PSC Welcomes Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Federal Contractors |
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 1, 2019)—The Professional Services Council (PSC) welcomed Oct. 31 action by the President to revoke a 2009 Executive Order (EO) requiring a successor contractor on an agency’s covered contract to offer the predecessor’s qualified employees the right of first refusal to work on the new contract.
EO 13495 (1/30/09) applies to contracts under the Service Contract Act, which was issued by President Obama in 2009. A final Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule was issued in December 2012 and became effective Jan. 18, 2013. At that time and over the years, PSC has expressed concerns with several aspects of the rule and its implementation.
“The Obama-era non-displacement EO has been on PSC’s list of problematic orders since it was issued and was among a list of EOs PSC provided to the Trump transition team. We welcome the revocation of this executive order, as we have continued to see implementation challenges for our member companies," said PSC Executive Vice President and Counsel Alan Chvotkin.
PSC expects it will take up to several weeks for the existing regulations to be rescinded and will await next steps.
“We look forward to working with the Administration and the FAR Council as this moves along,” Chvotkin continued.
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