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DFARS 234.203 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers which solicitation provisions and contract clause to use when an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) will be required. For cost or incentive contracts valued at $20,000,000 or more, and certain other contracts, the DFARS versions must be used instead of the corresponding FAR versions. This matters to contractors because it determines which EVMS notice and clause language will appear in the solicitation and contract.

Applies to: Cost or incentive contracts valued at $20,000,000 or more, and other contracts where EVMS applies under 234.201(1)(iii) and (iv)

What it requires

  • Use DFARS 252.234-7001, Notice of Earned Value Management System, instead of FAR 52.234-2 and FAR 52.234-3 in the solicitation
  • Use DFARS 252.234-7002, Earned Value Management System, instead of FAR 52.234-4 in the solicitation and contract

Key terms: Earned Value Management System (EVMS) · solicitation provision · contract clause · cost or incentive contracts

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

For cost or incentive contracts valued at $20,000,000 or more, and for other contracts for which EVMS will be applied in accordance with 234.201(1)(iii) and (iv)—

(1) Use the provision at 252.234-7001, Notice of Earned Value Management System, instead of the provisions at FAR 52.234-2, Notice of Earned Value Management System—Pre-Award IBR, and FAR 52.234-3, Notice of Earned Value Management System—Post-Award IBR, in the solicitation; and

(2) Use the clause at 252.234-7002, Earned Value Management System, instead of the clause at FAR 52.234-4, Earned Value Management System, in the solicitation and contract.

Sections it refers to

  • 234.201 Policy.
  • 252.234-7001 Notice of Earned Value Management System.
  • 52.234-2 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review.
  • 52.234-3 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review.
  • 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
  • 52.234-4 Earned Value Management System.

Sections that refer to it

← 234.201 Policy. · 234.7000 Scope of subpart. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 234

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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