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March 16, 2020 By cs

How coronavirus may effect federal contracts and contractors

In a March 5 letter to agency contractors, Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, told her contracting staff to keep advised of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.

According to the CDC, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. It is formally named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Correa told contractors that “if contract performance is affected due to the COVID-19 situation, such as the need for alternate work locations, or travel or schedule changes, the contracting officer is the authority to discuss this with your company.”

Since the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation’s capital within the past week, federal agencies have begun preparations for possible restrictions that could be implemented in response to the epidemic.

“If your employees must travel to affected areas, please have them contact you prior to their return to discuss possible telework or leave options,” she advised. She added that managers have their employees contact them if they’ve been in close contact with a person “known to have COVID-19” or if airport screeners told them to self-quarantine after returning from travel overseas.

The predicted contracting adjustments will continue to change government contracting regulations as COVID-19 remains a prevalent threat. For example, for federal meetings, officials urged contractor attendees to have an alternate representative ready to send, if the primary contractor falls ill.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.govconwire.com/2020/03/how-coronavirus-may-effect-federal-contracts-and-contractors-soraya-correa-quoted/

The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech has established a webpage where all contract-related developments related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) are summarized.  Find the page at: https://contractingacademy.gatech.edu/coronavirus-information-for-contracting-officers-and-contractors/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition workforce, CDC, coronavirus, COVID-19, DHS, excusable delay

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