{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-334.201","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 334.201","heading":"334.201 Policy.","body":"The Department of Health and Human Services applies the earned value management system requirement as follows:\n(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).\n(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.\n(c) For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at less than $20 million—\n(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\n(2) A decision to apply earned value management shall be documented in the contract file.\n(d) For firm-fixed-price contracts and subcontracts of any dollar value the application of earned value management is discouraged.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 3—HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER F—SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING","PART 334—MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION","Subpart 334.2—Earned Value Management System"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"2de1c79ba98c9cf85da83c8d9eabf5a2c871e43f663ea2a8b2fef7d57e484dc4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-333.215-70","next":"us/48-cfr-334.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}