; or (B) an additional amount of time to carry out the responsibilities of the covered entity under the contract that the head of the Federal agency determines to be appropriate after taking into consideration the severity of the adverse impact experienced by the covered entity. (2) Payment continuation If the performance of all or any part of the work of a Federal goods or services contract in force and effect during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 2021, is unavoidably delayed or interrupted by the small business contractor employees’ inability to access Government facilities, systems, or other Government-provided resources due to restrictions related to COVID–19 that have been imposed by any authority or due to orders or instructions issued by the Contracting Agency in response to COVID–19, the Government shall pay the small business contractor, upon the submission of the documentation required by the contract and according to the terms specified in the contract, the prices stipulated in the contract for goods or services as if the small business contractor had rendered and the Government accepted the goods or services. Contractor delivery schedules shall be revised and small business contractors shall be eligible for equitable adjustments based on the revised schedules. (3) Temporary sole-source award parity among contracting programs Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 2021, with respect to a small business concern owned and controlled by women, an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business, a HUBZone small business concern, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to the small business concern if the anticipated award price of the contract will not exceed the maximum permissible amount for the contract, as provided under the