Attachment C - Invoice Instructions.pdf

ATTACHMENT C

NOW THAT I HAVE A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

HOW DO I GET PAID?

A. RECEIVING PAYMENT UNDER ATTACHED AWARD

You must be able to accept electronic payments and you must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (http://www.sam.gov). Your UEI number and banking information must be current. Keep in mind that you must make changes in SAM if your bank merges with another bank or you change banks. You are responsible for updating the data in the SAM database and for re-registering before your expiration date. SAM will notify users by e-mail that their file is due to expire beginning 60 days prior to expiration, then 30 days and finally 15 days before expiration.

B. SUBMITTING REQUEST FOR PAYMENT

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)

• All Invoice submissions for goods and or services delivered to facilitate payments must be made electronically through the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

• Invoice Submission for Payment means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items included in commercial items contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

• The Department of Treasury will enroll the Contractors new to IPP. The Contractor must follow the IPP registration email instructions for enrollment to register the Collector Account for submitting invoice requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive Registration email from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBSTL) within 3 – 5 business days of the contract award for new contracts or date of modification for existing contracts.

a. Registration emails are sent via email from ipp.noreply@mail.eroc.twai.gov.

Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email to IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

b. The Contractor POC will receive two emails from IPP Customer Support, the first email contains the initial administrative IPP User ID. The second email, sent http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.ipp.gov/ mailto:ipp.noreply@mail.eroc.twai.gov mailto:IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov within 24 hours of receipt of the first email, contains a temporary password. You must log in with the temporary password within 30 days.

• If your company is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to re-register.

• If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment as authorized by HHSAR 332.7002, a written request must be submitted to the Contracting Officer to explain the circumstances that require the authorization of alternate payment procedures.

C. Additional HRSA Invoice Requirements:

(i) The contractor shall submit invoices under this contract once per month or as specified in the payment schedule. For indefinite delivery vehicles, separate invoices must be submitted for each order.

(ii) Invoices must break-out price/cost by contract line item number (CLIN) as specified in the pricing section of the contract.

(iii) Invoices must include the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS) of the Contractor.

(iv) Invoices that include time and materials or labor hours CLINS must include supporting documentation to (1) substantiate the number of labor hours invoiced for each labor category, and (2) substantiate material costs incurred (when applicable).

(v) Invoices that include cost-reimbursement CLINs must be submitted in a format showing expenditures for that month, as well as contract cumulative amounts.

At a minimum the following cost information shall be included, in addition to supporting documentation to substantiate costs incurred.

• Direct Labor - include all persons, listing the person's name, title, number of hours worked, hourly rate, the total cost per person and a total amount for this category;

• Indirect Costs (i.e., Fringe Benefits, Overhead, General and Administrative, Other Indirects)- show rate, base and total amount;

• Consultants (if applicable) - include the name, number of days or hours worked, daily or hourly rate, and a total amount per consultant;

• Travel - include for each airplane or train trip taken the name of the traveler, date of travel, destination, the transportation costs including ground transportation shown separately and the per diem costs. Other travel costs shall also be listed;

• Subcontractors (if applicable) - include, for each subcontractor, the same data as required for the prime Contractor;

• Other Direct Costs - include a listing of all other direct charges to the contract, i.e., office supplies, telephone, duplication, postage; and

• Fee – amount as allowable in accordance with the Schedule and FAR 52.216-8 if applicable.