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Change Number: DFARS PGI Change 10/10/2024
Effective Date: 10/10/2024

PGI 228.304 Risk-pooling arrangements.

PGI 228.304 Risk-pooling arrangements.

(1) The plan—

(i) Is implemented by attaching an endorsement to standard insurance policy forms for workers' compensation, employer's liability, comprehensive general, and automobile liability. The endorsement states that the instant policy is subject to the National Defense Projects Rating Plan.

(ii) Applies to eligible defense projects of one or more departments/agencies. For purposes of this section, a defense project is any eligible contract or group of contracts with the same contractor.

(A) A defense project is eligible when—

(1) Eligible contracts represent, at the inception of the plan, at least 90 percent of the payroll for the total operations at project locations; and

(2) The annual insurance premium is estimated to be at least $10,000.

(B) A contract is eligible when it is—

(1) Either domestic or foreign;

(2) Cost-reimbursement type; or

(3) Fixed price with redetermination provisions.

(2) Under construction contracts, include construction subcontractors in the prime contractor's plan only when subcontractor operations are at the project site, and the subcontract provides that the prime contractor will furnish insurance.

(3) Use the agreement in Table 28-1, Insurance Rating Plan Agreement, when the Government assumes contractor premium payments upon contract termination or completion.

(4) The Federal Tort Claims Act provides protection for Government employees while driving Government-owned vehicles in the performance of their assigned duties. Include the endorsement in Table 28-2, Automobile Insurance Policy Endorsement, in automobile liability insurance policies provided under the National Defense Projects Rating Plan.