FAR clauses/Part 32/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.232-25
Prompt Payment

Clause date

JAN 2017

Prescribed at

FAR 32.908(c). Insert in all other solicitations and contracts (those not covered by the A-E and construction prompt payment clauses), except when 52.212-4 applies or when payment terms and late payment penalties are established by other governmental authority (e.g., tariffs).

Applies to

Most non-construction, non-A-E contracts that do not use 52.212-4.

Flowdown

No flowdown required
52.232-25 contains no subcontract flowdown paragraph. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). (Accelerated payments to small business subcontractors are handled separately by 52.232-40.)

Full text

FAR 52.232-25 on Acquisition.gov

… (ii) 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. …

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.

• 52.232-18Availability of FundsFAR 32.706-1(a)
• 52.232-22Limitation of FundsFAR 32.706-2(b)
• 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