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		    <title class="- topic/title " id="i2127584" xtrc="GSAR" xtrf="GSAR">
         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">532.905-70</ph> Final payment—construction and building service contracts.</title>
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			      <p id="krupBV" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">The following procedures
apply to construction and building service contracts:</p>
			      <ol id="d571e16" class="- topic/ol ">
				        <li id="LvYXZW" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
					          <p id="d566e20" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>The Government
shall pay the final amount due to
the contractor under this contract after the documentation
in the payment clauses of the contract is submitted. This includes
the final release prescribed for construction at FAR 52.232-5, and
for building services at GSAR <xref href="552.232-72.dita#GSAM_552_232_72"
                        base="i1873639"
                        outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                        class="- topic/xref ">552.232-72</xref>.</p>
				        </li>
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					          <p id="d566e29" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph> A
contracting officers may only process the final payment for a construction
or building service contracts once:</p>
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						            <li id="bjotbbbb" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
							              <p id="mvpvzbgu" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph> The contractor
submits a properly executed <xref href="http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3"
                              format="html"
                              scope="external"
                              class="- topic/xref ">GSA Form 1142</xref>, Release
of Claims; or</p>
						            </li>
						            <li id="qntoqG" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
							              <p id="d566e43" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph> The
contracting officer documents in the contract file:</p>
							              <ol class="- topic/ol ">
								                <li id="cs3vtmyw" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
									                  <p id="npcl331r" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph> That the
contracting officer requested a release of claims from the contractor
and did not receive a response within 60 calendar days; and</p>
								                </li>
								                <li id="q1nqgf8p" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
									                  <p id="fv0a16n" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(ii)</ph> Approval
to process the final payment from one level above the contracting
officer.</p>
								                </li>
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