SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- FBI Contract Requirements-COVID 19 Safety Protocols
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2021 5:51:56 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Response Due
- 11/30/2021 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2021
- Description
- To All FBI Contractors and Potential Contractors: On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan. The President�s plan uses regulatory and other actions to substantially increase the number of Americans covered by vaccination requirements. The President also signed Executive Order (EO) 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, that requires Federal contractor employees to be vaccinated. The actions directed by the EO ensure that parties who contract with the Federal Government provide adequate COVID-19 safeguards in locations with individuals working on or in connection with a Federal Government contract or contract-like instrument. These workplace safety protocols apply to all covered contractor employees, including contractor or subcontractor employees in covered contractor workplaces who are not working on a Federal government contract or contract-like instrument. In accordance with the EO, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) issued guidance on workplace safety protocols that will be required of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to this guidance, and in addition to any requirements or workplace safety protocols that are applicable because a contractor or subcontractor employee is present at a Federal workplace, Federal contractors and subcontractors with a covered contract will be required to conform to the following workplace safety protocols: 1. COVID-19 vaccination of covered contractor employees, except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation; 2. Compliance by individuals, including covered contractor employees and visitors, with the guidance related to masking and physical distancing while in covered contractor workplaces; and 3. Designation by covered contractors of a person or persons to coordinate COVID-19 workplace safety efforts at covered workplaces. Covered contractors shall adhere to the requirements of the Task Force guidance, including, but not limited to, the recent guidance provided on September 24, 2021.The OMB Director has, as authorized by the EO, approved this guidance. Exercising his delegated authority (see 3 U.S.C. � 301) under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, the Director has determined that this guidance will promote economy and efficiency in Federal contracting if adhered to by Government contractors and subcontractors. The Director has published this determination in the Federal Register. The EO sets out a process for OMB and the Task Force to update the guidance for covered contractors, which the Task Force will consider doing based on future changes to CDC COVID-19 guidance and as warranted by the circumstances of the pandemic and public health conditions. The EO also sets out a process for the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) to implement such protocols and guidance for covered Federal procurement solicitations and contracts subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and for agencies that are responsible for covered contracts and contract-like instruments not subject to the FAR, to take prompt action to ensure that those covered contracts and contract-like instruments include a clause, consistent with the EO. The FAR Council has taken initial steps to provide appropriate policy direction to agency acquisition offices. The FAR Council is utilizing the deviation process in FAR Subpart 1.4. Once the Department of Justice�s (DOJ�s) FAR deviation has been executed, its contracting officers will include the new clause as prescribed in all covered contracts and contract-like instruments. Key Dates for FAR (Deviation) Clause inclusion: October 15, 2021: All new FBI solicitations shall contain this clause. October 15, 2021: Implementation of requirement for inclusion of clause at each contract�s exercising of option year, renewal or extension for all FBI contracts. As further guidance is provided, the FBI will provide notification via the SAM portal.
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- Record
- SN06159189-F 20211020/211018230113 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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