As prescribed in 334.203-70(b), the Contracting Officer shall insert the following provision:
Notice of Earned Value Management System-Post-Award Integrated Baseline Review (October 2008)
(a) The offeror shall provide documentation that its proposed Earned Value Management System (EVMS) complies with the EVMS guidelines in ANSI/EIA Standard-748 (current version in effect at time of solicitation).
(b) If the offeror proposes to use a system that currently does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this provision, the offeror shall submit a comprehensive plan for compliance with the guidelines.
(1) The plan shall-
(i) Describe the EVMS the offeror intends to use in performance of the contract;
(ii) Distinguish between the offeror's existing management system and modifications proposed to meet the guidelines;
(iii) Describe the management system and its application in terms of the EVMS guidelines;
(iv) Describe the proposed procedure for application of the EVMS requirements to subcontractors;
(v) Provide documentation describing the process and results, including Government participation if applicable, of any third-party evaluation or self-evaluation of the system's compliance with the EVMS guidelines; and
(vi) Provide a schedule of events leading up to formal validation and Government acceptance of the offeror's EVMS, if the value of the offeror's proposal, including options, is $25 million or more.
(2) The offeror shall provide information and assistance, as required by the Contracting Officer, to support review of the plan.
(3) The Contracting Officer will review the offeror's EVMS implementation plan prior to contract award.
(4) The offeror's EVMS plan must provide milestones indicating when the offeror anticipates that the EVM system will be compliant with the ANSI/EIA Standard-748 guidelines.
(c) The offeror shall identify in its offer the subcontractors, or subcontracted effort if subcontractors have not been identified, to which the requirements of EVMS will be applied. Prior to contract award, the offeror and HHS shall agree on the subcontractors, or subcontracted effort, subject to the EVMS requirement.
(d) HHS will conduct an Integrated Baseline Review after contract award.
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