Subcontracts and Work Coordination - effective

852.236-80 Subcontracts and Work Coordination.

As prescribed in 836.101-771, insert the following clause:

SUBCONTRACTS AND WORK COORDINATION (OCT 2026)(DEVIATION)

(a) Nothing contained in this contract is to be construed as creating any contractual relationship between any subcontractor and the Government. Divisions or sections of specifications are not intended to control the Contractor in dividing work among subcontractors, or to limit work performed by any trade

(b) The Contractor is responsible to the Government for acts and omissions of his/her own employees, and of the subcontractors and their employees. The Contractor is also responsible for coordination of the work of the trades, subcontractors, and material suppliers.

(c) The Government or its representatives must not undertake to settle any differences between the Contractor and subcontractors or between subcontractors.

(d) The Government reserves the right to refuse to permit employment on the work, or require dismissal from the work, of any subcontractor or subcontractor employee who, by reason of previous unsatisfactory work on Department of Veterans Affairs projects or for any other reason, is considered by the Contracting Officer to be incompetent, careless, or otherwise objectionable.

(End of clause)

Alternate I (OCT 2026)(DEVIATION)

For requirements that include new construction work with complex mechanical-electrical work substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic clause above:

(b) The Contractor is responsible to the Government for acts and omissions of his/her own employees, and subcontractors and their employees. The Contractor is also responsible for coordination of the work of the trades, subcontractors, and material suppliers.

(1) The Contractor must, in advance of the work, prepare coordination drawings showing the location of openings through slabs, the pipe sleeves and hanger inserts, as well as the location and elevation of utility lines, including, but not limited to, conveyor systems, pneumatic tubes, ducts, and conduits and pipes 2 inches and larger in diameter.

(i) These drawings, including plans, elevations, and sections as appropriate, must clearly show the manner in which the utilities fit into the available space and relate to each other and to existing building elements.

(ii) Drawings must be of appropriate scale to satisfy the previously stated purposes, but not smaller than 3/8-inch scale.

(iii) Drawings may be composite (with distinctive colors for the various trades) or may be separate but fully coordinated drawings (such as sepias or photographic paper reproducible) of the same scale.