{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-652.228-70","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 652.228-70","heading":"652.228-70 Defense Base Act—Covered Contractor Employees.","body":"As prescribed in 628.309-70(a), insert the following provision:\nDefense Base Act—Covered Contractor Employees (FEB 2015)\n(a) Bidders/offerors shall indicate below whether or not any of the following categories of employees will be employed on the resultant contract, and, if so, the number of such employees:\nCategory Yes/No Number\n(1) United States citizens or residents\n(2) Individuals hired in the United States, regardless of citizenship\n(3) Local nationals or third country nationals where contract performance takes place in a country where there are no local workers' compensation laws Local nationals: ____________________ Third country nationals: ____________________\n(4) Local nationals or third country nationals where contract performance takes place in a country where there are local workers' compensation laws Local nationals: ____________________ Third country nationals: ____________________\n(b) The contracting officer has determined that for performance in the country of [contracting officer insert country of performance and check the appropriate block below]\n□ Workers' compensation laws exist that will cover local nationals and third country nationals.\n□ Workers' compensation laws do not exist that will cover local nationals and third country nationals.\n(c) If the bidder/offeror has indicated “yes” in block (a)(4) of this provision, the bidder/offeror shall not purchase Defense Base Act insurance for those employees. However, the bidder/offeror shall assume liability toward the employees and their beneficiaries for war-hazard injury, death, capture, or detention, in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.228-4.\n(End of provision)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER H—CLAUSES AND FORMS","PART 652—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES","Subpart 652.2—Text of Provisions and Clauses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"7c258b8d0573934f2b2dc2cf5c318d5402d1e5aeb801ebe0c0ed0beb8c7fe216","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-652.225-71","next":"us/48-cfr-652.228-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}