FAR clauses/Part 32/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.232-40
Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

Clause date

MAR 2023

Prescribed at

FAR 32.009-2. Insert in all solicitations and contracts.

Applies to

All contracts, regardless of type or dollar value.

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.232-40(c) requires the substance of the clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, including subcontracts with small business concerns for commercial products or commercial services. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.232-40 on Acquisition.gov

… In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801, within 15 days after receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the Contractor shall make accelerated payments to its small business subcontractors under this contract, to the maximum extent practicable and prior to when such payment is otherwise required under the applicable contract or subcontract, after receipt of a proper invoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor. …

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)
• 52.232-25Prompt 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