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Contract Performance Report (CPR)
Purpose
The CPR is the primary document used throughout the Federal government to monitor and report
earned value for projects. It has been used for many years on Department of Defense (DoD)
projects, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has required use of the CPR for
information technology projects since 2006. Earned value management is a project management
technique that has been used for over a century, everywhere from the factory floor to the
Internet, to monitor and control costs and schedules of projects.
The CPR may be used, as is or as modified, on any project, but it must be completed monthly on
information technology investments whose cost is expected to be $1 million or more through the
end of the investment.
Document Lifecycle
The CPR is required monthly on information technology investments whose cost is expected to
be $1 million or more through the end of the investment, whether it is for DME (development,
maintenance, or enhancement) or “steady state” (operations & maintenance) work. As contracts
are developed or completed over the life of an investment, the contracts’ CPRs will start and end
being produced.
CPR reporting should begin as early as possible, once a work breakdown structure is outlined,
and certainly by the time the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) is completed. The CPR may
need to be submitted prior to the IBR’s affirmation of the milestones, so that the comprehensive,
investment-level CPR can be completed for the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS).
The comprehensive, investment-level CPR resides in the database of the DHHS “portfolio
management tool” (PMT, Primavera ProSight) and is only accessible on the DHHS wide-area
network (WAN). Contractor personnel will not have access to this tool. It will present a high-
level view of the investment, with each contract perhaps being represented by a single
“Milestone,” or line, on the CPR.
Audience
The target audience for the CPR includes business, technical, governance, and project team
stakeholders, such as the project sponsor, the investment owner, and the ultimate users of the
project’s products. EVM data on investments is extracted monthly by DHHS, and is provided
quarterly by DHHS to the Office of Management and Budget.