Common use of Key Control Clause in Contracts

Key Control. The Contractor shall ensure that all keys issued to Contractor support personnel are accounted for and controlled. At a minimum, the Contractor shall be responsible for the following: 1. Ensuring keys are only used by the Contractor's employees 2. Prohibiting the opening of locked areas by the Contractor's employees to permit entrance of persons other than the Contractor or Census Bureau employees engaged in the performance of assigned work in those areas 3. Ensuring keys issued to the Contractor by the Government are not duplicated 4. Ensuring keys issued by the Government are not lost or misplaced 5. Reporting the loss of any key in writing to the COR within eight (8) clock hours of occurrence or at the beginning of the next scheduled workday, whichever occurs first