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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.232-3 Payments Under Personal Services Contracts.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause requires the Government to pay the Contractor for services performed under the contract at the prescribed rates, once the Contractor submits proper invoices or time statements to the designated office at the time specified in the contract. It also provides for per diem payments during authorized travel status and other transportation expenses if the Schedule provides for them. It matters because it sets out how and when a personal services contractor gets paid.

Applies to: Personal services contracts

What it requires

  • Submit proper invoices or time statements to the office or officer designated and at the time provided for in the contract

Key terms: personal services · Schedule · proper invoices · time statements · per diem rate

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 32.111(a)(3), insert the following clause, appropriately modified with respect to payment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for personal services:

Payments Under Personal Services Contracts (APR 1984)

The Government shall pay the Contractor for the services performed by the Contractor, as set forth in the Schedule of this contract, at the rates prescribed, upon the submission by the Contractor of proper invoices or time statements to the office or officer designated and at the time provided for in this contract. The Government shall also pay the Contractor (a) a per diem rate in lieu of subsistence for each day the Contractor is in a travel status away from home or regular place of employment in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations (41 CFR 101-7) as authorized in appropriate Travel Orders; and (b) any other transportation expenses if provided for in the Schedule.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.

Sections that refer to it

  • 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
  • 237.7303 Contract clauses.

← 52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts. · 52.232-4 Payments Under Transportation Contracts and Transportation-Related Services Contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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