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Does the prime contractor have to prove unsatisfactory workmanship after a year of nonpayment?

South DakotaPayment Disputes

We are a small South Dakota contractor in the fiber optic splicing field. We subcontract from Prime (general contractors) The project we worked on was a Federally Funded Construction Project (RUS) in Iowa. The prime contractor is past due one year on approved invoices of $129,000.Last payment on this project was last year Sept 2019. What about Federal Prompt Payment in this situation? The prime spent months trying to demand we sign off on invoices with lien waivers that we had not received payment. We did not do as they owed this extreme amount. After this was unsuccessful. About a month ago, the prime contractor has now sent us a claim of unsatisfactory workmanship. There has been no mention of this terminology prior to a month ago. As this was there last recourse for non payment of past due invoices. Don't they have to prove this statement after this length of time?

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