
Post award, this sponsor will need to verify you have an approved TS/SCI DD254 form as well, but this is one of the fastest methods (unless you already have usable SCIF space) for implementing contract requirements If you go this route, keep in mind your business partner may need to seek approval for a “Co-use” agreement with the SCIF sponsor prior to committing to a sublease agreement with you. Especially with larger companies, they often have existing SCIF lease space that is underutilized and may jump at the opportunity to sublease to you in order to reduce their costs, which may also create other business partnership synergies attractive to the customer. Often, there is a requirement to be within a certain geographic distance of the client for the work to be performed and you may not have much choice in the matterĪnother method is to reach out to business partnerships you may have that already possess SCIF space. Hence, all equipment, media and documents within SCIFs, Vaults, Secure Rooms and classified Controlled Access Areas (CAA) must be marked with classification levels and handling caveats.Read the RFP carefully…Often the customer understands that respondents may not already have secure facilities in place and will make provisions for this by stating the respondent would need to have facilities constructed within a certain period of time “post award,” or will specifically ask for a plan/cost for this to occur be included in the RFP response.ĭepending on the respondent, this could mean several different actions, from speaking with your existing property management about expansion of your existing space, finding space within your facility, or in the same geographic area. This total marking of all assets in a classified environment eliminates the assumption that anything not marked is unclassified. are being used - all classified equipment, media and documents must be properly marked with classification levels and handling caveats - AND ALL UNCLASSIFIED equipment (servers, client workstations, printers, routers, crypto, etc.), media and documents must also be properly marked as unclassified and with handling caveats such as FOUO, when appropriate. For instance: In areas where any classified equipment such as servers, client workstations, printers, routers, crypto, etc. In a classified operating environment, all unclassified items must be marked in addition to all classified items.

All deployed SIPRNet equipment should already contain applicable classification markings/labels.Įnsure ALL equipment/media/documents in the areas housing SIPRNet assets contain proper classification markings. The only exception will be for urgent (short term) tactical operations or other contingency situations where fixed facilities and equipment are not yet present or incapable of being used. TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT: This check is applicable in a tactical environment if classified documents or media are created/extracted from the SIPRNet.

Hence, all equipment, media and documents within SCIFs, Vaults, Secure Rooms and classified Controlled Access Areas (CAA) must be marked with classification levels and handling caveats. Failure to properly mark classified material could result in the loss or compromise of classifiedĬheck to ensure ALL equipment/media/documents in the areas housing SIPRNet assets contain proper classification markings.
