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DoD to Continue Payments to Contractors Off Work Due to COVID-19

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, April 10th, 2020

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DoD to Continue Payments to Contractors Off Work Due to COVID-19

The Pentagon’s Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC) office is allowing payments to continue for contractors whose facilities have been shuttered or who have otherwise been unable to work since Jan. 31 through Sept. 30, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The office issued a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) entitled, "CARES Act Section 3610 Implementation," and will provide a framework for contracting officers to assess claimed allowable costs associated with…

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