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5.7.2 The Government has determined that performance of this contract requires Contractor, subcontractor(s), vendor(s), etc., (herein known as Contractor) to access sensitive Government information and will require access to classified National Security Information (herein known as classified information) up to and including Top Secret/ SCI classification level. Those unique descriptions shall be itemized in the Post Exhibit. Refer to specific security addendums attached to DD Form 254 for any unique agency requirements.

5.7.3 The Contractor and Contractor Employees, in addition to meeting FPS background fitness requirements, shall require security clearance eligibility for this contract and task order(s). The Top

Secret facility clearance shall apply to the Contractor. The Top Secret/SCI clearance shall apply to the

Contractor Employees.

5.7.4 A Contractor Employee shall be subject to a background investigation prior to working on site, where requirements for such security clearances exist. This requirement may also pertain to other

Contractor Employees, who for any reason may visit a work site during the contract period.

5.7.4.1 Any investigation conducted by or for another federal agency on a Contractor or individual that is of same or higher type and scope as one required for position is sufficient to meet investigation requirements prescribed in National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).

5.7.4.2 The Government, in partnership with Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), shall grant reciprocal recognition of clearance eligibility when the following requirements have been fulfilled:

The prior determination is based on Executive Order 12968 standards;

The prior determination is based on an investigation of the same or higher level , and that investigation was completed within the last five years;

The prior clearance eligibility is the same or higher level; and

There is not previously unknown or non‐adjudicated derogatory information.

5.7.5 The Contractor shall comply with provisions of FAR 52.204‐2 Security Requirements.

5.7.5.1 The NISPOM is available from Defense Security Service (DSS) or mail in a request for publication to Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402‐9238 (ISBN: 0‐16‐045560‐X).

5.8 Security Clearance Requirements

5.8.1 The Contractor shall abide by requirements set forth in the DD Form 254, NISPOM, and as directed by DSS, for the protection of classified information, if the contract requires access to classified information.

5.8.2 The Contractor and all applicable Contractor Employees shall receive clearances pursuant to

Defense Industrial Security Regulations or other applicable regulations.

5.8.3 A Contractor Employee may not work at a classified post until a Visit Authorization Request

Letter(s) or a final clearance is received.

5.8.4 The Contractor shall comply with applicable subsection below as identified by CO;

5.8.4(a) The Contractor shall possess a facility clearance of TOP SECRET prior to submission of proposal or quote.

5.9 Security Clearance Determinations

5.9.1 A security clearance determination is a process, separate and distinct from a fitness determination. Personnel security clearances applications, SF Form 86, Questionnaire for National

Security Positions, are available through the OPM e‐QIP system.

5.9.2 The minimum investigative standards for access to Secret classified information shall be a

National Agency Check with Law and Credit (NACLC).2

5.9.3 The minimum investigative standard for access to Top Secret classified information shall be a

Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).

5.9.4 The Contractor shall only submit security packages on prospective employees whose integrity, credit, and character shall meet fitness and security requirements of this contract.

5.9.5 The Government may not be able to complete a satisfactory background investigation on

Contractor Employees not residing in United States for three of the past five years. In such cases, DHS retains right to deem a Contractor Employee as ineligible due to insufficient background information.

5.9.6 The Government may grant interim CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET clearance eligibility as appropriate, provided there is no evidence of adverse information of material significance; exceptions— those agencies with specific security requirements that do not accept interim Secret clearance eligibility, as identified within DD 254.

5.9.6.1 DHS shall not accept interim TOP SECRET or Top Secret/ SCI clearances.

5.9.7 The Contractor shall notify the COR in writing, via a Visit Authorization Request Letter within five

(5) calendar days of receipt of DSS authorization for employees eligible for assignment to classified areas.

5.9.8 The Contractor shall immediately remove a Contractor Employee from this contract who receives a notice of denied clearance eligibility.

5.9.8.1 The COR shall advise the Contractor that a Contractor Employee shall not work under this contract at those locations which require a security clearance.

2 While DISCO facilitates adjudication of the NACLC, the FPS personnel security office will concurrently schedule and adjudicate a MBI to make a Moderate Risk Position fitness determination.