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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This provision requires an offeror to submit a written plan with its offer explaining how it will continue performing essential contractor services during a crisis. The plan must cover how the contractor will obtain essential personnel and resources for up to 30 days or until normal operations resume, and address specific challenges like pandemics, mobilization procedures, and employee communication.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Provide a written plan with the offer describing how essential contractor services will continue during periods of crisis
  • Identify provisions for acquiring essential personnel and resources for continuity of operations for up to 30 days or until normal operations resume
  • Address challenges of maintaining services during an extended event such as a pandemic with repeated waves
  • Address the time lapse between initiating acquisition of essential personnel and resources and their actual availability on site

Key terms: essential contractor service · mission-essential functions · periods of crisis · continuity of operations · essential personnel and resources

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 237.7603(b), use the following provision:

Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services (OCT 2010)

(a) Definitions. Essential contractor service and mission-essential functions have the meanings given in the clause at 252.237-7023, Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, in this solicitation.

(b) The offeror shall provide with its offer a written plan describing how it will continue to perform the essential contractor services listed in attachment __, Mission Essential Contractor Services, dated ________, during periods of crisis. The offeror shall—

(1) Identify provisions made for the acquisition of essential personnel and resources, if necessary, for continuity of operations for up to 30 days or until normal operations can be resumed;

(2) Address in the plan, at a minimum—

(i) Challenges associated with maintaining essential contractor services during an extended event, such as a pandemic that occurs in repeated waves;

(ii) The time lapse associated with the initiation of the acquisition of essential personnel and resources and their actual availability on site;

(iii) The components, processes, and requirements for the identification, training, and preparedness of personnel who are capable of relocating to alternate facilities or performing work from home;

(iv) Any established alert and notification procedures for mobilizing identified “essential contractor service” personnel; and

(v) The approach for communicating expectations to contractor employees regarding their roles and responsibilities during a crisis.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 237.7603 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 237.7603 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

← 252.237-7023 Continuation of Essential Contractor Services. · 252.237-7025 Preaward Transparency Requirements for Firms Offering to Support Department of Defense Audits—Representation and Disclosure. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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