MP5332 - Contract Financing       **2019 Edition**          *Revised: June 2023*                                       MP5332.4 - ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR NON-COMMERCIAL ITEMS                                                         MP5332.470 Advance Payment Pool                                                                             MP5332.7 - CONTRACT FUNDING                                                         Release of Solicitations in Advance of Funding Availability    MP5332.4 - ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR NON-COMMERCIAL ITEMS    MP5332.470 Advance Payment Pool       Advance payment requests must be processed as follows:          (1) The contracting officer must compile the advance payment request package in accordance with FAR 32.4 and DFARS 232.4 and submit it to the SCO for coordination. The SCO must submit the request through the cognizant HCA Workflow. The cognizant HCA forwards the package to SAF/FMF for review and approval. DAFRCO and SpRCO will submit the request directly to the cognizant HCA, as appropriate.          (2) SAF/FMF will evaluate the request to determine if advance payments are justified. Assistance may be solicited from other sources such as contracting officers, auditors, disbursing officers, and, if necessary, field visits to the contractor or institution. For nonprofit educational or research institutions, SAF/FMF will determine if approved advance payments will be disbursed from an advance payment pool in accordance with DFARS 232.470. When approved, SAF/FMF will forward the findings, determinations, and authorization for advance payments and/or the advance payment pool agreement to the responsible contracting officer. The contracting officer must ensure all applicable advance payment clauses are incorporated into each contract. The clause at DFARS 252.232-7000, *Advance Payment Pool*, must be incorporated into each contract that is covered by the agreement.          (3) The Department of the Air Force accounting and finance office is responsible for the disbursing functions of the advance payment pool agreement.MP5332.7 - CONTRACT FUNDING           Release of Solicitations in Advance of Funding Availability       Except for solicitations and contracts issued in accordance with FAR 32.703-2(a) and clause 52.232-18, *Availability of Funds*, follow the         procedures below when issuing solicitations in advance of available funds:          (a) The following statement must be included in any such solicitation:         *“Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No         award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government         reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In         the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to         reimburse an offeror for any costs.”*          (b) When the resulting contract is to be funded by Procurement or         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation appropriations, the program/requirement must be         included in the President’s budget as submitted to Congress, and the program manager must         provide the contracting officer a written statement, indicating the program's inclusion. The         statement must be coordinated with FM at the Center level (or equivalent) or as delegated to         FM Organizational Senior Functional (OSF) that these investment funds will be used for the         proposed acquisition and, although not presently available, a reasonable expectation exists         that funding will be authorized and available upon enactment of the Authorization and         Appropriations Acts.          (c) For solicitations for programs funded by the National Guard and         Reserve Equipment Account when the Defense Appropriations Act is signed into law, for the         Air National Guard Bureau, and/or Air Force Reserve Command, the Air National Guard or         Reserve program manager must confirm that funds have been identified for the acquisition.          (d) Except for solicitations for operational contracting supply         requirements less than $1M and funded with annual appropriations, the         MAJCOM/FLDCOM/DRU/DAFRCO Requiring Activity Functional Commander/Director, SCO, and         Comptroller, or their appointed representatives, must jointly agree in writing to authorize         the operational contracting office to issue solicitations when it is anticipated that the         contract(s) will be funded, but funds are not yet available.