[PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER‑‑OTHER THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTOR
REGISTRATION]{.smallcaps} (52.232-34) (MAY 1999)

\(a\) Method of payment. (1) All payments by the Government under this
contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) except as
provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this clause. As used in this clause, the
term \"EFT\" refers to the funds transfer and may also include the
payment information transfer.

\(2\) In the event the Government is unable to release one or more
payments by EFT, the Contractor agrees to either‑‑

\(i\) Accept payment by check or some other mutually agreeable method of
payment; or

\(ii\) Request the Government to extend payment due dates until such
time as the Government makes payment by EFT (but see paragraph (d) of
this clause).

\(b\) Mandatory submission of Contractor\'s EFT information. (1) The
Contractor is required to provide the Government with the information
required to make payment by EFT (see paragraph (j) of this clause). The
Contractor shall provide this information directly to the office
designated in this contract to receive that information (hereafter:
\"designated office\")\--Cost and Commercial Accounts Department, Code
155, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, FAX
301-286-1748, no later than concurrent with the first request for
payment. If not otherwise specified in this contract, the payment office
is the designated office for receipt of the Contractor\'s EFT
information. If more than one designated office is named for the
contract, the Contractor shall provide a separate notice to each office.
In the event that the EFT information changes, the Contractor shall be
responsible for providing the updated information to the designated
office(s).

\(2\) If the Contractor provides EFT information applicable to multiple
contracts, the Contractor shall specifically state the applicability of
this EFT information in terms acceptable to the designated office.
However, EFT information supplied to a designated office shall be
applicable only to contracts that identify that designated office as the
office to receive EFT information for that contract.

(c.) Mechanisms for EFT payment. The Government may make payment by EFT
through either the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, subject to
the rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association, or the
Fedwire Transfer System. The rules governing Federal payments through
the ACH are contained in 31 CFR part 210.

\(d\) Suspension of payment. (1) The Government is not required to make
any payment under this contract until after receipt, by the designated
office, of the correct EFT payment information from the Contractor.
Until receipt of the correct EFT information, any invoice or contract
financing request shall be deemed not to be a proper invoice for the
purpose of prompt payment under this contract. The prompt payment terms
of the contract regarding notice of an improper invoice and delays in
accrual of interest penalties apply.

\(2\) If the EFT information changes after submission of correct EFT
information, the Government shall begin using the changed EFT
information no later than 30 days after its receipt by the designated
office to the extent payment is made by EFT. However, the Contractor may
request that no further payments be made until the updated EFT
information is implemented by the payment office. If such suspension
would result in a late payment under the prompt payment terms of this
contract, the Contractor\'s request for suspension shall extend the due
date for payment by the number of days of the suspension.

\(e\) Liability for uncompleted or erroneous transfers. (1) If an
uncompleted or erroneous transfer occurs because the Government used the
Contractor\'s EFT information incorrectly, the Government remains
responsible for‑‑

\(i\) Making a correct payment;

\(ii\) Paying any prompt payment penalty due; and

\(iii\) Recovering any erroneously directed funds.

\(2\) If an uncompleted or erroneous transfer occurs because the
Contractor\'s EFT information was incorrect, or was revised within 30
days of Government release of the EFT payment transaction instruction to
the Federal Reserve System, and‑‑

\(i\) If the funds are no longer under the control of the payment
office, the Government is deemed to have made payment and the Contractor
is responsible for recovery of any erroneously directed funds; or

\(ii\) If the funds remain under the control of the payment office, the
Government shall not make payment and the provisions of paragraph (d)
shall apply.

\(f\) EFT and prompt payment. A payment shall be deemed to have been
made in a timely manner in accordance with the prompt payment terms of
this contract if, in the EFT payment transaction instruction released to
the Federal Reserve System, the date specified for settlement of the
payment is on or before the prompt payment due date, provided the
specified payment date is a valid date under the rules of the Federal
Reserve System.

\(g\) EFT and assignment of claims. If the Contractor assigns the
proceeds of this contract as provided for in the assignment of claims
terms of this contract, the Contractor shall require as a condition of
any such assignment, that the assignee shall provide the EFT information
required by paragraph (j) of this clause to the designated office, and
shall be paid by EFT in accordance with the terms of this clause. In all
respects, the requirements of this clause shall apply to the assignee as
if it were the Contractor. EFT information that shows the ultimate
recipient of the transfer to be other than the Contractor, in the
absence of a proper assignment of claims acceptable to the Government,
is incorrect EFT information within the meaning of paragraph (d) of this
clause.

\(h\) Liability for change of EFT information by financial agent. The
Government is not liable for errors resulting from changes to EFT
information provided by the Contractor\'s financial agent.

\(i\) Payment information. The payment or disbursing office shall
forward to the Contractor available payment information that is suitable
for transmission as of the date of release of the EFT instruction to the
Federal Reserve System. The Government may request the Contractor to
designate a desired format and method(s) for delivery of payment
information from a list of formats and methods the payment office is
capable of executing. However, the Government does not guarantee that
any particular format or method of delivery is available at any
particular payment office and retains the latitude to use the format and
delivery method most convenient to the Government. If the Government
makes payment by check in accordance with paragraph (a) of this clause,
the Government shall mail the payment information to the remittance
address in the contract.

\(j\) EFT information. The Contractor shall provide the following
information to the designated office. The Contractor may supply this
data for this or multiple contracts (see paragraph (b) of this clause).
The Contractor shall designate a single financial agent per contract
capable of receiving and processing the EFT information using the EFT
methods described in paragraph (c) of this clause.

\(1\) The contract number (or other procurement identification number).

\(2\) The Contractor\'s name and remittance address, as stated in the
contract(s).

\(3\) The signature (manual or electronic, as appropriate), title, and
telephone number of the Contractor official authorized to provide this
information.

\(4\) The name, address, and 9‑digit Routing Transit Number of the
Contractor\'s financial agent.

\(5\) The Contractor\'s account number and the type of account
(checking, saving, or lockbox).

\(6\) If applicable, the Fedwire Transfer System telegraphic
abbreviation of the Contractor\'s financial agent.

\(7\) If applicable, the Contractor shall also provide the name,
address, telegraphic abbreviation, and 9‑digit Routing Transit Number of
the correspondent financial institution receiving the wire transfer
payment if the Contractor\'s financial agent is not directly on‑line to
the Fedwire Transfer System; and, therefore, not the receiver of the
wire transfer payment.

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