The Department of Defense has announced that its Pricing and Contracting Office will allow funds from the CARES Act to be used for payments for contractors who are unable to work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Reporter Andrew Dieleman has more…
The newly-established class deviation to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will allow agencies to reimburse contractors for payment to workers who are unable to work due to closures or other restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The deviation establishes a framework for contracting officers to determine, and claim, costs associated with the public health emergency, supporting affected contractors. A guidance memo, Frequently Asked Questions document, and other links are available below.
- Guidance memo: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pacc/cc/COVID-19.html
- DOD: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus/
- Joint Acquisition Task Force: https://www.acq.osd.mil/jatf.html
- Defense Contracting Management Agency: https://www.dcma.mil/
- Industrial Policy: https://www.businessdefense.gov/coronavirus/
- Pricing & Contracting: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pacc/cc/COVID-19.html
- Defense Acquisition University: https://www.dau.edu/
