---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 32.106"
title: "48"
number: "32.106"
heading: "Order of preference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/32.106"
---

# §32.106. Order of preference.


The contracting officer must consider the following order of preference when a contractor requests contract financing, unless an exception would be in the Government's best interest in a specific case:

- (a) **Private financing without Government guarantee.** It is not intended, however, that the contracting officer require the contractor to obtain private financing—
  - (1) At unreasonable terms; or
  - (2) **From other agencies.**
- (b) Customary contract financing other than loan guarantees and certain advance payments (see 32.113).
- (c) **Loan guarantees.**
- (d) Unusual contract financing (see 32.114).
- (e) Advance payments (see exceptions in 32.402(b)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 49711, Sept. 26, 1995; 65 FR 16279, Mar. 27, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 49711, Sept. 26, 1995; 65 FR 16279, Mar. 27, 2000]