{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-2452.216-81","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 2452.216-81","heading":"2452.216-81 Level of effort and fee payment.","body":"As prescribed in 2416.506-70(f), insert the following clause in all level-of-effort term contracts:\nLEVEL OF EFFORT AND FEE PAYMENT (APR 2019)\n(a) The total level of effort to be provided under this contract is ______hours. The Contractor shall be reimbursed for the actual labor costs incurred.\n(b) The contractor shall be paid the fixed fee specified in B.____, Estimated Cost and Fixed Fee, herein, on a prorated basis in proportion to the percentage of the level of effort (LOE) performed at the time of billing in accordance with the following formula:\n(Number of acceptable hours delivered) divided by (Total hours in level of effort) × (Total fixed fee) = Fee payment\n(e.g., 1,000 hours delivered/10,000 hours (LOE) × $15,000 = $1,500)\n(c) In no event shall the amount of fee paid under the contract exceed the total fixed fee specified in B.[ ], Estimated Cost and Fixed Fee, herein.\n(End of clause)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 24—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER H—CLAUSES AND FORMS","PART 2452—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES","Subpart 2452.2—Texts of Provisions and Clauses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"1b4902e9447f12c0fdbe0a1d6908b5c48d141efc1d697f13f18d346385894af1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-2452.216-80","next":"us/48-cfr-2452.216-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}