C P09 D Dignity Clause.pdf
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This document is a contract clause addressing contractor conduct and responsibilities at national cemeteries. The Dignity Clause establishes mandatory standards for handling headstones and markers to ensure respectful treatment of final resting places and the service members, Veterans, and families they commemorate.
Contractor personnel are prohibited from walking, standing, leaning, sitting, jumping on, or driving over headstones or markers, and from placing or leaning tools, equipment, or other items on these monuments. Contractors must exercise care to prevent scratching or damage to markers and are responsible for replacing any damaged headstones or markers and restoring damaged turf resulting from work performance. Should any work activity expose or damage human remains, containers for remains (such as caskets or urns), or outer burial containers, the contractor must immediately contact the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Director/Assistant Director, or Contracting Officer (CO) for guidance. The contractor must discuss these requirements with all employees and subcontractors and escalate any procedural questions or uncertainties to the COR, Director/Assistant Director, or CO for resolution.
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DIGNITY CLAUSE
Respect for Headstones and Markers in National Cemeteries
Handling of Markers and Headstones
Every action by contractor personnel at a national cemetery must be performed with the special care, reverence, dignity, and respect that acknowledges the cemetery as the final resting place that commemorates the service and sacrifice that service members, Veterans and their families made for our
Nation. Critically important is the awareness required of the Contractor employees of the remains buried in the grounds where the work is performed. The utmost care must be given to these remains and the headstones and flat grave markers that mark those gravesites and memorialize the service of individuals.
a. Contractors cannot walk, stand, lean, sit or jump on headstones or markers. Nor can they drive over them.
b. No tools, equipment or other items will be placed or leaned on headstones or markers.
c. Use care not to scratch or damage markers in any manner.
d. Contractor shall be responsible for replacing damaged headstones and markers and for restoring turf damaged during performance of this work.
e. Additionally, should any activity result in the exposure and/or damage to any remains, container for remains (e.g., casket or urn), or outer burial container, the contractor must contact the COR, Director/Assistant Director, or Contracting Officer (CO) for guidance.
Any doubts as to proper procedures shall be brought to the attention of the COR, Director/Assistant
Director, or CO for guidance or resolution.
The contractor is required to discuss the guidance with employees and/or subcontractors.
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