Invoice Payment Instructions.doc

INVOICE PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

(a) WHEN TO SUBMIT: The contractor must first:

(1) Receive a fully-executed purchase order, contract, delivery order or task order

(2) Provide the requirements, and

(3) Have ACTIVE status in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov

(b) INVOICE CONTENT: Each invoice must contain the following information:

(1) Invoice Date

(2) Invoice Number

(3) Purchase Order Number or Contract Number or Contract and Delivery/Task Order Number

(4) Contractor’s Name

(5) Contractor’s Address

(6) Contractor’s DUNS

(7) Contracting Officer’s Name

(8) Contracting Officer’s Representative’s (COR’s) Name (if applicable)

(9) Invoice Routing Code (IRC) assigned by the Coast Guard as follows: SFLC-3

(10) Period of Performance for Work Invoiced

(11) Contract Line Item Number(s) (CLIN(s)) and Description (if applicable)

(12) CLIN units for the period (if applicable), CLIN rate (if applicable), CLIN Total (if applicable)

(13) For Travel: Components in accordance with FAR 31.205-46

(14) Invoice Total

(15) Discount Offerings

(16) Status as a Small Business (if applicable) for accelerated payment

(17) The last invoice submitted for this award must be clearly labeled with “FINAL INVOICE.”

(18) NOTE: A request for payment is proper if it includes the items required by the clause at FAR 52.232-25, Prompt Payment [(a)(3)(i) through (a)(3)(ix), with common items captured in the list above] and those items are accurate. If a request for payment does not include all the items required by the clause at FAR 52.232-25, Prompt Payment, or any information is inaccurate, then the request is not proper and will be returned to the contractor with a statement of the reason(s) it is not proper.

(c) HOW TO SUBMIT:

(1) The contractor must submit each invoice in accordance with the information at: https://www.uscg.mil/fincen/electron/electroncg/. The contractor must not submit duplicate copies of the invoice, and the contractor must only submit the invoice via one submission method (example: online).

(2) [For document types other than 23]: The contractor must email the invoice and supporting documentation to include the invoice receipt generated by FINCEN from step (c)(1) above. Failure to email the invoice and supporting documentation to the following contacts may result in invoice rejection or delay in payment:

derek.w.lazaroff2@uscg.mil

Andrew.g.ollerman@uscg.mil

(d) PROMPT PAYMENT INFORMATION: In accordance with the Prompt Payment Act, for the purposes of determining a payment due date and the date on which interest will begin to accrue if a payment is late, a proper invoice date is:

(1) On the later of:

(i) For invoices that are mailed, the date a proper invoice is actually received by the designated billing office and annotates the invoice with date of receipt at the time of receipt.

(ii) For invoices electronically transmitted by the contractor via web based submission, the date a transmission is received by the designated billing office, and receipt confirmation is provided to the designated recipient; or

(ii) The seventh day after the date on which the property is actually delivered or performance of the services is actually completed; unless—

a) The agency has actually accepted the property or services before the seventh day in which case the acceptance date must substitute for the seventh day after the delivery date; or

b) A longer acceptance period is specified in the contract, in which case the date of actual acceptance or the date on which such longer acceptance period ends must substitute for the seventh day after the delivery date;

(2) On the date placed on the invoice by the contractor, when the agency fails to annotate the invoice with date of receipt of the invoice at the time of receipt (such invoice must be a proper invoice); or

(3) On the date of delivery, when the contract specifies that the delivery ticket may serve as an invoice.

(4) Web-based submission by the contractor and receipt confirmation does not reflect Government review or acceptance of the invoice.

(5) Payment inquiries and status may be obtained at the following website: https://www.uscg.mil/fincen/electron/electroncg/

(e) Failure to follow any of these instructions will result in invoice rejection.

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