Revised Acquisition Letter 2013-11- Non-Management and Operating (Non-M&O) Contractor Business Systems Clauses for Section H – Earned Value Management Clause

The attached Acquisition Letter (AL) 2013-11 (originally released in Policy Flash 2013-71 on August 5, 2013) revises one Section H Clause – DOE-H-1075 Earned Value Management System. A summary of the clause revisions follow:

• System criteria - Paragraph (b) (2)(ii) states that the contractor shall use Department of Energy's (DOE) modified version of Department of Defense's Data Item Description Integrated Program Management Report, DI-MGMT-81861, (DOE version, current version at time of award);
• Significant deficiencies - Paragraph (i) (3)(iv) is deleted regarding system disapproval; and
• Withholding payments - Paragraph (j), as part of the contracting officer final determination, it clarifies that significant deficiencies are part of the final determination which starts withholding of payments.