DIGNITY CLAUSE.docx
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This is a Dignity Clause document establishing mandatory conduct standards for contractor personnel working at national cemeteries under the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. The clause requires all contractor activities to 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 explicitly prohibited from walking, standing, leaning, sitting, jumping on, or driving over headstones or markers, and cannot place or lean tools, equipment, or other items on them. Contractors must exercise care to avoid scratching or damaging markers and are fully responsible for replacing any damaged headstones and markers as well as restoring any damaged turf resulting from their work.
The clause further requires that contractors immediately contact the Contracting Officer (CO), Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), or Director/Assistant Director if any work activity results in exposure or damage to human remains, containers for remains, or outer burial containers. All contractor employees and subcontractors must receive instruction on these requirements and sign a statement of compliance prior to beginning work. The COR and Cemetery Director may provide guidance on dignity clause compliance, but only the CO is authorized to approve any modifications to contract terms and conditions.
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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. While the COR and/or Cemetery Director may give guidance regarding the dignity clause, compliance, and performance, only the CO can authorize changes to the contract terms and conditions.
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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