To require the Secretary of Defense to apply uniform earned value management standards to reliably and consistently measure contract performance, and to ensure that contractors establish and use approved earned value management systems.
What it does: Adds SEC. 207. EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT on page 69, line 2
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)Adds SEC. 207. EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT on page 69, line 2
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 207. EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT.
Inserted: (a) Enhanced Tracking of Contractor Performance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall review the existing guidance and, as necessary, prescribe additional guidance governing the implementation of the Earned Value Management (EVM) requirements and reporting for contracts to ensure that the Department of Defense--
Inserted: (1) applies uniform EVM standards to reliably and consistently measure contract or project performance;
Inserted: (2) applies such standards to establish appropriate baselines at the award of a contract or commencement of a program, whichever is earlier;
Inserted: (3) ensures that personnel responsible for administering and overseeing EVM systems have the training and qualifications needed to perform this function; and
Inserted: (4) has appropriate mechanisms in place to ensure that contractors establish and use approved EVM systems.
Inserted: (b) Enforcement Mechanisms.--For the purposes of subsection (a)(4), mechanisms to ensure that contractors establish and use approved EVM systems shall include--
Inserted: (1) consideration of the quality of the contractors' EVM systems and the timeliness of the contractors' EVM reporting in any past performance evaluation for a contract that includes an EVM requirement; and
Inserted: (2) increased government oversight of the cost, schedule, scope, and performance of contractors that do not have approved EVM systems in place.
Original wording
On page 69, after line 2, add the following:
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SA 1045. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. McCaskill) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 454, to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes; as follows:
On page 69, after line 2, add the following:
SEC. 207. EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT.
(a) Enhanced Tracking of Contractor Performance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall review the existing guidance and, as necessary, prescribe additional guidance governing the implementation of the Earned Value Management (EVM) requirements and reporting for contracts to ensure that the Department of Defense--
(1) applies uniform EVM standards to reliably and consistently measure contract or project performance;
(2) applies such standards to establish appropriate baselines at the award of a contract or commencement of a program, whichever is earlier;
(3) ensures that personnel responsible for administering and overseeing EVM systems have the training and qualifications needed to perform this function; and
(4) has appropriate mechanisms in place to ensure that contractors establish and use approved EVM systems.
(b) Enforcement Mechanisms.--For the purposes of subsection (a)(4), mechanisms to ensure that contractors establish and use approved EVM systems shall include--
(1) consideration of the quality of the contractors' EVM systems and the timeliness of the contractors' EVM reporting in any past performance evaluation for a contract that includes an EVM requirement; and
(2) increased government oversight of the cost, schedule, scope, and performance of contractors that do not have approved EVM systems in place.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 6, 2009
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Senate amendment submitted
May 6, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1045 proposed by Senator Collins.(consideration: CR S5215-5219; text: CR S5216)
May 6, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1045 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
May 6, 2009
Amendment SA 1045 proposed by Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S5215-5219; text: CR S5216) To require the Secretary of Defense to apply uniform earned value management standards to reliably and consistently measure contract performance, and to ensure that contractors establish and use approved earned value management systems.
May 6, 2009
Amendment SA 1045 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
May 6, 2009