1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i COVID-19 Pandemics Effect on Government Contracts March 24, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic and related mandates and recommendations to practice social distancing, work from home, shelter in place, and self-qu
2、arantine impact government contracts by disrupting supply chains and business operations. These disruptions may make it difficult and potentially impossible for some federal contractors to perform government procurement contracts as originally contemplated. Disruptions will likely alter government p
3、rocurement priorities and have prompted questions about how the novel COVID-19 pandemic might affect federal acquisitions and government contractor performance. The pandemics effect on existing federal contracts will depend in large part upon agency needs, the duration of pandemic response actions,
4、and each contracts type and terms. Legal principles underlying standard contract clauses that often must be incorporated in procurement contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency-specific FAR supplements like the Department of Defenses (DoDs) Defense Federal Acquisition Regu
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