Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
Headline: Federal Contractors Required to Follow COVID-19 Safety Guidance
What it does: Agencies must include a contract clause requiring contractors and subcontractors to follow the Task Force COVID-19 workplace guidance approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
- Requires many federal contractors to adopt Safer Federal Workforce Task Force COVID-19 protocols.
- Changes terms for new, renewed, or option-exercised federal contracts effective October 15, 2021.
- Leads to amendments in federal procurement rules and contract clauses.
Summary
This order requires federal agencies to add a contract clause making contractors and subcontractors follow COVID-19 workplace safety guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, once approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
It applies to many new, renewed, or option-exercised contracts for services, construction, leases, and concessions, with an effective date of October 15, 2021; some contracts and workers are excluded. The goal is to reduce COVID spread, lower worker absence and labor costs, and improve contractor efficiency.
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