{"id":"FED-266","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal contractors)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management)","authority":"OMB procurement policy authority; FAR","instrument":"OMB Memorandum M-20-18","title":"Managing Federal Contract Performance Issues Associated with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"no stated expiry; guidance operated through 2020","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["TELE","EMP"],"addressees":["heads of departments and agencies (contracting officers)","federal contractors"],"clause":"Agencies are urged to work with their contractors, if they haven\u0027t already, to evaluate and maximize telework for contractor employees, wherever possible.... if a contractor is unable to perform in a timely manner due to quarantining, social distancing, or other COVID-19 related interruptions, agencies should consider whether excusable delay provisions apply...","enforcement":"OMB directive to contracting officers","functions":["PL staffing, janitorial, security and IT contractor personnel at federal sites","PJ contract performance postponed or converted to telework","CB federal contractor base"],"notes":"The federal customer instructed its contractors to move to telework and treated COVID-19 interruptions as excusable delay; a federal order limiting commerce at contractor workplaces.","sourceUrl":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/M-20-18.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6845093,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-266","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-266","citation":"Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management), OMB Memorandum M-20-18 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-266)","stateName":"","related":[]}