U.S. Department of Labor 
Employment Standards Administration
Wage and Hour Division
Washington, D.C. 20210
AUG 2 8 996
NOTE: Executive Order (E.O.) 12933 was
revoked on February 17, 2001
(See E.O. 13204 and
Department of Labor Final Rule
66 FR 16126, March 23, 2001)
MERORANDUM NO. 186  
TO: All Government Contracting Agencies of the
Federal Government and the District of Columbia
FROM: MARIA ECHAVESTE
Administrator
SU JECT: Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain
Contracts
Executive Order 12933, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under
Certain Contracts (59 FR 53560), attached hereto, requires that
workers on a building service contract be given the right of
first refusal for employment with the successor contractor, if
they would otherwise lose their jobs as a result of the termina-
tion of the contract. The Department published a notice of
proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on July 18, 1995 (60
FR/3G756) and is working with the Federal Acquisition Council and
other interested parties to issue implementing regulations in the
near future.
However, the Department does not believe that implementation of
th) Executive Order must await final regulations, Accordingly,
in order to effectuate an orderly transition and to ensure that
workers' rights are protected, the Department is requesting that
agencies take action, as required by section 4 of the Executive
Order, to ensure that the attached contract clauses are included
in full in every solicitation and contract entered into by the
United States equal to or in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold of $100,000, where the contract requires the provision
of building services and succeeds a contract for the performance
of similar services at one or more of the same public buildings.
Attachments

GRAPHIC – “FEDERAL REGISTER / Vol. 89, No. 204 Monday, October 24 1994”