48 CFR § 13.404 - 13.404 Contract clause.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s13.404"
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title: "48 CFR § 13.404 - 13.404   Contract clause."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "13.404"
section_name: "13.404   Contract clause."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 13.404 13.404   Contract clause.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.213-1, Fast Payment Procedure, in solicitations and contracts when the conditions in 13.402 are applicable and it is intended that the fast payment procedure be used in the contract (in the case of BPAs, the contracting officer may elect to insert the clause either in the BPA or in orders under the BPA).