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National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Washington, DC 20546 **PN 97-65**

> **September 20, 2001**

**SAFETY AND HEALTH (SHORT FORM)**

***BACKGROUND:*** This PN converts the interim rule published in PN
97-61 to a final rule with changes. PN 97-61 implemented a Safety and
Health (Short Form) clause (1852.223-72) to address safety and
occupational health in all of NASA's contracts above the micropurchase
threshold where the existing NASA Safety and Health clause (1852.223-70)
does not apply. This new clause holds contractors accountable for the
safety and occupational health measures consistent with standard
industry practice in performing the contract. It also defines NASA's
safety priority to protect: (1) the public, (2) astronauts and pilots,
(3) the NASA workforce, and (4) high-value equipment and property.
Additionally, the NASA Safety and Health clause (1852.223-70), the
Safety and Health Plan clause (1852.223-73), and the Major Breach of
Safety or Security clause (1852.223-75), were amended to be consistent
with the new NASA Safety and Health (Short Form) clause by adding the
safety priority. An Alternate I to 1852.223-73 was added to address
submission of safety and health plans under Invitation for Bids (IFB).

The changes to the interim rule contained in this PN add a prescription
for use of Alt I to 1852.223-73, and clarify the submission requirements
for safety and health plans under IFBs.

***ACTION REQUIRED BY CONTRACTING OFFICERS:*** All solicitations issued
after September 20, 2001, which require the submission of a Safety and
Health Plan, must include the revised clause 1852.223-73 or the clause
with its Alt I under IFBs. Solicitations issued before September 20,
2001 may be amended to include the revised clause if including it would
not unduly delay the acquisition.

***CLAUSE CHANGES:*** This PN adds a prescription at 1823.7001(c) for
use of Alternate I to 1852.223-73, amends the text of this Alternate I
to clarify the submission requirement for a Safety and Health Plan under
Invitation for Bids (IFB), and deletes reference to Appendix H in both
the clause at 1852.223-73 and its Alternate I.

***PARTS AFFECTED:*** Changes are made in Parts 1823 and 1852.

***REPLACEMENT PAGES:*** You may use the enclosed pages to replace 23:3,
52:29, 52:30, 52:30.1, 52:30.2, 52:30.3, 52:30.4, 52-93, and 52-94 of
the NFS.

***TYPE OF RULE AND PUBLICATION DATE:*** This PN was published as a
final rule in the Federal Register ([66 FR
48361](http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-23421-filed),
September 20, 2001).

***HEADQUARTERS CONTACT:*** Yolande Harden, Code HK, (202) 358-1279,
email: yharden@mail.hq.nasa.gov.

R. Scott Thompson

Director, Contract Management Division

Enclosures

**1823.7001 NASA solicitation provisions and contract clauses.**

\(a\) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the clause at
1852.223-70, Safety and Health, shall be included in all solicitations
and contracts for \--

\(1\) Negotiated acquisitions of \$1,000,000 or more;

\(2\) Construction, repair, or alteration in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold;

\(3\) Acquisitions having, within their total requirement, construction,
repair, or alteration tasks in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold; and

\(4\) Acquisitions regardless of dollar amount when **\--**

\(i\) Any deliverable contract end item is of a hazardous nature; or

\(ii\) It can reasonably be expected that hazards will be generated and
controlled within the operational environment during the life of the
contract and the contracting officer determines that they warrant
inclusion of the clause.

\(b\) The clause prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section may be
excluded \--

\(1\) From any contract subject to the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
(see FAR Subpart 22.6) or the Service Contract Act of 1965 (see FAR
Subpart 22.10) in which the application of either act and its
implementing regulations constitute adequate safety and occupational
health protection; and

\(2\) When the contracting officer, with the approval of the
installation official(s) responsible for matters of safety and
occupational health, makes a written determination that the clause is
not necessary under the circumstances of the acquisition.

\(c\) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 1852.223-73,
Safety and Health Plan, in solicitations containing the clause at
1852.223-70. This clause may be modified to identify specific
information that is to be included in the plan. After receiving the
concurrence of the center safety and occupational health official(s),
the contracting officer shall include the plan in any resulting
contract. Insert the provision with its Alternate I, in Invitations for
Bid containing the clause at 1852.223-70.

\(d\) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 1852.223-75,
Major Breach of Safety or Security, in all solicitations and contracts
with estimated values of \$500,000 or more, unless waived at a level
above the contracting officer with the concurrence of the project
manager and the installation official(s) responsible for matters of
security, export control, safety, and occupational health. For other
contracts, use of the clause is optional.

\(e\) For all solicitations and contracts exceeding the micro-purchase
threshold that do not include the clause at 1852.223-70, Safety and
Health, the contracting officer shall insert the clause at 1852.223-72,
Safety and Health (Short Form).

## Subpart 1823.71\--Frequency Authorization

**1823.7101** **Contract** **clause.**

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 1852.223-71,
Frequency Authorization, in solicitations and contracts calling for
developing, producing, constructing, testing, or operating a device for
which a radio frequency authorization is required.

**1823.7102** **Procedures.**

The contracting officer shall obtain the necessary frequency
authorization and other procedural details from the installation\'s
spectrum manager.

occupational disease, contamination of property beyond any stated
acceptable limits set forth in the contract Schedule; or property loss
of \$25,000 or more, or Close Call (a situation or occurrence with no
injury, no damage or only minor damage (less than \$1,000) but possesses
the potential to cause any type mishap, or any injury, damage, or
negative mission impact) that may be of immediate interest to NASA,
arising out of work performed under this contract. The Contractor is not
required to include in any report an expression of opinion as to the
fault or negligence of any employee. In addition, service contractors
(excluding construction contracts) shall provide quarterly reports
specifying lost-time frequency rate, number of lost-time injuries,
exposure, and accident/incident dollar losses as specified in the
contract Schedule.

\(e\) The Contractor shall investigate all work-related incidents,
accidents, and Close Calls, to the extent necessary to determine their
causes and furnish the Contracting Officer a report, in such form as the
Contracting Officer may require, of the investigative findings and
proposed or completed corrective actions.

(f)(1) The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor in writing of
any noncompliance with this clause and specify corrective actions to be
taken. The Contractor shall promptly take and report any necessary
corrective action.

\(2\) If the Contractor fails or refuses to institute prompt corrective
action in accordance with subparagraph (f)(1) of this clause, the
Contracting Officer may invoke the stop-work order clause in this
contract or any other remedy available to the Government in the event of
such failure or refusal.

\(g\) The Contractor (or subcontractor or supplier) shall insert the
substance of this clause, including this paragraph (g) and any
applicable Schedule provisions, with appropriate changes of designations
of the parties, in subcontracts of every tier that --

\(1\) Amount to \$1,000,000 or more (unless the Contracting Officer
makes a written determination, after consultation with installation
safety and health representatives, that this is not required);

\(2\) Require construction, repair, or alteration in excess of \$25,000;
or

\(3\) Regardless of dollar amount, involve the use of hazardous
materials or operations.

\(h\) Authorized Government representatives of the Contracting Officer
shall have access to and the right to examine the sites or areas where
work under this contract is being performed in order to determine the
adequacy of the Contractor\'s safety and occupational health measures
under this clause.

\(i\) The contractor shall continually update the safety and health plan
when necessary. In particular**,** the Contractor shall furnish a list
of all hazardous operations to be performed, and a list of other major
or key operations required or planned in the performance of the
contract, even though not deemed hazardous by the Contractor. NASA and
the Contractor shall jointly decide which operations are to be
considered hazardous, with NASA as the final authority. Before hazardous
operations commence, the Contractor shall submit for NASA concurrence
\--

\(1\) Written hazardous operating procedures for all hazardous
operations; and/or

\(2\) Qualification standards for personnel involved in hazardous
operations.

**(End of clause)**

**1852.223-71** **Frequency** **Authorization.**

As prescribed in 1823.7101, insert the following clause:

**FREQUENCY AUTHORIZATION**

**(DECEMBER 1988)**

\(a\) Authorization of radio frequencies required in support of this
contract shall be obtained by the Contractor or subcontractor in need
thereof.

\(b\) For any experimental, developmental, or operational equipment for
which the appropriate frequency allocation has not been made, the
Contractor or subcontractor shall provide the technical operating
characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device to the
Contracting Officer during the initial planning, experimental, or
developmental phase of contractual performance. Procedures furnished by
the Contracting Officer shall be followed in obtaining radio frequency
authorization.

\(c\) This clause, including this paragraph (c), shall be included in
all subcontracts that call for developing, producing, testing, or
operating a device for which a radio frequency authorization is
required.

**(End of clause)**

**1852.223-72 Safety and Health (Short Form).**

As prescribed in 1823.7001(e), insert the following clause:

**SAFETY AND HEALTH (SHORT FORM)**

**(MAY 2001)**

\(a\) Safety is the freedom from those conditions that can cause death,
injury, occupational illness; damage to or loss of equipment or
property, or damage to the environment. NASA's safety priority is to
protect: (1) the public, (2) astronauts and pilots, (3) the NASA
workforce (including contractor employees working on NASA contracts),
and (4) high-value equipment and property.

\(b\) The Contractor shall take all reasonable safety and occupational
health measures consistent with standard industry practice in performing
this contract. The Contractor shall comply with all Federal, State, and
local laws applicable to safety and occupational health and with the
safety and occupational health standards, specifications, reporting
requirements, and any other relevant requirements of this contract.

\(c\) The Contractor shall take, or cause to be taken, any other safety,
and occupational health measures the Contracting Officer may reasonably
direct. To the extent that the Contractor may be entitled to an
equitable adjustment for those measures under the terms and conditions
of this contract, the equitable adjustment shall be determined pursuant
to the procedures of the Changes clause of this contract; provided, that
no adjustment shall be made under this Safety and Health clause for any
change for which an equitable adjustment is expressly provided under any
other clause of the contract.

\(d\) The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor in writing of
any noncompliance with this clause and specify corrective actions to be
taken. The Contractor shall promptly take and report any necessary
corrective action. The Government may pursue appropriate remedies in the
event the contractor fails to promptly take the necessary corrective
action.

\(e\) The Contractor (or subcontractor or supplier) shall insert the
substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e) and any
applicable Schedule provisions, with appropriate changes of designations
of the parties, in subcontracts of every tier that exceed the
micro-purchase threshold.

**(End of clause)**

**1852.223-73  Safety and Health Plan.**

As prescribed in 1823.7001(c), insert the following provision:

##  SAFETY AND HEALTH PLAN

**(SEPTEMBER 2001)**

::: Definition-Term
The offeror shall submit a detailed safety and occupational health plan
as part of its proposal
:::

(see NPG 8715.3, NASA Safety Manual, Appendices). The plan must include
a detailed discussion of the policies, procedures, and techniques that
will be used to ensure the safety and occupational health of contractor
employees and to ensure the safety of all working conditions throughout
the performance of the contract. The plan must similarly address safety
and occupational health for subcontractor employees for any proposed
subcontract whose value is expected to exceed \$500,000, including
commercial services and services provided in support of a commercial
item. Also, when applicable, the plan must address the policies,
procedures, and techniques that will be used to ensure the safety and
occupational health of: (1) the public, (2) astronauts and pilots, (3)
the NASA workforce (including other contractor employees working on NASA
contracts), and (4) high-value equipment and property. This plan, as
approved by the Contracting Officer, will be included in any resulting
contract.

**(End of provision)**

**ALTERNATE I**

**(SEPTEMBER 2001)**

As prescribed in 1823.7001(c), delete the first sentence of the basic
provision and substitute the following:

The apparent low bidder, upon request by the Contracting Officer, shall
submit a detailed safety and occupational health plan (see NPG 8715.3,
NASA Safety Manual, Appendices). The plan shall be submitted within the
time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit an
acceptable plan shall make the bidder ineligible for the award of a
contract.

**1852.223-74 Drug- and alcohol-free workforce.**

As prescribed in 1823.570-3, insert the following clause:

**DRUG- AND ALCOHOL-FREE WORKFORCE**

**(MARCH 1996)**

\(a\) **Definitions.** As used in this clause the terms **\"employee,\"
\"controlled substance,\"** **\"employee in a sensitive position,\"**
and **"use, in violation of applicable law or Federal regulation, of
alcohol"** are as defined in 48 CFR 1823.570-2.

(b)(1) The Contractor shall institute and maintain a program for
achieving a drug-and alcohol-free workforce. As a minimum, the program
shall provide for preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random,
post-accident, and periodic recurring (follow-up) testing of contractor

employees in sensitive positions for use, in violation of applicable law
or Federal regulation, of alcohol or a controlled substance. The
Contractor may establish its testing or rehabilitation program in
cooperation with other contractors or organizations.

\(2\) This clause neither prohibits nor requires the Contractor to test
employees in a foreign country. If the Contractor chooses to conduct
such testing, this clause does not authorize the Contractor to violate
foreign law in conducting such testing.

\(3\) The Contractor\'s program shall test for the use of marijuana and
cocaine. The Contractor\'s program may test for the use of other
controlled substances.

\(4\) The Contractor\'s program shall conform to the \"Mandatory
Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs\" published by
the Department of Health and Human Services (59 FR 29908, June 9, 1994)
and the procedures in 49 CFR part 40, \"Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug Testing Programs,\" in which references to \"DOT\" shall
be read as \"NASA\", and the split sample method of collection shall be
used.

(c)(1) The Contractor\'s program shall provide, where appropriate, for
the suspension, disqualification, or dismissal of any employee in a
sensitive position in any instance where a test conducted and confirmed
under the Contractor\'s program indicates that such individual has used,
in violation of applicable law or Federal regulation, alcohol or a
controlled substance.

\(2\) The Contractor\'s program shall further prohibit any such
individual from working in a sensitive position on a NASA contract,
unless such individual has completed a program of rehabilitation
described in paragraph (d) of this clause.

\(3\) The Contractor\'s program shall further prohibit any such
individual from working in any sensitive position on a NASA contract if
the individual is determined under the Contractor\'s program to have
used, in violation of applicable law or Federal regulation, alcohol or a
controlled substance and the individual meets any of the following
criteria:

\(i\) The individual had undertaken or completed a rehabilitation
program described in paragraph (d) of this clause prior to such use;

\(ii\) Following such determination, the individual refuses to undertake
such a rehabilitation program;

\(iii\) Following such determination, the individual fails to complete
such a rehabilitation program; or

\(iv\) The individual used a controlled substance or alcohol while on
duty.

\(d\) The Contractor shall institute and maintain an appropriate
rehabilitation program which shall, as a minimum, provide for the
identification and opportunity for treatment of employees whose duties
include responsibility for safety-sensitive, security, or National
security functions who are in need of assistance in resolving problems
with the use of alcohol or controlled substances.

\(e\) The requirements of this clause shall take precedence over any
state or local Government laws, rules, regulations, ordinances,
standards, or orders that are inconsistent with the requirements of this
clause.

\(f\) For any collective bargaining agreement, the Contractor will
negotiate the terms of its program with employee representatives, as
appropriate, under labor relations laws or negotiated agreements. Such
negotiation, however, cannot change the requirements of this clause.
Employees covered under collective bargaining agreements will not be
subject to the requirements of this clause until those agreements have
been modified, as necessary; provided, however, that if one year after
commencement of negotiation the parties have failed to reach agreement,
an impasse will be determined to have been reached and the Contractor
will unilaterally implement the requirements of this clause.

\(g\) The Contractor shall insert a clause containing all the terms of
this clause, including this paragraph (g), in all subcontracts in which
work is performed by an employee in a sensitive position, except
subcontracts for commercial items (see FAR parts 2 and 12).

**(End of clause)**

**1852.223-75 Major Breach of Safety or Security.**

As prescribed in 1823.7001(d), insert the following clause:

**MAJOR BREACH OF SAFETY OR SECURITY**

**(MAY 2001)**

\(a\) Safety is the freedom from those conditions that can cause death,
injury, occupational

illness, damage to or loss of equipment or property, or damage to the
environment. Safety is essential to NASA and is a material part of this
contract. NASA's safety priority is to protect: (1) the public; (2)
astronauts and pilots; (3) the NASA workforce (including contractor
employees working on NASA contracts); and (4) high-value equipment and
property. A major breach of safety may constitute a breach of contract
that entitles the Government to exercise any of its rights and remedies
applicable to material parts of this contract, including termination for
default. A major breach of safety must be related directly to the work
on the contract. A major breach of safety is an act or omission of the
Contractor that consists of an accident, incident, or exposure resulting
in a fatality or mission failure; or in damage to equipment or property
equal to or greater than \$1 million; or in any \"willful\" or
\"repeat\" violation cited by the Occupational Health and Safety
Administration (OSHA) or by a state agency operating under an OSHA
approved plan.

\(b\) Security is the condition of safeguarding against espionage,
sabotage, crime (including computer crime), or attack. A major breach of
security may constitute a breach of contract that entitles the
Government to exercise any of its rights and remedies applicable to
material parts of this contract, including termination for default. A
major breach of security may occur on or off Government installations,
but must be related directly to the work on the contract. A major breach
of security may arise from any of the following: compromise of
classified information; illegal technology transfer; workplace violence
resulting in criminal conviction; sabotage; compromise or denial of
information technology services; damage or loss greater than \$250,000
to the Government; or theft.

\(c\) In the event of a major breach of safety or security, the
Contractor shall report the breach to the Contracting Officer. If
directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall conduct its
own investigation and report the results to the Government. The
Contractor shall cooperate with the Government investigation, if
conducted.

**(End of clause)**

**1852.225-8** **Duty-Free Entry of Space Articles.**

As prescribed in 1825.1101(e), add the following paragraph (k) to the
basic clause at FAR 52.225-8:

\(k\) The following supplies will be given duty-free entry:

\[Insert the supplies that are to be accorded duty-free entry.\]

**(End of addition)**

**1852.225-70 Export Licenses.**

As prescribed in 1825.1103-70(b), insert the following clause:

**EXPORT LICENSES**

**(FEBRUARY 2000)**

\(a\) The Contractor shall comply with all U.S. export control laws and
regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120 through 130, and the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730 through 799, in the performance of
this contract. In the absence of available license
exemptions/exceptions, the Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining
the appropriate licenses or other approvals, if required, for exports of
hardware, technical data, and software, or for the provision of
technical assistance.

\(b\) The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining export licenses,
if required, before utilizing foreign persons in the performance of this
contract, including instances where the work is to be performed on-site
at \[*insert name of NASA installation*\], where the foreign person will
have access to export-controlled technical data or software.

\(c\) The Contractor shall be responsible for all regulatory record
keeping requirements associated with the use of licenses and license
exemptions/exceptions.

\(d\) The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that the
provisions of this clause apply to its subcontractors.

**(End of clause)**

**ALTERNATE I**

**(FEBRUARY 2000)**

As prescribed in 1825.1103-70(b), add the following paragraph (e) as
Alternate I to the clause:

\(e\) The Contractor may request, in writing, that the Contracting
Officer authorize it to export ITAR-controlled technical data (including
software) pursuant to the exemption at 22 CFR 125.4(b)(3). The
Contracting Officer or designated representative may authorize or direct
the use of the exemption where the data does not disclose details of the
design, development, production, or manufacture of any defense article.