The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (U.S. Department of Transportation; all Operating Administrations except the FAA)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- DOT Acquisition Directive authority (TAR, 48 C.F.R. part 1201); EO 14042; EO 13991
- Issued
- 2021-09-17 Sept. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-17 ("This DAD is effective immediately") (read as 2021-09-17)
- End
- in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and after (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 17, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther
- Addressees
- DOT contractors and subcontractors with employees physically on-site at DOT operations or facilities (all OAs except FAA)
- Functions reached
- WF contractor workforce (vaccination attestation or testing as a condition of site access)
- HR
- PL placements of staffing, janitorial, security and IT contractors at federal transportation sites
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"This U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Acquisition Directive (DAD) establishes the policy and procedures for on-site contractors reporting to a DOT facility or operational location in during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. II. Effective Date This DAD is effective immediately." "[This DAD] applies to all DOT Operating Administrations (OA), with the exception of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)." Contractor employees "shall attest to their employer as to their vaccination status"; contractors "shall attest to the vaccination status of their employees who will be physically on-site at a DOT operation or facility" and "must communicate to their assigned DOT Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) that all of their contractor employees reporting to DOT operations or facilities are following this guidance and are either vaccinated or are testing as specified in this DAD."
Enforcement
contract administration (COR oversight; access denial); EO 14042 implementation
Notes
Third-quarter 2021 instrument reaching the federal-contractor workforce in transportation: staffing, janitorial, security, engineering and IT firms with employees at DOT sites.