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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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37 sections with “Milestone B”

  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …ion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L. 109-364), for major defense acquisition programs at Milestone B— (A) The milestone decision authority shall select, with the advice of the contracting officer, the contract type for a development progr…
  • DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    …ional information, such as information necessary to process payments. Plan of action and milestones means a document that identifies tasks to be accomplished. It details resources required to accomplish the elements of the plan, any milest…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …rder to facilitate attainment of the acquisition objectives, the plan must identify those milestones at which decisions should be made (see paragraph (b)(21) of this section). The plan must address all the technical, business, management, a…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …gram that is in the Materiel Solution Analysis or Technology Development Phases preceding Milestone B of the Defense Acquisition System and has been identified to have the potential to become a major defense acquisition program. “Systems e…
  • DFARS 252.204-7025 Notice of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    … unique identifier (CMMC UID), Federal contract information (FCI), and Plan of action and milestones have the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.204-7021, Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity …
  • DFARS 225.7004-3 Exceptions.
    …he restriction at 225.7004-2(e) does not apply to acquisition programs that have received Milestone A approval as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4211 before October 1, 2021, as documented by the requiring activity official performing program manageme…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …all apply its current system to the contract and shall take necessary actions to meet the milestones in the Contractor's EVMS plan. (d) If this contract has a value of less than $50 million, the Government will not make a formal determinat…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …er correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses. (f) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disapprove th…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ities: (i) Agency-level boards, panels, or other advisory committees that review program milestones or evaluate and make recommendations regarding alternative technologies or approaches for satisfying broad agency-level missions or objecti…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …actor, the completion form is preferred over the term form whenever the work, or specific milestones for the work, can be defined well enough to permit development of estimates within which the contractor can be expected to complete the wor…
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    …hich improvement is expected (e.g. six months, nine months, twelve months, or at specific milestones); and (vii) Define the total award-fee pool amount and how this amount is allocated across each evaluation period. (4) Rollover of unearn…
  • FAR 26.203 Transition of work.
    …scope and structure of the existing contract, including its period of performance and the milestone(s) at which a transition is reasonable (e.g., before exercising an option). (4) The potential impact of a transition, including safety, nat…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …estimated amount and value of work or services performed, including payments for reaching milestones in any project, is 14 days after the designated billing office receives a proper payment request. (A) If the designated billing office fai…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …e basis for performance-based payments may be either specifically described events (e.g., milestones) or some measurable criterion of performance. Each event or performance criterion that will trigger a finance payment shall be an integral …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …estimated amount and value of work or services performed, including payments for reaching milestones in any project. (A) The due date for making such payments is 14 days after the designated billing office receives a proper payment request…
  • FAR 52.234-2 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …feror's plan for an EVMS before contract award. (4) The offeror's EVMS plan must provide milestones that indicate when the offeror anticipates that the EVM system will be compliant with the EIA-748 guidelines. (c) Offerors shall identify …
  • FAR 52.234-3 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …feror's plan for an EVMS before contract award. (4) The offeror's EVMS plan must provide milestones that indicate when the offeror anticipates that the EVM system will be compliant with the EIA-748 guidelines. (c) Offerors shall identify …
  • FAR 52.234-4 Earned Value Management System.
    …(1) Apply the current system to the contract; and (2) Take necessary actions to meet the milestones in the Contractor's EVMS plan approved by the Contracting Officer. (c) The Government will conduct an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR). If…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …or which the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) is the milestone decision authority or USD(A&S) designates as requiring a peer review regardless of value. DoD components may request DPCAP-led peer reviews …
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …robable; or (2) More than remote but less than likely (section 806 of Pub. L. 116-283). Milestone decision authority, with respect to a major defense acquisition program or major system, means the official within the Department of Defense…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …ement coordination (e.g., offsets with foreign vendors); or (C) Has critically important milestones. (iii) If the contractor demonstrates efficient management and cost control through the submittal of a timely, qualifying proposal (as def…
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …n, either correct the deficiencies or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (2) Disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.215-7002; and (3) Withhold paymen…
  • DFARS 223.7300 Definition.
    Legacy system, as used in this subpart, means any program that has passed Milestone A in the defense acquisition management system, as defined in DoD Instruction 5000.02.
  • DFARS 234.001-70 Definitions.
    … operational capability that satisfies mission needs, or an activity otherwise defined as Milestone C under Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 or related authorities.
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    …n, either correct the deficiencies or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (ii) Disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.234-7002 when initial validation …
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    … as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201— (A) Follow the procedures at 234.004; and (B) Notify the milestone decision authority of an intent not to exercise a fixed-price production option on a development contract for a major weapon system reasonab…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …ion, either correct the weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (2) Disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.242-7004; and (3) Withhold paymen…
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …ion, either correct the weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (2) Make a determination to disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.242-7006; …
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …ion, either correct the weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (2) Disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.244-7001; and (3) Withhold paymen…
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …ion, either correct the weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses; (2) Disapprove the system in accordance with the clause at 252.245-7003; and (3) Withhold paymen…
  • DFARS 249.501-70 Special termination costs.
    … incremental assignment of funds to the contract; (ii) The time when certain performance milestones are accomplished by the contractor; or (iii) Other specific time periods agreed upon by the contracting officer and the contractor.
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …er correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the material weaknesses. (g) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disa…
  • DFARS 252.234-7001 Notice of Earned Value Management System.
    …acting Officer to support review of the plan. (iii) The offeror's EVMS plan must provide milestones that indicate when the offeror anticipates that the EVMS will be compliant with the guidelines in ANSI/EIA-748. (b) If the offeror submits…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …er correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the material weaknesses. (g) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disa…
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …ice, either correct the weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the weaknesses. (2) If the Contractor submits an acceptable corrective action plan within 45 days of receipt of a…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …er correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the material weaknesses. (f) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disa…
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    …er correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing milestones and actions to eliminate the material weaknesses. (f) Withholding payments. If the Contracting Officer makes a final determination to disa…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.