SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Notification of Preliminary Injunction
- Notice Date
- 12/14/2021 6:09:51 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Response Due
- 12/24/2021 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/25/2021
- Point of Contact
- GSAR Policy
- E-Mail Address
-
GSARPolicy@gsa.gov
(GSARPolicy@gsa.gov)
- Description
- *** THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL *** GSA is issuing this notice to inform GSA contractors that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a preliminary injunction on December 7, 2021, that halts enforcement of FAR clause 52.223-99 Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors in GSA contracts and contract-like instruments implementing the Safer Federal Workforce Taskforce guidance for contractors and subcontractors nationwide.� What does this mean? GSA and Federal agencies using GSA contracts will take no action to enforce FAR Clause 52.223-99, Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, in any GSA contract or contract-like instrument. The Safer Federal Workforce Taskforce is maintaining a website with current information related to this subject at https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/. What does it mean to �not enforce� the clause? If a GSA contract already includes FAR Clause 52.223-99, Federal agencies should not require the contractor to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Safer Federal Workforce Taskforce guidance: Vaccination of covered contractor employees; Requirements related to masking and physical distancing while in covered contractor workplaces; and Designation by covered contractors of a person or persons to coordinate COVID-19 workplace safety efforts at covered contractor workplaces. GSA contractors will continue to be eligible for new contracts, new orders, options, and extensions even if they have not agreed to follow FAR clause 52.223-99. �� GSA notes that the court order only applies to the enforcement of the contract clause. Federal agency workplace safety protocols for Federal buildings and Federally controlled facilities still apply for purposes of accessing those facilities (e.g., masking and social distancing). �Contractor employees working onsite in those facilities must still follow those Federal agency workplace safety protocols.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06197100-F 20211216/211214230106 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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