SP4705-25-Q-2025_DD254 Contract Continuation Pages JUN 2025.pdf

SECURITY GUIDANCE (BLOCK 13) CONTINUATION PAGES

FOR CONTRACT #: SP4705-25-Q-2025

Per the DD Form 441, Department of Defense Security Agreement, Section VI, signed by the United States Government through the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) and the Contractor, the government is not obligated to provide funds and shall not be liable for any security costs or claims of the Contractor arising out of the DD Form 441 Agreement, its instructions, or the requirements identified in the 32 CFR Part 117, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), and its changes/revisions.

The DD 254 will be housed within the NISP Contract Classification System (NCCS) through the life of the contract. The Contractor shall be registered within NCCS at time of award to gain access to the DD 254. It is incumbent upon the Contractor to ensure that the necessary security paperwork is submitted in sufficient time to enable each individual to be cleared prior to beginning work on this contract. In the event that the NCCS is superseded by another System of Record, the same requirements apply.

The Contractor is required to flow-down all applicable requirements of the DD Form 254 to its Subcontractor(s).

Reporting Requirements:

The Contractor shall provide the following to the DLA Major Subordinate Command (MSC) or Regional Activity (RA) Industrial Security Manager (contact information listed in block 13 of page two of the DD Form 254):

• Courtesy copy the DLA HQ Industrial Security Program Office on any security incident report (initial and final) sent to the DCSA involving the loss, compromise, or suspected compromise of classified information. The Contractor shall provide a copy to the DLA within the same reporting timeframe as is required by the DCSA.

• Courtesy copy the DLA HQ Industrial Security Program Office on any report involving a cyber-intrusion of DLA program information sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the DCSA per NISPOM, 32 CFR 117.8 and Industrial Security Letter (ISL) 2021-02.

• Provide a copy of any DCSA letter that indicates a less than satisfactory security rating and/or that negatively impacts the Facility Clearance Level (FCL) of the company within 48-hours of receipt.

• Provide electronic copies of Subcontractor DD Form 254s issued by the Prime and the Subcontractor. The Prime Contractor shall act as the focal point for collecting their Subcontractor’s DD Form 254s and the Prime is responsible for forwarding these DD Form 254s to the DLA HQ Industrial Security Program Office.

• DLA HQ Industrial Security Program Office:

Defense Logistics Agency ATTN: DI / Industrial Security Program Manager 8725 John J. Kingman Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221 Phone: (571) 767-0926 Email: DLAIndustrialSecurity@dla.mil mailto:DLAIndustrialSecurity@dla.mil

Subcontractor Classified Access Approvals:

The Prime Contractor and Subcontractor are authorized to flow access to and/or dissemination of classified information to the level specified in Block 1a to their Subcontractors. Dissemination is only authorized and applicable for information safeguarded at the Contractor’s facility. The Contractor shall provide the appropriate accesses to its Subcontractors as required per NISPOM, 32 CFR 117.15. The Prime Contractor and Subcontractor must verify Facility Clearance, Safeguarding Capability and Access Authorizations prior to the dissemination of classified information. Certain accesses require GCA approval prior to subcontracting and are specified herein, if applicable.

Pre-Award Access

This section concerns the release of classified information to the contractor prior to the award of a DLA classified contract. DLA classified information may only be released to the Contractor for submission preparation purposes following verification of the Contractor’s facility clearance and safeguarding. The DD Form 254 shall act as security guidance for the safeguarding of program-related classified information at the Contractor facility. The DCSA maintains security cognizance of classified information stored at a contractor facility. However, the following stipulations apply:

• IAW 32 CFR Part 117.15(e)(6) NISPOM, Contractors shall ensure full written accounting and control over all DLA classified information provided to the Contractor by DLA or created as copies by the Contractor.

• IAW 32 CFR Part 117.15(h)(1)(2) NISPOM, distribution of DLA classified information shall only be made to those cleared Contractor personnel working on the Contractor’s response to the request for information, unless otherwise authorized by the Program Manager

(PM).

• IAW 32 CFR Part 117.15(h)(6) NISPOM, for purposes of this submission request, further distribution of DLA classified information shall only be authorized by the DLA PM overseeing this request for information.

• IAW 32 CFR Part 117.15(i)(k) NISPOM, all classified information provided for use in submission preparation shall be returned to DLA or destroyed.

Reference Item 6: Issuance of this DD Form 254 does not alone permit access to classified information by the contractor identified in Block 6. Access to classified information is contingent upon a Facility Clearance (FCL), active and in good standing, favorably adjudicated by the DCSA. A DD Form 254 issued to a contractor not in possession of a FCL may be used by the government contracting activity as justification to initiate the FCL sponsorship process. The contractor is only permitted to work on unclassified portions of the contract pending the issuance of a favorable FCL.

Reference Item 8.a. (continued) Government Locations:

Classified performance will occur at various DLA and/or government locations as directed by

Block 13 Continuation Pages for Contract #: SP4705-25-Q-2025 the contract via the Performance Work Statement, Statement of Work, or Statement of Objectives or other agreement. The Contractor shall abide by the host government security requirements per 32 CFR Part 117.24 NISPOM. The cognizant security office at the performance location is DLA or the host installation.

Reference Item 10.k: The Contractor is required to install Elevator Control and Monitors which require installing program and software. The Contractor shall execute the installation task per the Statement of Work/Performance Work Statement/Statement of Objectives.

Reference Item 11.e: The contractor will be performing services only on this contract and will not be expected to produce deliverable items. The contractor will be required to provide services in secure Government facilities and may come into contact with Classified or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Actual knowledge, generation, or production of classified information is not required for the performance of this contract. Cleared personnel are required to perform this service because access to classified information cannot be precluded by escorting personnel due to a high risk of aural or visual access to classified information. This access cannot be properly mitigated through other reasonable physical security measures.

Reference Item 11.j:

1. The Contractor is required to apply Operations Security (OPSEC) to enhance protection of classified and unclassified critical information pursuant to DoD Directive 5205.02, “DoD OPSEC Program; DoD 5205.02-M, “OPSEC Program Manual;” National Security Decision Directive Number 298, “National Operations Security Program;” DLA Instruction 3606-01, “Operations Security (OPSEC) Program,” October 3, 2018; DLA Manual 3606.01, “Operations Security (OPSEC) Program,” October 10, 2018; and supplementary instructions. Service OPSEC guidance may also apply if the contracted activity is performed in a Service-level operational environment. Contractors are required to complete OPSEC refresher training on an annual basis and provide timely and appropriate responses to Agency OPSEC Managers, when necessary. The preferred training for DLA contractors can be found online: https://icontent-hcm04.ns2.apps.mil/icontent/CUSTOM/DLAHCM04P/NoCompat/SEC-ASCA/.

2. The contractor will accomplish the following minimum requirements in support of the DLA OPSEC Program. Protect those items of critical information, applicable to operations. Items of critical information are those facts, which individually, or in the aggregate, reveal sensitive details about the mission, operation, etc., and thus require protection from adversarial collection or exploitation. A copy of the GCA’s Critical Information List should be furnished to the https://icontent-hcm04.ns2.apps.mil/icontent/CUSTOM/DLAHCM04P/NoCompat/SEC-ASCA/ https://icontent-hcm04.ns2.apps.mil/icontent/CUSTOM/DLAHCM04P/NoCompat/SEC-ASCA/ contractor upon issuance of the DD Form 254.

3. Include OPSEC as part of its ongoing security awareness program and take all required OPSEC training provided by DLA.

4. Protect sensitive unclassified information and activities, which could compromise classified information or operations, or degrade the planning and execution of operations performed by the contractor in support of the mission.

Reference Item 11.m:

Contractor’s Unclassified Automated Information System (AIS):

1. The Contractor shall safeguard and protect CUI provided by or generated for the Government (other than public information) that transits or resides on any non-Government information technology system IAW the procedures in DoDI 8582.01, “Security of Unclassified DoD Information on Non-DoD Information Systems,” June 6, 2012, Enclosure 3 and NIST SP 800- 171, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations,” June 2015. Information shall be protected from unauthorized access, disclosure, incident or compromise by extending the safeguarding requirements and procedures in DFARS clause 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. The NIST SP 800-171 security controls specified in 252.204-7012 were extended to include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) information which resides on, or transits through the contractor’s (prime and all sub-contractors) unclassified information technology systems.

2. The contractor shall ensure that all persons accessing CUI meet the Tier 1 investigative requirements and must have lawful government purpose to access DLA unclassified AIS.

3. The “Controlled Unclassified Information Supplement” provides additional guidance for the handling, marking, transmission, reproduction, safeguarding, and disposition of CUI.

4. DLA reserves the right to conduct compliance inspections of Contractor unclassified information systems and other repositories for the protection of CUI.

Reference Item 12: The Prime Contractor shall forward all requests for public release authorization through the Contracting Officer or designated representative to the listed DLA program office. Per 32 CFR Part 117.15(h)(8) NISPOM, the Contractor shall include all necessary information to assist with the decision of the DLA program office. The Prime Contractor shall act as the focal point for all Subcontractor requests for public release. A lack of response from the DLA program office does not constitute as public release authorization. The Prime Contractor shall not release information to the public prior to receiving written authorization from the DLA program office (this requirement includes any information system that provides public access).

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT

1. Definitions.

a. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Information the Government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the Government, that a law, regulation, or Government-wide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls. However, CUI does not include classified information.

b. Dual Citizenship. A dual citizen is a citizen of two nations. For the purposes of this document, an individual must have taken an action to obtain or retain dual citizenship.

Citizenship gained as a result of birth to non-U.S. parents or by birth in a foreign country to U.S.

parents thus entitling the individual to become a citizen of another nation does not meet the criteria of this document unless the individual has taken action to claim and to retain such citizenship. 

c. National of the United States. Title 8, U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(22), defines a National of the U.S. as:

(1) A citizen of the United States, or,

(2) A person who, but not a citizen of the U.S., owes permanent allegiance to the U.S.

NOTE: 8 U.S.C. Section 1401, paragraphs (a) through (g), lists categories of persons born in and outside the U.S. or its possessions that may qualify as Nationals and Citizens of the U.S. This subsection should be consulted when doubt exists as to whether a person can qualify as a National of the U.S.

d. U.S. Person. Any form of business enterprise or entity organized, chartered, or incorporated under the laws of the United States or its possessions and trust territories and any person who is a citizen or national (see National of the United States) of the United States, or permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

2. Access.

a. No person may have access to information designated as CUI unless that person has been determined to have a valid need for such access in connection with the accomplishment of a lawful and authorized Government purpose. The final responsibility for determining whether an individual has a valid need for access to information designated as CUI rests with the individual who has authorized possession, knowledge, or control of the information, not with the prospective recipient.

b. e. When CUI is to be provided to or generated by DoD contractors, the controls and protective measures to be applied shall be described in the pertinent contract documents (e.g., contract clause; statement of work; or DD Form 254, “Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification”). Solicitations and contracts shall use a non-disclosure of information clause that prohibits release of unclassified information to the public without approval of the contracting activity (e.g., clause 252.204-7000 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement). The clause shall also be made applicable to subcontractors.

c. ALL DoD unclassified information MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED FOR RELEASE through standard DoD Component processes before it is provided to the public (including via posting to publicly accessible websites) in accordance with DoDD 5230.09, Clearance of DoD Information for Public Release, and other applicable regulations. Unclassified information previously approved for release to the public may be shared with any foreign government or organization.

d. Release or disclosure of CUI to foreign governments or international organizations shall be in accordance with DoDD 5230.20, Visits and Assignments of Foreign Nationals, DLAI 5230.01, Foreign Visit and Foreign Disclosure Program, and other policy and procedures that may be established by the USD(P) and the Defense Logistics Agency.

e. Some CUI is export-controlled information which may additionally be protected by law, Executive order, regulation, or contract. DoD officials must pay particular attention to export control regulations and to access restrictions on each type of CUI to ensure compliance with export requirements, especially when non-U.S. citizens are assigned to or visit their organizations.

f. Release or disclosure of CUI to non-U.S. citizens employed by the Department of Defense is permitted, provided access is within the scope of their assigned duties; access would further the execution of a lawful and authorized DoD mission or purpose and would not be detrimental to the interests of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government; there are no contract restrictions prohibiting access; and the access complies with the requirements of export control regulations, as applicable. In such cases, the non-U.S. citizen shall execute a nondisclosure agreement approved by appropriate DoD Component authorities.

g. CUI may be identified in security classification guides to ensure the information receives appropriate protection. If the security classification guide is subsequently cancelled, a separate memorandum or other guidance document may be issued to identify the declassified information, if any, that qualifies as CUI as well as any CUI previously cited in the guide.

h. For unauthorized disclosures of CUI, no formal security inquiry or investigation is required.

However, the contractor must notify DLA of any incidents pertaining to unauthorized disclosures of CUI and appropriate management action shall be taken to fix responsibility for unauthorized disclosure of CUI whenever feasible or required by other guidance, and appropriate disciplinary action shall be taken against those responsible.

i. Non-Sensitive Positions. Non-sensitive positions associated with CUI are found at Contractor facilities processing such information on their (Contractor's) unclassified computer systems. All unclassified computer systems will be protected in accordance with DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting and

NIST SP 800-171, with access to CUI conducted in accordance with applicable policy.

Personnel nominated to occupy nonsensitive designated positions must have at least a favorably reviewed Tier 1 investigation. The Contractor shall contact DLA Office of Personnel Security at DIPERSECOperations@dla.mil, and provide the requested information. DLA Office of Personnel Security will assist the Contractor complete the necessary paperwork and fingerprints.

3. Identification Markings. CUI shall be marked in accordance with DoDI 5200.48.

4. Handling. Storage of CUI outside of Contractor facilities (i.e. residence, telework facility, hotel, etc.) shall be in a locked room, drawer, filing cabinet, briefcase, or other storage device, to prevent the access to the material by unauthorized individuals. Continuous storage of CUI outside of a Contractor facility shall not exceed 30 days unless government approval is granted.

5. Transmission/Dissemination/Reproduction.

a. Subject to compliance with official distribution statements, CUI markings (e.g., Export Control, Proprietary Data) and/or Non-Disclosure Agreements which may apply to individual items in question; authorized Contractors, consultants and grantees may transmit/disseminate CUI information to each other, other DoD Contractors and DoD officials who have an authorized, lawful government purpose in connection with any DoD authorized contract, solicitation, program or activity. The government Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) will confirm with the Contracting Officer's Representative or Task Order Monitor authorized, lawful government purpose when required. Contractors shall employ Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) enabling technologies for the electronic transmission of CUI. The following general guidelines apply:

(1) In accordance with DoD Instruction 5200.48, “Controlled Unclassified Information,” external electronic data transmissions of CUI shall be only over secure communications means approved for transmission of such information.

(2) Encryption of e-mail to satisfy this requirement shall be in accordance with DoD Instruction 8582.01, “Security of Unclassified DoD Information on Non-DoD Information Systems,” June 6, 2012, being accomplished by use of DoD approved Public Key Infrastructure Certification or by the company’s participation in the “Federal Bridge.”

b. Failure of the Contractor to encrypt CUI introduces significant risks to the DLA mission.

It is essential for the Contractor to understand that mitigation options that are available. The Contractor must understand that failure to encrypt CUI carries with it certain risks to the mission.

These risks can be mitigated with the thoughtful application of processes, procedures, and technology. Some of the available mitigation tools include:

(1) Approved DoD PKI/CAC hardware token certificates or DoD trusted software certificates for encrypting data in transport.

(2) Industry best practice of Virtual Private Network (VPN) Internet Protocol Security mailto:DIPERSECOperations@dla.mil

(IPSEC) for intra-organization transport.

(3) Industry best practice of Secure Sockets Layer Portal Web Services for document sharing and storage.

(4) Approved DoD standard solutions for encrypting data at rest.

(5) Approved DoD E-Collaboration services via DLA Portal or Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Network Centric Enterprise Services (NCES).

(6) Any FIPS 140-2 validated encryption [e.g., IPSEC, Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

(S/MIME)].

(7) Procure and employ Secure Telephone Equipment (STE).

(8) Procure and employ secure facsimile (FAX) capability.

(9) Utilize secure VTC capabilities.

(10) Hand-carry CUI.

(11) Utilize mailing through U.S. Postal Service.

(12) Utilize overnight express mail services.

c. The NIST SP 800-171 identifies the baseline CUI system security requirements for industry established by Part 2002 of Title 32, CFR. Additionally, Section 252.204-7012 of the DFARS specifies a waiver process for defense contractors in accordance with NIST SP 800-171 for contractor IT or networks. Additional information can be found in DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information.

d. Reproduction of CUI may be accomplished on unclassified copiers within designated government or Contractor reproduction areas.

6. Storage. During working hours, reasonable steps shall be taken to minimize the risk of access by unauthorized personnel (e.g., not reading, discussing, or leaving CUI information unattended where unauthorized personnel are present). After working hours, CUI information may be stored in unlocked containers, desks, or cabinets if contract building security is provided. If such building security is not provided or is deemed inadequate, the information shall be stored in locked desks, file cabinets, bookcases, locked rooms, etc.

7. Disposition.

a. When no longer required, CUI shall be returned to the DLA office that provided the information or destroyed by any of the following means:

a. Burning (Use of burn bags and an authorized burn facility)

b. Cross-cut shredding (Shredders must be listed on the NSA Evaluated Products

List)

c. Any method approved for the destruction of classified material.

b. Removal of the CUI status can only be accomplished by the government originator. The DLA COR shall review and/or coordinate with proper authority the removal of CUI status for information in support of contract activity.