612674404_Attachment 5_Mission Essential Contractor Services.pdf

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This is a Mission-Essential Contractor Services notification document issued by the Department of Defense on April 10, 2026, establishing requirements under DFARS 252.237-7023 and DFARS 252.237-7024.

The document designates all services required within the Performance Work Statement (PWS) as mission-essential contractor services in support of DoD mission-essential functions. Offerors are required to submit with their proposal a written plan describing how they will continue to perform the essential contractor services. The document defines "essential contractor services" as services provided by firms or individuals under contract to DoD to support mission-essential functions, including support of vital systems such as ships owned, leased, or operated in support of military missions or roles at sea; associated support activities including installation, garrison, and base support services; and similar services provided to foreign military sales customers under the Security Assistance Program. Services are classified as essential if the effectiveness of defense systems or operations has the potential to be seriously impaired by their interruption. "Mission-essential functions" are defined as those organizational activities that must be performed under all circumstances to achieve DoD component missions or responsibilities, with failure to perform or sustain these functions significantly affecting DoD's ability to provide vital services or exercise authority, direction, and control.

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Encl 2i, Mission-Essential Contractor Services | 19 Jan 2024

Date: April 10, 2026

Subject: Mission-Essential Contractor Services

In accordance with (IAW) Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.237-7023, Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, the Government has identified all or a portion of the contractor services to be performed under this contract as essential contractor services in support of mission essential functions.

IAW DFARS 252.237-7024, the offeror shall provide with its offer a written plan describing how it will continue to perform the essential contractor services listed in this document.

All services required within Performance Work Statement (PWS) are deemed mission essential.

“Essential contractor service” means a service provided by a firm or individual under contract to DoD to support mission-essential functions, such as support of vital systems, including ships owned, leased, or operated in support of military missions or roles at sea; associated support activities, including installation, garrison, and base support services; and similar services provided to foreign military sales customers under the Security Assistance Program. Services are essential if the effectiveness of defense systems or operations has the potential to be seriously impaired by the interruption of these services, as determined by the appropriate functional commander or civilian equivalent.

“Mission-essential functions” means those organizational activities that must be performed under all circumstances to achieve DoD component missions or responsibilities, as determined by the appropriate functional commander or civilian equivalent. Failure to perform or sustain these functions would significantly affect DoD’s ability to provide vital services or exercise authority, direction, and control.

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