a Government right to reduce or suspend progress payments, or to increase the liquidation rate, under specified conditions. These conditions and actions are discussed in paragraphs (b) thro…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …rmination of an interest penalty on the actual date of acceptance. (ii) The due date for progress payments is the 30th day after Government approval of contractor estimates of work or services accomplished. For the sole purpose of computin…
  • FAR 52.232-13 Notice of Progress Payments.
    …the following provision in invitations for bids and requests for proposals that include a Progress Payments clause: Notice of Progress Payments (APR 1984) The need for customary progress payments conforming to the regulations in subpart 3…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …; (ii) Performance-based payments; (iii) Commercial advance and interim payments; (iv) Progress payments based on cost under the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.232-16, Progress Payments; (v) Progress payments based on…
  • FAR 32.502-4 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments, in— (i) Solicitations that may result in contracts providing for progress payments based on costs; and (ii) Fixed-price contracts under which the Government will provide progress p…
  • DFARS 232.502-4-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the clause at 252.232-7002, Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions, in solicitations and contracts that— (i) Contain FMS requirements; and (ii) Provide for progress payments. (b) Use the clause at 252.232-7004,…
  • DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions.
    …ng report document type(s) for fixed price line items for services.) (iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request. (iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment…
  • FAR 32.502-3 Solicitation provisions.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.232-13, Notice of Progress Payments, in invitations for bids and requests for proposals that include a Progress Payments clause. (b)(1) Under the authority of the statutes cited …
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    …n rate would result in the Government recouping under each invoice the full extent of the progress payments applicable to the costs allocable to that invoice; (6) The contractor would not be paid for more than the costs of items delivered …
  • FAR 32.112-2 Subcontractor requests for information.
    …ontractor or supplier as to— (1) Whether the prime contractor has submitted requests for progress payments or other payments to the Federal Government under the contract; and (2) Whether final payment under the contract has been made by t…
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …. (2) Performance of this contract is endangered by the Contractor's (i) failure to make progress, or (ii) unsatisfactory financial condition. (3) The Contractor is delinquent in payment of any subcontractor or supplier under this contrac…
  • DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment.
    …pted supplies and services, routine vouchers under a cost-reimbursement type contract, or progress payment invoices; or (2) Final adjustment under an incentive provision of the contract. (End of clause)
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …; (ii) Performance-based payments; (iii) Commercial advance and interim payments; (iv) Progress payments based on cost under the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments; (v) Progress payments based on a percentage or stage of completion …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …or certificates of insurance or references to them. (13) Documents supporting advance or progress payments. (14) Progressing, expediting, and production surveillance records. (15) Quality assurance records. (16) Property administration …
  • FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.
    …ract cost accumulations; and (B) Adjust interim payment requests (public vouchers and/or progress payments) and final vouchers to reflect the difference between the costs paid using the noncompliant practice and the costs that should have …
  • FAR 53.232 Contract financing (SF 1443).
    SF 1443 (NOV 2021), Contractor's Request for Progress Payment. SF 1443 is prescribed for use in obtaining contractors' requests for progress payments.
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …. (13) Review and approve or disapprove the contractor's requests for payments under the progress payments or performance-based payments clauses. (14) Make payments on assigned contracts when prescribed in agency acquisition regulations. …
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …. The wage rates paid apprentices shall not be less than the wage rate for their level of progress set forth in the registered program, expressed as the appropriate percentage of the journeyman's rate contained in the applicable wage determ…
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    (e) For cost-reimbursement or incentive type contracts, or contracts which provide for progress payments based on costs or on a percentage or stage of completion, the prospective contractor's accounting system and related internal controls …
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …Modify (without consideration) applicable contract(s) to incorporate other than customary progress payments for protégé firms in accordance with FAR 32.504(c) if a mentor firm provides such payments to a protégé firm and the mentor firm req…

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