SUBPART 1834.0 GENERAL
1834.003 Responsibilities.
SUBPART 1834.2 EARNED
VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1834.201 Policy.
1834.203 Solicitation
provisions and contract clause.
1834.203-70 NASA solicitation
provision and contract clause.
1834.003 Responsibilities.
(a)
NASA's implementation of OMB Circular No. A-109, Major Systems Acquisition,
and FAR Part
34 is contained in this Part and in NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 7120.4, "Program/Project
Management," and NASA Procedures and Guidelines (NPR) 7120.5, "NASA Program and
Project Management Processes and Requirements".
Subpart 1834.2--Earned
Value Management System
1834.201
Policy.
(a) NASA requires use of an Earned Value Management System
(EVMS) on acquisitions for development or production work, including development
or production work for flight and ground support systems and components,
prototypes, and institutional investments (facilities, IT infrastructure, etc.)
as specified below:
(i) For cost or
fixed-price incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at $50 Million or more
the contractor shall have an EVMS that has been determined by the cognizant
Federal agency to be in compliance with the guidelines in the American National
Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748, Earned Value
Management Systems (ANSI/EIA-748).
(ii) For cost or fixed-price incentive contracts and
subcontracts valued at $20 Million or more but less than $50 Million, the
contractor shall have an EVMS that complies with the guidelines in
ANSI/EIA-748, as determined by the cognizant Contracting Officer.
(iii) For cost or fixed-price incentive contracts and
subcontracts valued at less than $20 Million the application of EVM is optional
and is a risk-based decision at the discretion of the program/project manager.
(b) Requiring earned value management for
firm-fixed-price (FFP) contracts and subcontracts of any dollar value is
discouraged; however, a schedule management system and adequate reporting shall be required to plan and track schedule
performance for development or production contracts valued at $20 Million or
more. In addition, for FFP contracts
that are part of a program/project of $50 Million or more, the contracting
officer shall collaborate with the government’s program/project manager to
ensure the appropriate data can be obtained or generated to fulfill program
management needs and comply with NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR)
7120.5.
(c) An EVMS is not required on
non-developmental contracts for engineering support services, steady state
operations, basic and applied research, and routine services such as janitorial
services or grounds maintenance services.
(d) Contracting
officers shall request the assistance of the cognizant Defense Contract
Management Agency (DCMA) office in determining the adequacy of proposed EVMS
plans and procedures and system compliance.
(e)Notwithstanding the EVMS requirements
above, if an offeror proposes to use a system that has not been determined to
be in compliance with the American National Standards Institute/ Electronics
Industries Alliance (ANSI/EIA) Standard-748, Earned Value Management Systems,
the offeror shall submit a comprehensive plan for compliance with these EVMS
standards, as specified in 1852.234-1, Notice of Earned Value Management
System. Offerors shall not be eliminated from consideration for contract award
because they do not have an EVMS that complies with these standards.
1834.202 Integrated baseline
reviews.
(d) Use of pre-award IBRs is limited to the second or subsequent phases of a phased acquisition (see 1817.73). When a pre-award IBR is contemplated, the contracting officer shall include the instructions with respect to the schedule and conduct of the IBR in the proposal request.
1834.203 Solicitation
provisions and contract clause.
The FAR EVMS solicitation provisions and
contract clause are not used in NASA contracts.
See 1834.203-70 for the NASA EVMS solicitation provision and contract
clause.
1834.203-70
NASA solicitation provision and contract clause.
Except
for firm-fixed price contracts and the contracts identified in
1834.201(a)(iii), the contracting officer shall insert –
(a) The provision at 1852.234-1, Notice of Earned Value Management System, in solicitations for contracts for --
(1) Development or production, including flight and ground support projects, and institutional projects (facility, IT investment, etc.), with a value exceeding $20M; and
(2) Acquisitions of any value designated as major by the project manager in accordance with OMB Circular A-11; and
(b) The clause at 1852.234-2, Earned Value Management System, in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding $50M that include the provision at 1852.234-1. The contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I when the contract value is less than $50M.