No Cost Extension Not Approved Blocking Final Payment Email Template

Use this page when final payment is delayed because the payer says a no-cost extension, period-of-performance extension, or award-period extension still has not been approved. This is different from routine closeout. The specific blocker is that the funded program period ended, and the buyer is saying it cannot release the last payment until the extension that keeps the spend eligible is formally cleared. Your email should ask whether the extension approval is the only remaining blocker, whether the final invoice is otherwise accepted, who owns the extension request, and whether payment will be released immediately once the extension is approved. The outcome you want is to separate administrative extension approval from the underlying commercial debt and force a timeline on the extension decision. It is commercially strong because suppliers often complete the work on time but still get trapped behind an unprocessed award-extension request that the payer failed to close out properly.