FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 34: Major System Acquisition › Subpart 34.2
FAR 34.203 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 include when a contract requires an Earned Value Management System (EVMS). It matters to contractors because it determines whether an Integrated Baseline Review happens before or after award, and it puts the EVMS clause into the contract.
Applies to: Contracting officers on solicitations and contracts requiring an EVMS
What it requires
- Insert a provision substantially the same as FAR 52.234-2 when an IBR is required prior to award
- Insert a provision substantially the same as FAR 52.234-3 when an IBR is required after contract award
- Insert a clause substantially the same as FAR 52.234-4 in solicitations and contracts requiring an EVMS
Key terms: Earned Value Management System (EVMS) · Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) · solicitation provision · contract clause
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer shall insert a provision that is substantially the same as the provision at FAR 52.234-2, Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review , in solicitations for contracts that require the contractor to use an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and for which the Government requires an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) prior to award.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert a provision that is substantially the same as the provision at 52.234-3, Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review , in solicitations for contracts that require the contractor to use an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and for which the Government requires an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) after contract award.
(c) The contracting officer shall insert a clause that is substantially the same as the clause at FAR 52.234-4, Earned Value Management System, in solicitations and contracts that require a contractor to use an EVMS.
Sections it refers to
← 34.202 Integrated Baseline Reviews.
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.