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FAR 34.202 Integrated Baseline Reviews.
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
When an EVMS is required, the Government conducts an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) to verify the technical content and realism of performance budgets, resources, and schedules. The IBR is a joint assessment by the contractor and the Government of the project's technical plan, schedule, baseline, resources, and management processes. Timing and conduct follow agency procedures, and any pre-award IBR must be described in the solicitation, including whether offeror costs will be reimbursed.
Applies to: Contractors and offerors on projects requiring an EVMS
What it requires
- Participate in the IBR as a joint assessment with the Government
Key terms: Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) · EVMS · Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) · pre-award IBR · FAR Part 31
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) When an EVMS is required, the Government will conduct an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR).
(b) The purpose of the IBR is to verify the technical content and the realism of the related performance budgets, resources, and schedules. It should provide a mutual understanding of the inherent risks in offerors'/contractors' performance plans and the underlying management control systems, and it should formulate a plan to handle these risks.
(c) The IBR is a joint assessment by the offeror or contractor, and the Government, of the—
(1) Ability of the project's technical plan to achieve the objectives of the scope of work;
(2) Adequacy of the time allocated for performing the defined tasks to successfully achieve the project schedule objectives;
(3) Ability of the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) to successfully execute the project and attain cost objectives, recognizing the relationship between budget resources, funding, schedule, and scope of work;
(4) Availability of personnel, facilities, and equipment when required, to perform the defined tasks needed to execute the program successfully; and
(5) The degree to which the management process provides effective and integrated technical/schedule/cost planning and baseline control.
(d) The timing and conduct of the IBR shall be in accordance with agency procedures. If a pre-award IBR will be conducted, the solicitation must include the procedures for conducting the IBR and address whether offerors will be reimbursed for the associated costs. If permitted, reimbursement of offerors' pre-award IBR costs is governed by the provisions of FAR Part 31.
Sections that refer to it
- 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
← 34.201 Policy. · 34.203 Solicitation provisions and contract clause. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.