Attch_H_o442_21.pdf

DOE O 442.2

7-29-11

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT

DOE O 442.2, Differing Professional Opinions for Technical Issues Involving Environment, Safety and Health

Regardless of the performer of the work, the contractor is responsible for complying with the requirements of this CRD. The contractor is responsible for flowing down the requirements of this CRD to subcontractors at any tier to the extent necessary to ensure the contractor’s compliance with the requirements. The contractor must:

1. Ensure that all employees and subcontractor employees are notified quarterly that they have the right to report environment, safety, and health technical concerns that have not been resolved through routine work processes through the Department of Energy Differing Professional Opinion (DPO) process (the DOE DPO process can be found in Attachment 2 to DOE O 442.2 and at http://www.hss.doe.gov/nuclearsafety/qa/dpo.html).

The notification must provide points of contact (name, phone number and email addresses of DPO Managers) as listed on the DOE DPO web page, as well as the DOE DPO web page address.

2. Protect employees from reprisal or retaliation for reporting a DPO.

3. Provide employees reasonable time and resources to use the DPO Process.

4. Assist DOE as requested in the resolution of DPOs.

5. Report to the DOE when requested on the status of assigned implementation actions resulting from the DPO resolution and on the closure of these implementation actions.