(Revised November 19, 2013, through PROCLTR 2014-35)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUBPART 28.1 – BONDS AND OTHER FINANCIAL PROTECTIONS
28.106 Administration.
28.106-90 Review of bonds and consent of surety.
SUBPART 28.3 – INSURANCE
28.305 Overseas workers’ compensation and war-hazard insurance.
28.307 Insurance under cost-reimbursement contracts.
28.307-1 Group insurance plans.
SUBPART 28.1 – BONDS AND OTHER FINANCIAL PROTECTIONS
28.106-90 Review of bonds and consent of surety.
Contracting officers shall obtain legal sufficiency from their Counsel on all bonds and all consents of surety. The original signed bond shall subsequently be retained with the original copy of the contract when practical.
28.305 Overseas workers’ compensation and war-hazard insurance.
(d)(S-90) Defense Base Act waivers.
(a) Requests for waiver of Defense Base Act requirements must be made in writing on Form BEC 565, Request for Waiver – Defense Base Act. Prepare requests in accordance with FAR 28.305(d) and DFARS PGI 228.305(d). Contracting officers seeking a waiver shall prepare the request for waiver, staff it in accordance with agency policy (including, at a minimum, coordination with their Counsel), and send it to the Agency labor advisor in the DLA Acquisition J71 who will staff it for signature. Requests for waiver will be signed by the Director, DLA Acquisition J7, who has delegated agency head authority. Following signature, J71 will send the Form BEC 565 and other pertinent information to the Director, OWCP, U.S. Department of Labor, ESA/OWCP, Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room C-4315, Washington, DC 20210, with a copy to the DPAP staff. J71 will notify the contracting office when approval or disapproval is received from the Department of Labor (DOL).
(b) Copies of the Form BEC 565 may be obtained in writing from the Director, Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation, at the address above, by e-mail, or by calling (202) 693-0038. For detailed answers to questions about the Defense Base Act see the DOL website: http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lsdba.htm.
28.307 Insurance under cost-reimbursement contracts.
28.307-1-90 Group insurance plans.
(a) For DLA, submit insurance policies under the Defense Department Group Term Insurance Plan to the Director, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), for approval.