48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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8 sections with “reduce or suspend further payments”

  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …r, if the Department of Labor requested the withholding, the contracting officer must not reduce or release the withholding without written approval of the Department of Labor. (3) Use withheld funds as provided in paragraph (c) of this su…
  • FAR 32.006-4 Procedures.
    … is based on fraud, the remedy coordination official shall recommend that the agency head reduce or suspend further payments to the contractor. The remedy coordination official shall submit to the agency head a written report setting forth …
  • 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 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …. (e) Reduction or suspension of performance-based payments. The Contracting Officer may reduce or suspend performance-based payments, liquidate performance-based payments by deduction from any payment under the contract, or take a combina…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    …ages in an amount equaling any monetary relief may also be directed unless such amount is reduced by the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division because the violation was in good faith and the contractor had reasonable grounds for belie…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …active price reduction, after computing liquidations and payments on past invoices at the reduced prices and adjusting the unliquidated progress payments accordingly. The Government reserves the right to unilaterally change from the ordinar…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ssions reduction goal, i.e., make available on a publicly accessible Web site a target to reduce absolute emissions or emissions intensity by a specific quantity or percentage. (iii) A publicly accessible Web site includes the Offeror's ow…
  • FAR 32.006-1 General.
    …bilities under these statutes below Level IV of the Executive Schedule. (d) Authority to reduce or suspend payments under these statutes is in addition to other Government rights, remedies, and procedures. (e) In accordance with these sta…

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.