AMS Contract Clause 3.2.1.5-5 (Interim) Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (OCT 2021).pdf

AMS Contract Clause 3.2.1.5-5 (INTERIM) Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (OCT 2021)

a. Definition. As used in this clause -

United States or its outlying areas means

(1) The fifty States;

(2) The District of Columbia;

(3) The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;

(4) The territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and

(5) The minor outlying islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll.

b. Authority. This clause implements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, dated September 9, 2021 (published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, 86 FR 50985).

c. Compliance. The Contractor must comply with all guidance, including guidance conveyed through Frequently Asked Questions, as amended during the performance of this contract, for contractor or subcontractor workplace locations published by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force Guidance) at https:/www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Provided, however, that the Contractor must ensure that Contractor employees entering FAA facilities comply with the vaccination mandate by November 22, 2021 rather than the December 8, 2021 date in the EO and the Task Force Guidance for all other covered employees of the Contractor.

d. Subcontracts. The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in subcontracts at any tier that exceed $250,000, performed in whole or in part within the United States or its outlying areas.

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