(a) Advanced payment may be authorized for contracts, other than those at FAR 32.403(a) and (b), only if other types of financing are not reasonably available to the contractor in adequate amounts.

(b) The designee authorized to determine when advance payment is in the public interest or facilitates national defense is set forth in CAM 1301.70.

Advance payments may be authorized for items listed in FAR 32.404(a).

The designee authorized to approve advance payment without interest is as set forth in CAM 1301.70.