---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 532.904"
title: "48"
number: "532.904"
heading: "Determining payment due dates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/532.904"
---

# §532.904. Determining payment due dates.


Payment due dates for construction contracts are addressed at FAR 32.904(d). The following procedures apply to construction and building service contracts:

- (a) The amount of final payment must include, as appropriate, deductions to cover any of the following:
  - (1) **Liquidated damages for late completion.**
  - (2) **Liquidated damages for labor violations.**
  - (3) **Amounts withheld for improper payment of labor wages.**
  - (4) **The amount of unilateral change orders covering defects and omissions.**
  - (5) The agreed-upon dollar amount in a Deficiency Report, which is included in all applicable Operation and Maintenance (O&M) service contracts.
- (b) An official one level above the contracting officer shall approve justifications exercising the authority prescribed by FAR 32.904(d)(1)(i)(B). The time needed should be determined on a case-by-case basis, but the specified constructive acceptance period shall not exceed 30 days.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 54917, Oct. 26, 2009, as amended at 86 FR 55520, Oct. 6, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37222, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 54917, Oct. 26, 2009, as amended at 86 FR 55520, Oct. 6, 2021]