space cowboys, weed, safety, and NASA

There could be security clearance requirements requiring compliance with all federal laws (for safety reasons).

Maybe the contractor drives a government vehicle and local clauses prohibit drug use as a safety matter.

This is styled as a "safety" review -- not a drug-free workplace review, and not a security clearance review, and not a safe driving review.  NASA takes flight safety VERY seriously, and rightly so.  This is not a contracting matter.

ji20874 said:

This is not a contracting matter.

I agree that NASA takes safety very seriously.  However, I am curious about this statement.  If it is not a contracting matter, what is the government's authority to conduct such a review?

I have worked on DoS and DoD contracts that had clauses for code of employee behavior,  heavy handed personal liabilities clauses, contractor termination clauses, and more, I know its possible it could be a "'contracting matter" if the government included same or similar clauses.

ABC News reported " (NASA) officials issued a press release this week saying they would be undertaking a “cultural assessment study” of commercial partners SpaceX and Boeing “to ensure the companies are meeting NASA’s requirements for workplace safety, including the adherence to a drug-free environment.”

Any managers reading this should announce, during the next company-wide or targeted pee test, that it is merely a "cultural assessment study."

How are SpaceX services not commercial items?

here_2_help,

I don’t know if they are or aren’t, but I would look to the definition of commercial item under para. (6).  My guess is that they are not.