FAR clauses/Part 32/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.232-18
Availability of Funds

Clause date

APR 1984

Prescribed at

FAR 32.706-1(a). Insert if the contract will be chargeable to funds of the new fiscal year and the contract action will be initiated before the funds are available.

Applies to

Contract actions initiated before the fiscal-year funds they will be charged to are available.

Flowdown

No flowdown required
52.232-18 contains no subcontract flowdown paragraph; it conditions only the Government's liability to the prime. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.232-18 on Acquisition.gov

… Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. …

From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01

This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.

• 52.232-22Limitation of FundsFAR 32.706-2(b)
• 52.232-25Prompt PaymentFAR 32.908(c)
• 52.232-33Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award ManagementFAR 32.1110(a)(1)
• 52.232-39Unenforceability of Unauthorized ObligationsFAR 32.706-3
• 52.232-40Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business SubcontractorsFAR 32.009-2