Defense Base Act - Covered Contractor Employees.

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652.228-70 Defense Base Act - Covered Contractor Employees.

As prescribed in 628.309-70(a), insert the following provision:

Defense Base Act - Covered Contractor Employees (FEB 2015)

(a) Bidders/offerors shall indicate below whether or not any of the following categories of employees will be employed on the resultant contract, and, if so, the number of such employees:

Category Yes/No Number
(1) United States citizens or residents
(2) Individuals hired in the United States, regardless of citizenship
(3) Local nationals or third country nationals where contract performance takes place in a country where there are no local workers' compensation laws Local nationals:
__________
Third country nationals:
__________
(4) Local nationals or third country nationals where contract performance takes place in a country where there are local workers' compensation laws Local nationals:
__________
Third country nationals:
__________

(b) The contracting officer has determined that for performance in the country of [contracting officer insert country of performance and check the appropriate block below]

□ Workers' compensation laws exist that will cover local nationals and third country nationals.

□ Workers' compensation laws do not exist that will cover local nationals and third country nationals.

(c) If the bidder/offeror has indicated “yes” in block (a)(4) of this provision, the bidder/offeror shall not purchase Defense Base Act insurance for those employees. However, the bidder/offeror shall assume liability toward the employees and their beneficiaries for war-hazard injury, death, capture, or detention, in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.228-4.

(End of provision)

[71 FR 34841, June 16, 2006; 71 FR 41177, July 20, 2006; 80 FR 6932, Feb. 9, 2015]


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