The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; 3 U.S.C. 301
- Issued
- 2021-09-09 Sept. 9, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-09; clause required in solicitations from Oct. 15, 2021 and contracts from Nov. 14, 2021 (read as 2021-09-09)
- End
- Enjoined nationwide Dec. 7, 2021 (Georgia v. Biden, S.D. Ga.), later narrowed; revoked May 2023 (post-period) (read as 2021-12-07)
- In force
- Sept. 9, 2021 to Dec. 7, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- executive agencies
- federal contractors and subcontractors for services, including janitorial, security and staffing contractors
- Functions reached
- PL, JS, SG at federal facilities and on federal service contracts
- HR vaccination status of covered contractor employees
- Collection
- Staffing and Support Services SEC-19
Operative words
Sec. 2.... agencies... shall, to the extent permitted by law, ensure that contracts and contract-like instruments... include a clause that the contractor and any subcontractors (at any tier) shall incorporate into lower-tier subcontracts. This clause shall specify that the contractor or subcontractor shall, for the duration of the contract, comply with all guidance for contractor or subcontractor workplace locations published by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force... (b) By September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force... shall, as part of its issuance of Task Force Guidance, provide definitions of relevant terms for contractors and subcontractors
Enforcement
Contract clause; termination and debarment remedies
Notes
Janitorial, security and staffing firms are among the largest federal service contractors (GSA custodial and guard contracts, DHS/FPS protective security officers, agency temporary-staffing contracts); the order reached them by name of function through the Task Force definitions (Ex. SEC-19-020).
Retrieval note86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 14, 2021); same document as Ex. SEC-12-008.