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48 CFR §334.201

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The Department of Health and Human Services applies the earned value management system requirement as follows:
  1. (a)For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at $20 million or more, the contractor's earned value management system shall comply with the guidelines in the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748, Earned Value Management Systems (ANSI/EIA-748).
  2. (b)For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at $50 million or more, the contractor shall have an earned value management system that has been determined by the cognizant Federal agency to be in compliance with the guidelines in ANSI/EIA-748.
  3. (c)For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at less than $20 million—
    1. (1)The application of earned value management is optional at the discretion of the program/project manager and is a risk-based decision that must be supported by a cost/benefit analysis; and
    2. (2)A decision to apply earned value management shall be documented in the contract file.
  4. (d)For firm-fixed-price contracts and subcontracts of any dollar value the application of earned value management is discouraged.