48 CFR § 14.408-3 - 14.408-3 Prompt payment discounts.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s14.408-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 14.408-3 - 14.408-3   Prompt payment discounts."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "14.408-3"
section_name: "14.408-3   Prompt payment discounts."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "SEALED BIDDING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "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: "48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
---


# 14.408-3 14.408-3   Prompt payment discounts.

(a) Prompt payment discounts shall not be considered in the evaluation of bids. However, any discount offered will form a part of the award, and will be taken by the payment center if payment is made within the discount period specified by the bidder. As an alternative to indicating a discount in conjunction with the offer, bidders may prefer to offer discounts on individual invoices.

(b) See 32.111(b)(1), which prescribes the contract clause at 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt Payment.

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 26903, June 28, 1985. Redesignated at 60 FR 34738, July 3, 1995; 70 FR 43581, July 27, 2005]