Government-Furnished and Privately-Owned Equipment Sample Clauses
The Government-Furnished and Privately-Owned Equipment clause defines the responsibilities and procedures regarding equipment provided by the government or owned by the contractor for use in a project. It typically outlines how government-furnished equipment (GFE) will be delivered, maintained, and returned, as well as the contractor’s obligations for safeguarding and accounting for such items. For privately-owned equipment, the clause may specify conditions for its use, inspection, and liability in case of loss or damage. This clause ensures clear allocation of responsibility and risk between the parties, preventing disputes over equipment ownership, maintenance, and accountability during the contract.
Government-Furnished and Privately-Owned Equipment. (1) The Agency is under no obligation to provide government-furnished equipment to employees solely for the purpose of teleworking. Supervisors, at their unreviewable discretion, and if funding permits, may authorize certain items and services for the individual teleworker, such as computers, printers, and telecommunications equipment and services.
(2) Employees who have an Agency-issued laptop or mobile phone assigned to them must use that assigned equipment while teleworking and must take reasonable safeguards against theft and damage when they use and transport the equipment while teleworking.
(3) All Agency-issued equipment and supplies remain the property of the Agency. The Agency is responsible for the service and maintenance of Agency-issued equipment.
(4) The Agency has no obligation to service or maintain equipment belonging to the employee, even if the employee uses the equipment for Agency work.
(5) Employees whose office worksite phone lines have a call forwarding function must use this function to forward calls to the office to a phone available to the employee at the employee’s alternative work location. Unless the call forwarding function is not available, callers should not be directed by an outgoing message to dial a different number to reach an employee at an alternative work station. An employee cannot be only accessible by phone by retrieving voicemail messages from the office site phone line.
(6) If an employee furnishes the employee’s own equipment at the alternative work location, the Agency will not reimburse the employee for the purchasing costs of the equipment. The employee is responsible for the maintenance, repair and replacement of privately-owned equipment. The Agency will not reimburse the employee for the maintenance, repair and replacement of privately-owned equipment, including broadband.
(7) The Agency will not reimburse employees for the utility costs (e.g., heating, air conditioning, lighting and the operation of government-furnished computers) for alternative work locations. Utility costs include the monthly service charges for telephone or specific telephone charges. Teleworking employees making long distance calls to conduct official government business may use Agency issued mobile phones, if available. As with all Agency equipment, Agency issued mobile phones are subject to Agency monitoring to ensure that they are being utilized in connection with Agency business.
(8) If an employee works at an alternative work lo...