---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 32.409-1"
title: "48"
number: "32.409-1"
heading: "Recommendation for approval."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/32.409-1"
---

# §32.409-1. Recommendation for approval.


If recommending approval, the contracting officer shall transmit the following, under agency procedures, to the approving authority:

- (a) **Contract data, including—**
  - (1) Identification and date of the award;
  - (2) Citation of the appropriation;
  - (3) Type and dollar amount of the contract;
  - (4) Items to be supplied, schedule of deliveries or performance, and status of any deliveries or performance;
  - (5) The contract fee or profit contemplated; and
  - (6) **A copy of the contract, if available.**
- (b) **The contractor's request and supporting information.**
- (c) **A report on the contractor's past performance, responsibility, technical ability, and plant capacity.**
- (d) Comments on (1) the contractor's need for advance payments and (2) potential Government benefits from the contract performance.
- (e) **Proposed advance payment contract terms, including proposed security requirements.**
- (f) The findings, determination, and authorization (see 32.410).
- (g) **The recommendation for approval of the advance payment request.**
- (h) Justification of any proposal for waiver of interest charges (see 32.407).

## Notes

### 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.