Procurement Waiver Pending Blocking Grant Payment Email Template

Use this page when payment is delayed because the payer says a procurement waiver, sole-source exception, or formal purchasing deviation still has to be approved before your funded invoice can be paid. This is more specific than a general procurement compliance review. The buyer is saying the invoice itself may be valid, but the award or purchase route needs a formal exception signoff before payment can be released. Your email should ask whether the waiver is the only remaining blocker, whether the invoice is otherwise approved, who is responsible for obtaining the waiver, and whether payment can move immediately once the exception is granted. The outcome you want is to stop the buyer from hiding behind a broad procurement concern and force the exact exception path into the open. It is commercially strong because suppliers often get caught in payment delay caused not by delivery or invoice quality, but by an internal waiver process the buyer failed to complete before ordering the work.