Symptom Screening

Symptom Screening

Highlights:

• Onsite federal employees, onsite contractor employees, and visitors who need to report to the workplace must complete symptom screening before they report each day.
• The Facility Security Committee (FSC) must decide which screen criteria and procedures to use, and coordinate with security organizations.

Q: Is symptom screening required before agency onsite employees, onsite contractor employees, and visitors come to the workplace?

A: If federal employees, onsite contractor employees, or visitors have symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they should not enter a federal workplace.

Federal employees and contractors working on site should regularly complete virtual or in-person health checks (ask about symptoms, close contact with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection, and SARS-CoV-2 testing and diagnosis status). The agency will use this information to assess the individual’s risk level and to determine whether the individual should be allowed entry to the workplace. Visitors may be asked to complete symptom screening before entering a federal facility. In developing these tools, agencies may adapt the one developed by CDC.

Acquisition and Payment

Highlights:

• First, the FSC must vote to adopt Enhanced Entry Screening Services (EEES).
• Then the occupant agency must provide funding and develop an enforcement strategy.
• Then the GSA project team will determine an appropriate acquisition strategy.
• Leased facilities must coordinate with the lessor.
• Occupant agencies need to fund services based on their square footage.

Q: If a facility’s FSC votes to adopt symptom screening criteria and procedures at the entrances to a GSA-controlled facility, how are those services acquired, and who pays?

A: Once the FSC votes to adopt these “Enhanced Entry Screening Services” (EESS), the occupant agencies have provided the required funding, and an enforcement strategy is developed, the GSA project team will determine an appropriate acquisition strategy, in consultation with the FSC, using GSA’s EESS procurement resources, and acquire the services. In leased facilities, these activities must also be coordinated with the lessor. Occupant agencies are required to provide funding for these services based on their pro rata share of the facility’s rentable square footage.