C P09 D Dignity Clause.pdf
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This document is a Dignity Clause specification for federal contract work performed at national cemeteries. The clause establishes mandatory requirements for contractor personnel to handle all cemetery operations with special care, reverence, dignity, and respect, recognizing the cemetery as a final resting place for service members, Veterans, and their families.
The contractor must ensure all employees and subcontractors are aware of buried remains and implement strict protocols for headstone and marker protection. Prohibited actions include walking, standing, leaning, sitting, or jumping on headstones or markers, and driving vehicles over them. No tools, equipment, or other items may be placed or leaned on markers, and contractors must take care to prevent scratches or damage of any kind. The contractor bears full responsibility for replacing any damaged headstones and markers and for restoring turf damaged during work performance. Should any activity expose or damage human remains, containers for remains (caskets or urns), or outer burial containers, the contractor must immediately contact the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Director/Assistant Director, or Contracting Officer (CO) for guidance. The contractor is required to discuss these dignity requirements with all employees and subcontractors, and any procedural questions must be escalated to the COR, Director/Assistant Director, or CO for resolution.
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| B P09 C Cemetery Operational Standards and Measures.pdf | ||
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| D P09 Past Performance.pdf |
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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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