**PART 1834**

**MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION**

# TABLE OF CONTENTS

# SUBPART 1834.0 GENERAL

1834.003 Responsibilities.

**SUBPART 1834.2 EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM**

1834.201 Policy.

1834.202 Integrated baseline reviews.

1834.203 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.

1834.203-70 NASA solicitation provision and contract clause.

**PART 1834**

**MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION**

**Subpart 1834.0\--General**

**1834.003 Responsibilities.**

\(a\) NASA\'s implementation of OMB Circular No. A-109, Major Systems
Acquisition, and [**FAR Part
34**](http://www.arnet.gov/far/current/html/Subpart_34_1.html#1046738)
is contained in this Part and in NASA Policy Directive [**(NPD)
7120.4**](http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/Library/Directives/NASA-WIDE/Policies/Program_Formulation/N_PD_7120_4B.html),
\"Program/Project Management,\" and NASA Procedures and Guidelines
[**(NPG)
7120.5**](http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/Library/Directives/NASA-WIDE/Procedures/Program_Formulation/N_PG_7120_5A.html),
\"NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements\".

**Subpart 1834.2\--Earned Value Management System**

1834.201 Policy.

\(a\) Application of an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) is
required for all acquisitions for development designated as major in
accordance with OMB Circular A-11, and for development or production
contracts and subcontracts, including those for flight and ground
support requirements, and institutional requirements (facility, IT
investment, etc.) as follows:

**(i)** For contracts and subcontracts valued at \$20M or more, and
contracts and subcontracts for major acquisitions valued at less than
\$20M, the EVMS shall comply with the guidelines in the ANSI/EIA-748
Standard.

**(ii)** For contracts and subcontracts valued at \$50M or more, the
contractor shall have an EVMS that has been formally validated and
accepted by the Government.

**(iii)** For contracts and subcontracts for other than major
acquisitions valued at less than \$20M, earned value management
application is optional and is a risk-based decision that is at the
discretion of the program/project manager.

**(iv)** EVM is not required on contracts for non-developmental
engineering support services, steady state operations, basic and applied
research, and routine services such as janitorial services or grounds
maintenance services. In these cases, application of EVM is at the
discretion of the program/project manager.

\(e\) Contracting officers shall request the assistance of the cognizant
Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) office in determining the
adequacy of proposed EVMS plans.

**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 the contracts identified in 1834.201(a)(iv), 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.