FAR Subpart 32.9

SUBPART 32.9—PROMPT PAYMENT

Subpart 32.9—Prompt Payment
32.900 Scope of subpart.
This subpart prescribes policies, procedures, and clauses
for implementing Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR Part 1315.
32.901 Applicability.
(a) This subpart applies to invoice payments on all contracts, except contracts with payment terms and late payment
penalties established by other governmental authority
(e.g., tariffs).
(b) This subpart does not apply to contract financing payments (see definition at 32.001).
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.
“Payment date” means the date on which a check for payment is dated or, for an electronic funds transfer (EFT), the
settlement date.
“Settlement date,” as it applies to electronic funds transfer,
means the date on which an electronic funds transfer payment
is credited to the contractor’s financial institution.
32.903 Responsibilities.
(a) Agency heads—
(1) Must establish the policies and procedures necessary to 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 procedures in order to
accommodate unique circumstances, provided that such procedures are consistent with the policies in this subpart;
(4) Must inform contractors of points of contact within
their cognizant payment offices to enable contractors to obtain
status of invoices; and
(5) May authorize the use of the accelerated payment
methods specified at 5 CFR 1315.5.
(b) When drafting solicitations and contracts, contracting
officers must identify for each contract line item number, subline item number, or exhibit line item number—
(1) The applicable Prompt Payment clauses that apply
to each item when the solicitation or contract contains items
that will be subject to different payment terms; and
(2) The applicable Prompt Payment food category
(e.g., which item numbers are meat or meat food products,

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which are perishable agricultural commodities), when the
solicitation or contract contains multiple payment terms for
various classes of foods and edible products.
32.904 Determining payment due dates.
(a) General. Agency procedures must ensure that, when
specifying due dates, contracting officers give full consideration to the time reasonably required by Government 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 making an invoice payment is as follows:
(1) The later of the following two events:
(i) The 30th day after the designated billing office
receives a proper invoice from the contractor (except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section).
(ii) The 30th day after Government acceptance of
supplies delivered or services performed.
(A) For a final invoice, when the payment amount
is subject to contract settlement actions, acceptance is deemed
to occur on the effective date of the contract settlement.
(B) For the sole purpose of computing an interest
penalty that might be due the contractor—
(1) Government acceptance is deemed to occur
constructively on the 7th day after the contractor delivers supplies or performs services in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the contract, unless there is a disagreement over
quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with a contract
requirement;
(2) If actual acceptance occurs within the constructive acceptance period, the Government must base the
determination of an interest penalty on the actual date of
acceptance;
(3) The constructive acceptance requirement
does not compel Government officials to accept supplies or
services, perform contract administration functions, or make
payment prior to fulfilling their responsibilities; and
(4) Except for a contract for the purchase of a
commercial item, including a brand-name commercial item
for authorized resale (e.g., commissary items), the contracting
officer may specify a longer period for constructive acceptance in the solicitation and resulting contract, if required to
afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to inspect
and test the supplies furnished or to evaluate the services performed. The contracting officer must document in the contract
file the justification for extending the constructive acceptance
period beyond 7 days. Extended acceptance periods must not
be a routine agency practice and must be used only when necessary to permit proper Government inspection and testing of
the supplies delivered or services performed.
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(2) If the contract does not require submission of an
invoice for payment (e.g., periodic lease payments), the contracting officer must specify the due date in the contract.
(3) If the designated billing office fails to annotate the
invoice with the actual date of receipt at the time of receipt,
the invoice payment due date is the 30th day after the date of
the contractor's invoice, provided the designated billing office
receives a proper invoice and there is no disagreement over
quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with contract
requirements.
(c) Architect-engineer contracts. (1) The due date for
making payments on contracts that contain the clause at
52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer
Contracts, is as follows:
(i) The due date for work or services completed by
the contractor is the later of the following two events:
(A) The 30th day after the designated billing
office receives a proper invoice from the contractor.
(B) The 30th day after Government acceptance of
the work or services completed by the contractor.
(1) For 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 that might be due the contractor, Government
acceptance is deemed to occur constructively on the 7th day
after the contractor completes the work or services in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract (see also
paragraph (c)(2) of this section). If actual acceptance occurs
within the constructive acceptance period, the Government
must base the determination 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
computing an interest penalty that might be due the
contractor—
(A) Government approval is deemed to occur
constructively on the 7th day after the designated billing
office receives the contractor estimates (see also
paragraph (c)(2) of this section).
(B) If actual approval occurs within the constructive approval period, the Government must base the determination of an interest penalty on the actual date of approval.
(iii) If the designated billing office fails to annotate
the invoice or payment request with the actual date of receipt
at the time of receipt, the payment due date is the 30th day
after the date of the contractor’s invoice or payment request,
provided the designated billing office receives a proper
invoice or payment request and there is no disagreement over
quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with contract
requirements.
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(2) The constructive acceptance and constructive
approval requirements described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and
(ii) of this section are conditioned upon receipt of a proper
payment request and no disagreement over quantity, quality,
contractor compliance with contract requirements, or the
requested progress payment amount. These requirements do
not compel Government officials to accept work or services,
approve contractor estimates, perform contract administration
functions, or make payment prior to fulfilling their responsibilities. The contracting officer may specify a longer period
for constructive acceptance or constructive approval, if
required to afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to
inspect and test the supplies furnished or to evaluate the services performed. The contracting officer must document in
the contract file the justification for extending the constructive
acceptance or approval period beyond 7 days.
(d) Construction contracts. (1) The due date for making
payments on construction contracts is as follows:
(i) The due date for making progress payments based
on contracting officer approval of the estimated amount and
value of work or services performed, including payments for
reaching milestones in any project, is 14 days after the designated billing office receives a proper payment request.
(A) If the designated billing office fails to annotate the payment request with the actual date of receipt at the
time of receipt, the payment due date is the 14th day after the
date of the contractor’s payment request, provided the designated billing office receives a proper payment request and
there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or contractor
compliance with contract requirements.
(B) The contracting officer may specify a longer
period in the solicitation and resulting contract if required to
afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to adequately
inspect the work and to determine the adequacy of the contractor’s performance under the contract. The contracting
officer must document in the contract file the justification for
extending the due date beyond 14 days.
(C) The contracting officer must not approve
progress payment requests unless the certification and substantiation of amounts requested are provided as required by
the clause at 52.232-5, Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
(ii) The due date for payment of any amounts
retained by the contracting officer in accordance with the
clause at 52.232-5, Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction
Contracts, will be as specified in the contract or, if not specified, 30 days after approval by the contracting officer for
release to the contractor. The contracting officer must base the
release of retained amounts on the contracting officer’s determination that satisfactory progress has been made.
(iii) The due date for final payments based on completion and acceptance of all work (including any retained
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accepted by the Government (e.g., each separate building,
public work, or other division of the contract for which the
price is stated separately in the contract) is as follows:
(A) The later of the following two events:
(1) The 30th day after the designated billing
office receives a proper invoice from the contractor.
(2) The 30th day after Government acceptance
of the work or services completed by the contractor. For a final
invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions (e.g., release of contractor claims), acceptance is deemed to occur on the effective date of the contract
settlement.
(B) If the designated billing office fails to annotate the invoice with the actual date of receipt at the time of
receipt, the invoice payment due date is the 30th day after the
date of the contractor’s invoice, provided the designated billing office receives a proper invoice and there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with
contract requirements.
(2) For the sole purpose of computing an interest penalty that might be due the contractor for payments described
in paragraph (d)(1)(iii) of this section—
(i) Government acceptance or approval is deemed to
occur constructively on the 7th day after the contractor completes the work or services in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the contract, unless there is a disagreement over
quantity, quality, contractor compliance with a contract
requirement, or the requested amount;
(ii) If actual acceptance occurs within the constructive acceptance period, the Government must base the determination of an interest penalty on the actual date of
acceptance;
(iii) The constructive acceptance requirement does
not compel Government officials to accept work or services,
approve contractor estimates, perform contract administration
functions, or make payment prior to fulfilling their responsibilities; and
(iv) The contracting officer may specify a longer
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the solicitation and resulting contract, if required to afford the
Government a reasonable opportunity to adequately inspect
the work and to determine the adequacy of the contractor’s
performance under the contract. The contracting officer must
document in the contract file the justification for extending the
constructive acceptance or approval beyond 7 days.
(3) Construction contracts contain special provisions
concerning contractor payments to subcontractors, along with
special contractor certification requirements. The Office of
Management and Budget has determined that these certifications must not be construed as final acceptance of the subcontractor’s performance. The certification in 52.232-5(c)
implements this determination; however, certificates are still
acceptable if the contractor deletes paragraph (c)(4) of
52.232-5 from the certificate.
(4)(i) Paragraph (d) of the clause at 52.232-5, Payments
under
Fixed-Price
Construction
Contracts,
and
paragraph (e)(6) of the clause at 52.232-27, Prompt Payment
for Construction Contracts, provide for the contractor to pay
interest on unearned amounts in certain circumstances. The
Government must recover this interest from subsequent payments to the contractor. Therefore, contracting officers normally must make no demand for payment. Contracting
officers must—
(A) Compute the amount in accordance with the
clause;
(B) Provide the contractor with a final decision;
and
(C) Notify the payment office of the amount to be
withheld.
(ii) The payment office is responsible for making the
deduction of interest. Amounts collected in accordance with
these provisions revert to the United States Treasury.
(e) Cost-reimbursement contracts for services. For purposes of computing late payment interest penalties that may
apply, the due date for making interim payments on cost-reimbursement contracts for services is 30 days after the date of
receipt of a proper invoice.

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(f) Food and specified items.

If the items delivered are:
(1) Meat or meat food products. As
defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Packers
and
Stockyard
Act
of 1921
(7 U.S.C. 182(3)), and as further defined
in Public Law 98-181, including any edible fresh or frozen poultry meat, any perishable poultry meat food product, fresh
eggs, and any perishable egg product.
(2) Fresh or frozen fish. As defined
in section 204(3) of the Fish and Seafood
Promotion
Act
of 1986
(16 U.S.C. 4003(3)).
(3) Perishable agricultural commodities. As defined in section 1(4) of the
Perishable Agricultural Commodities
Act of 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499a(4)).

Payment must be
made as close as
possible to, but
not later than:
7th day after product delivery.

7th day after product delivery.

10th day after
product delivery,
unless another
date is specified in
the contract.
(4) Dairy products. As defined in 10th day after a
section 111(e) of the Dairy Production proper invoice has
Stabilization
Act
of 1983 been received.
(7 U.S.C. 4502(e)), edible fats or oils,
and food products prepared from edible
fats or oils. Liquid milk, cheese, certain
processed cheese products, butter,
yogurt, ice cream, mayonnaise, salad
dressings, and other similar products fall
within this classification. Nothing in the
Act limits this classification to refrigerated products. If questions arise regarding the proper classification of a specific
product, the contracting officer must follow prevailing industry practices in specifying a contract payment due date. The
burden of proof that a classification of a
specific product is, in fact, prevailing
industry practice is upon the contractor
making the representation.

(g) Multiple payment due dates. Contracting officers may
encourage, but not require, contractors to submit separate
invoices for products with different payment due dates under
the same contract or order. When an invoice contains items
with different payment due dates (i.e., a mixed invoice), the
payment office will, subject to agency policy—
(1) Pay the entire invoice on the earliest due date; or

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(2) Split invoice payments, making payments by the
applicable due dates.
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 contracts for services):
(i) Name and address of the contractor.
(ii) Invoice date and invoice number. (Contractors
should date invoices as close as possible to the date of mailing
or transmission.)
(iii) Contract number or other authorization for supplies delivered or services performed (including order number
and contract line item number).
(iv) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit
price, and extended price of supplies delivered or services
performed.
(v) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment
number and date of shipment, discount for prompt payment
terms). Bill of lading number and weight of shipment will be
shown for shipments on Government bills of lading.
(vi) Name and address of contractor official to whom
payment is to be sent (must be the same as that in the contract
or in a proper notice of assignment).
(vii) Name (where practicable), title, phone number,
and mailing address of person to notify in the event of a defective invoice.
(viii) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The
contractor must include its TIN on the invoice only if required
by agency procedures. (See 4.9 TIN requirements.)
(ix) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking
information.
(A) The contractor must include EFT banking
information on the invoice only if required by agency
procedures.
(B) If EFT banking information is not required to
be on the invoice, in order for the invoice to be a proper
invoice, the contractor must have submitted correct EFT
banking information in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision (e.g., 52.232-38, Submission of Electronic
Funds Transfer Information with Offer), contract clause
(e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration, or 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than Central Contractor
Registration), or applicable agency procedures.
(C) EFT banking information is not required if the
Government waived the requirement to pay by EFT.
(x) Any other information or documentation
required by the contract (e.g., evidence of shipment).
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poses of this subsection if it includes all of the information
required by the contract.
(3) If the invoice does not comply with these requirements, the designated billing office must return it within
7 days after receipt (3 days on contracts for meat, meat food
products, or fish; 5 days on contracts for perishable agricultural commodities, dairy products, edible fats or oils, and food
products prepared from edible fats or oils), with the reasons
why it is not a proper invoice. If such notice is not timely, then
the designated billing office must adjust the due date for the
purpose of determining an interest penalty, if any.
(c) Authorization to pay. All invoice payments, with the
exception of interim payments on cost-reimbursement contracts for services, must be supported by a receiving report or
other Government documentation authorizing payment
(e.g., Government certified voucher). The agency receiving
official should forward the receiving report or other Government documentation to the designated payment office by the
5th working day after Government acceptance or approval,
unless other arrangements have been made. This period of
time does not extend the due dates prescribed in this section.
Acceptance should be completed as expeditiously as possible.
The receiving report or other Government documentation
authorizing payment must, as a minimum, include the
following:
(1) Contract number or other authorization for supplies
delivered or services performed.
(2) Description of supplies delivered or services
performed.
(3) Quantities of supplies received and accepted or services performed, if applicable.
(4) Date supplies delivered or services performed.
(5) Date that the designated Government official—
(i) Accepted the supplies or services; or
(ii) Approved the progress payment request, if the
request is being made under the clause at 52.232-5, Payments
Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts, or the clause at
52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer
Contracts.
(6) Signature, printed name, title, mailing address, and
telephone number of the designated Government official
responsible for acceptance or approval functions.
(d) Billing office. The designated billing office must immediately annotate each invoice with the actual date it receives
the invoice.
(e) Payment office. The designated payment office will
annotate each invoice and receiving report with the actual date
it receives the invoice.
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
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(1) To make earlier payment on a case-by-case basis; or
(2) That the use of accelerated payment methods are
necessary (see 32.903(a)(5)).
(b) Payment office. The designated payment office—
(1) Will mail checks on the same day they are dated;
(2) For payments made by EFT, will specify a date on
or before the established due date for settlement of the payment at a Federal Reserve Bank;
(3) When the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday when Government offices are closed, may make
payment on the following working day without incurring a
late payment interest penalty.
(4) When it is determined that the designated billing
office erroneously rejected a proper invoice and upon resubmission of the invoice, will enter in the payment system the
original date the invoice was received by the designated billing office for the purpose of calculating the correct payment
due date and any interest penalties that may be due.
(c) Partial deliveries. (1) Contracting officers must, where
the nature of the work permits, write contract statements of
work and pricing arrangements that allow contractors to
deliver and receive invoice payments for discrete portions of
the work as soon as completed and found acceptable by the
Government (see 32.102(d)).
(2) Unless specifically prohibited by the contract, the
clause at 52.232-1, Payments, provides that the contractor is
entitled to payment for accepted partial deliveries of supplies
or partial performance of services that comply with all applicable contract requirements and for which prices can be calculated from the contract terms.
(d) Contractor identifier. Each payment or remittance
advice will use the contractor invoice number in addition to
any Government or contract information in describing any
payment made.
(e) Discounts. When a discount for prompt payment is
taken, the designated payment office will make payment to the
contractor as close as possible to, but not later than, the end
of the discount period. The discount period is specified by the
contractor and is calculated from the date of the contractor’s
proper invoice. If the contractor has not placed a date on the
invoice, the due date is calculated from the date the designated
billing office receives a proper invoice, provided the agency
annotates such invoice with the date of receipt at the time of
receipt. When the discount date falls on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday when Government offices are closed, the designated payment office may make payment on the following
working day and take a discount. Payment terms are specified
in the clause at 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment.
32.907 Interest penalties.
(a) Late payment. The designated payment office will pay
an interest penalty automatically, without request from the
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contractor, when all of the following conditions, if applicable,
have been met:
(1) The designated billing office received a proper
invoice.
(2) The Government processed a receiving report or
other Government documentation authorizing payment, and
there was no disagreement over quantity, quality, or contractor
compliance with any contract requirement.
(3) In the case of a final invoice, the payment amount is
not subject to further contract settlement actions between the
Government and the contractor.
(4) The designated payment office paid the contractor
after the due date.
(5) In the case of interim payments on cost-reimbursement contracts for services, when payment is made more than
30 days after the designated billing office receives a proper
invoice.
(b) Improperly taken discount. The designated payment
office will pay an interest penalty automatically, without
request from the contractor, if the Government takes a discount for prompt payment improperly. The interest penalty is
calculated on the amount of discount taken for the period
beginning with the first day after the end of the discount
period through the date when the contractor is paid.
(c) Failure to pay interest. (1) The designated payment
office will pay a penalty amount, in addition to the interest
penalty amount, only if—
(i) The Government owes an interest penalty of $1 or
more;
(ii) The designated payment office does not pay the
interest penalty within 10 days after the date the invoice
amount is paid; and
(iii) The contractor makes a written demand to the
designated payment office for additional penalty payment in
accordance with paragraph (c)(2) of this section, postmarked
not later than 40 days after the date the invoice amount is paid.
(2)(i) Contractors must support written demands for
additional penalty payments with the following data. The
Government must not request additional data. Contractors
must—
(A) Specifically assert that late payment interest
is due under a specific invoice, and request payment of all
overdue late payment interest penalty and such additional
penalty as may be required;
(B) Attach a copy of the invoice on which the
unpaid late payment interest is due; and
(C) State that payment of the principal has been
received, including the date of receipt.
(ii) If there is no postmark or the postmark is
illegible—
(A) The designated payment office that receives
the demand will annotate it with the date of receipt, provided
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the demand is received on or before the 40th day after payment was made; or
(B) If the designated payment office fails to make
the required annotation, the Government will determine the
demand’s validity based on the date the contractor has placed
on the demand; provided such date is no later than the
40th day after payment was made.
(d) Disagreements. (1) The payment office will not pay
interest penalties if payment delays are due to disagreement
between the Government and contractor concerning—
(i) The payment amount;
(ii) Contract compliance; or
(iii) Amounts temporarily withheld or retained in
accordance with the terms of the contract.
(2) The Government and the contractor must resolve
claims involving disputes, and any interest that may be payable in accordance with the Disputes clause.
(e) Computation of interest penalties. The Government
will compute interest penalties in accordance with OMB
prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR Part 1315. These regulations are available via the Internet at http://
www.fms.treas.gov/prompt/.
(f) Unavailability of funds. The temporary unavailability of
funds to make a timely payment does not relieve an agency
from the obligation to pay interest penalties.
32.908 Contract clauses.
(a) Insert the clause at 52.232-26, Prompt Payment for
Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts, in solicitations and
contracts that contain the clause at 52.232-10, Payments
Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
(1) As authorized in 32.904(c)(2), the contracting
officer may modify the date in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of the
clause to specify a period longer than 7 days for constructive
acceptance or constructive approval, if required to afford the
Government a practicable opportunity to inspect and test the
supplies furnished or evaluate the services performed.
(2) As provided in 32.903, agency policies and procedures may authorize amendment of paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(ii) of the clause to insert a period shorter than 30 days (but not
less than 7 days) for making contract invoice payments.
(b) Insert the clause at 52.232-27, Prompt Payment for
Construction Contracts, in all solicitations and contracts for
construction (see Part 36).
(1) As authorized in 32.904(d)(1)(i)(B), the contracting
officer may modify the date in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of the
clause to specify a period longer than 14 days if required to
afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to adequately
inspect the work and to determine the adequacy of the Contractor’s performance under the contract.
(2) As authorized in 32.904(d)(2)(iv), the contracting
officer may modify the date in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of the
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acceptance or constructive approval if required to afford the
Government a reasonable opportunity to inspect and test the
supplies furnished or evaluate the services performed.
(c) Insert the clause at 52.232-25, Prompt Payment, in all
other solicitations and contracts, except when the clause at
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items,
applies, or when payment terms and late payment penalties
are established by other governmental authority (e.g., tariffs).
(1) As authorized in 32.904(b)(1)(ii)(B)(4), the contracting officer may modify the date in paragraph (a)(5)(i) of
the clause to specify a period longer than 7 days for constructive acceptance, if required to afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to inspect and test the supplies furnished
or to evaluate the services performed, except in the case of a
contract for the purchase of a commercial item, including a
brand-name commercial item for authorized resale
(e.g., commissary items).
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(ii) of the clause to insert a period shorter than 30 days (but not
less than 7 days) for making contract invoice payments.
(3) If the contract is a cost-reimbursement contract for
services, use the clause with its Alternate I.
32.909 Contractor inquiries.
(a) Direct questions involving—
(1) Delinquent payments to the designated billing office
or designated payment office; and
(2) Disagreements in payment amount or timing to the
contracting officer for resolution. The contracting officer
must coordinate within appropriate contracting channels and
seek the advice of other offices as necessary to resolve
disagreements.
(b) Small business concerns may contact the agency’s local
small business specialist or representative from the Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to obtain additional assistance related to payment issues, late payment interest penalties, and information on the Prompt Payment Act.

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