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Ex. SEC-19-010 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 14042

Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

President of the United States · United States (Federal)

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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
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 note

86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 14, 2021); same document as Ex. SEC-12-008.