[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR32.111]



[Page 652-653]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 32_CONTRACT FINANCING--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 32.1_Non-Commercial Item Purchase Financing

 

Sec. 32.111  Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.



    (a) The contracting 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 supply contract, a fixed-price service contract, or a 

contract for nonregulated communication services is contemplated;

    (2) The clause at 52.232-2, Payment under Fixed-Price Research and 

Development Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price 

research and development contract is contemplated;

    (3) The clause at 52.232-3, Payments under Personal Services 

Contracts, in solicitations and contracts for personal services;

    (4) The clause at 52.232-4, Payments under Transportation Contracts 

and Transportation-Related Services Contracts, in solicitations and 

contracts for transportation or transportation-related services;

    (5) The clause at 52.232-5, Payments under Fixed-Price Construction 

Contracts, in solicitations and contracts for construction when a fixed-

price contract is contemplated;

    (6) The clause at 52.232-6, Payments under Communication Service 

Contracts with Common Carriers, in solicitations and contracts for 

regulated communication services by common carriers; and

    (7) The clause at 52.232-7, Payments under Time-and-Materials and 

Labor-Hour Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a time-and-

materials or labor-hour contract is contemplated.

    (i) If the nature of the work to be performed requires the 

contractor to furnish material that is regularly sold to the general 

public in the normal course of business by the contractor and the price 

is under the limitations prescribed in 16.601(b)(3), the contracting 

officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I.

    (ii) If a labor-hour contract is contemplated, and if no specific 

reimbursement for materials furnished is intended, the contracting 

officer may use the clause with its Alternate II.

    (iii) If the contracting officer determines that it is necessary to 

withhold payment to protect the Government's interests, paragraph (a)(2) 

of the clause permits the contracting officer to unilaterally issue a 

modification requiring the contractor to withhold 5 percent of amounts 

due, up to a maximum of $50,000 under the contract. The contracting 

officer shall ensure that the modification specifies the percentage and 

total amount of the withhold payment. Normally, there should 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 (f) of the clause.

    (b) The contracting officer shall insert the following clauses, 

appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance 

with agency regulations:

    (1) The clause at 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment, in 

solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract or fixed-

price service contract is contemplated.

    (2) A clause, substantially the same as the clause at 52.232-9, 

Limitation on Withholding of Payments, in solicitations and contracts 

when a supply contract, research and development contract, service 

contract, time-and-materials contract, or labor-hour contract is 

contemplated that includes two or more terms authorizing the temporary 

withholding of amounts otherwise payable to the contractor for supplies 

delivered or services performed.

    (c) The contracting officer shall insert the following clauses, 

appropriately modified with respect to payments due dates in accordance 

with agency regulations:

    (1) The clause at 52.232-10, Payments under Fixed-Price Architect-

Engineer Contracts, in fixed-price architect-engineer contracts.

    (2) The clause at 52.232-11, Extras, in solicitations and contracts 

when a fixed-price supply contract, fixed-price



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service contract, or a transportation contract is contemplated.



[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 2665, Jan. 17, 1986; 

60 FR 49711, Sept. 26, 1995; 70 FR 43581, July 27, 2005]