DIGNITY CLAUSE.docx
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- QSE--36C78626R50066
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This is a Dignity Clause document establishing protocols for contractor personnel working at national cemeteries. The clause mandates that all work be performed with special care, reverence, dignity, and respect, acknowledging the cemetery as a final resting place for service members, Veterans, and their families. Contractors are strictly prohibited from walking, standing, leaning, sitting, jumping on, or driving over headstones or markers. Tools, equipment, and other items cannot be placed or leaned on markers, and contractors must exercise care to prevent scratching or damage. The contractor bears full responsibility for replacing damaged headstones and markers and restoring any turf damage resulting from work performance.
The clause further requires that if any activity exposes or damages 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 for guidance. Contractors must discuss these requirements with all employees and subcontractors and obtain signed compliance statements from each individual before work commences, with signed statements delivered to the COR prior to project start. Any procedural uncertainties must be escalated to the COR or Contracting Officer for clarification.
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DIGNITY CLAUSE
Respect for Headstones and Markers in National Cemeteries, Handling of Markers and Headstones
1. 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.
2. Any doubts as to proper procedures shall be brought to the attention of the COR, Director/Assistant Director, or CO for guidance or resolution.
3. The contractor is required to discuss the guidance with employees and/or subcontractors and have each employee sign a statement of compliance and deliver the signed statement to the COR before work may begin.
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