FAR 32.202-2 — Types of payments for commercial product and commercial service purchases
Regulatory text. Not legal advice.
These definitions incorporate the requirements of the statutory commercial financing authority and the implementation of the Prompt Payment Act.
Commercial advance payment, as used in this section, means a payment made before any performance of work under the contract. The aggregate of these payments shall not exceed 15 percent of the contract price. These payments are contract financing payments for prompt payment purposes (i.e., not subject to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act in accordance with FAR Subpart 32.9). These payments are not subject to FAR Subpart 32.4, Advance Payments for Other Than Commercial Acquisitions.
Commercial interim payment (See FAR 32.001.)
Delivery payment (See FAR 32.001).
Citation history: [60 FR 49711, Sept. 26, 1995, as amended at 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001; 86 FR 61029, Nov. 4, 2021]
Source: eCFR • Pulled 2026-04-16