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33 sections with “release of claims”

  • FAR 28.203-3 Release of security interest.
    (a) After consultation with legal counsel, the contracting officer shall release the security interest on the individual surety's assets using the Optional Form 91, Release of Personal Property from Escrow, or a similar release as soon as p…
  • DFARS 252.227-7012 Patent License and Release Contract.
    As prescribed at 227.7012, insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: (Contract No.) Patent License and Release Contract (DEC 2022) This CONTRACT is effective as of the ____ day of [month, year],…
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …ntracting Officer will presume that the Contractor's or a subcontractor's asserted use or release restrictions with respect to a commercial product or commercial service are justified on the basis that the item was developed exclusively at …
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    …d (2) Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. (b) The Contracting Officer may release a portion of the security interest on the individual surety's assets based upon substantial performance of the Contractor's obligations under …
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …00. The amounts withheld shall be retained until the Contractor executes and delivers the release required by paragraph (g) of this clause. (8) Unless the Schedule prescribes otherwise, the hourly rates in the Schedule shall not be varied …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions (e.g., release of claims), acceptance is deemed to occur on the effective date of the settlement. (2) For the sole purpose of computing an interest penalty …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …riod as the Contracting Officer may approve in writing) from the date of completion. (7) Release of claims. The Contractor, and each assignee under an assignment entered into under this contract and in effect at the time of final payment u…
  • FAR 32.805 Procedure.
    …y in the System for Award Management unless one of the exceptions in 4.1102 applies. (e) Release of assignment. (1) A release of an assignment is required whenever— (i) There has been a further assignment or reassignment under the Act; or…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …and related interest charges and (2) the administering office has approved in writing the release of any funds due and payable to the Contractor, all advance payments and other payments under this contract shall be made by check payable to …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    … the contract or, if not specified, 30 days after approval by the Contracting Officer for release to the Contractor. (ii) Final payments based on completion and acceptance of all work and presentation of release of all claims against the G…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …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 subsection t…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …ve date of this Agreement (whether or not performance and payment have been completed and releases executed if the Government or the Transferor has any remaining rights, duties, or obligations under these contracts and purchase orders). Inc…
  • FAR 49.402-2 Effect of termination for default.
    … (3) Obtain appropriate agreement by the Government, the contractor, and lienors ensuring release of the Government from any potential liability to the contractor or lienors. (4) Withhold from the amount due for the supplies or materials a…
  • FAR 49.603-9 Settlement of reservations.
    …________ for the following reserved or excepted items:* [List items.] (2) The Contractor releases and forever discharges the Government from all liability and from all existing and future claims and demands that it may have under this cont…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    … the company. To the extent permitted by law and regulation, such information will not be released by the Government to the public pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, 5 U.S.C. Section 552, without prior notification to the Con…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …unt the Contracting Officer considers adequate for protection of the Government and shall release to the Contractor all the remaining withheld funds. Also, on completion and acceptance of each separate building, public work, or other divisi…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …f the amount adequate for the protection of the Government, the Contracting Officer shall release the excess amount to the Contractor. (c) Upon satisfactory completion by the Contractor and final acceptance by the Contracting Officer of al…
  • FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management.
    …o include the payment information transfer. (2) In the event the Government is unable to release one or more payments by EFT, the Contractor agrees to either— (i) Accept payment by check or some other mutually agreeable method of payment;…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …o include the payment information transfer. (2) In the event the Government is unable to release one or more payments by EFT, the Contractor agrees to either— (i) Accept payment by check or some other mutually agreeable method of payment;…
  • DFARS 252.227-7002 Readjustment of payments.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-2(b), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: Readjustment of Payments (SEP 2019) (a) If any license, under substantially the same patents and authorizing substantiall…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …ich the Contractor has been reimbursed by the Government under this contract; and (ii) A release discharging the Government, its officers, agents, and employees from all liabilities, obligations, and claims arising out of or under this con…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …0, whichever is less, to protect the Government's interest. The Contracting Officer shall release 75 percent of all fee withholds under this contract after receipt of an adequate certified final indirect cost rate proposal covering the year…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions (e.g., release of claims), acceptance is deemed to occur on the effective date of the settlement. (ii) The due date for progress payments is the 30th day af…
  • FAR 52.237-4 Payment by Government to Contractor.
    …te for the protection of the Government and, at the Contracting Officer's discretion, may release all or a portion of any excess amount. (d) In further consideration of performance, the Contractor shall receive title to all property to be …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal; and (ii) Reduces the hazards to public healt…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …ties and the GAO a list of those documents, or portions of documents, that the agency has released to the protester or intends to produce in its report, and those documents that the agency intends to withhold from the protester and the reas…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    … be no need to withhold payment for a contractor with a record of timely submittal of the release discharging the Government from all liabilities, obligations, and claims, as required by paragraph (g) of the clause. (b) The contracting off…
  • FAR 49.109-7 Settlement by determination.
    …by an appropriate modification to the contract. When appropriate, the TCO should obtain a release from the contractor. TCO's are authorized to modify the formats of settlement agreements in 49.603 to agree with this provision.
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …chever is less. As a condition precedent to final payment, the Contractor shall execute a release of any claims against the Government arising under or by the virtue of such installation. (b) Ownership, operation, maintenance and repair of…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …his insurance. The Government's obligations under this clause are— (1) Excepted from the release required under this contract's clause relating to allowable cost; and (2) Not affected by this contract's Limitation of Cost or Limitation of…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    …l past and present licenses under the patent(s), and copies of all license agreements and releases involving the patent(s). (5) A brief description of all litigation in which the patent(s) has been or is now involved, and the present statu…
  • DFARS 252.228-7000 Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses.
    …fficer approval, makes lump sum final settlement of any open claims and obtains necessary release documents within one year of the expiration or termination of this contract, unless otherwise extended by the Contracting Officer; and (3) Pr…
  • DFARS 252.235-7001 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Cost Reimbursement.
    …'s obligations under this clause. The obligations under this clause are excepted from the release required by the Allowable Cost, Fee, and Payment clause of this contract. (h) Under this clause, a claim, loss, or damage arises from the dir…

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.