Cybersecurity Compliance & CDI Safeguarding (Subcontractor Flow-Down)

The contract requires subcontractor support to ensure the prime contractor’s adherence to DFARS 252.204-7012, focusing on the protection of Covered Defense Information through robust cybersecurity safeguards. This includes implementing required NIST SP 800-171 controls to secure CDI across systems, networks, and data handling processes, as well as establishing procedures for timely detection, reporting, and response to cyber incidents affecting protected information. The subcontractor must align all activities with Department of Defense expectations for information assurance, ensuring compliance throughout the lifecycle of CDI processing, storage, and transmission. This is a subcontract under the Defense Logistics Agency with a NAICS code of 541512, indicating information technology services, and is tied to contract SPE60525D1002 with delivery order SPE60526FFVX7. The scope does not include a set-aside classification, and performance location details are unspecified. The subcontractor’s responsibilities are flow-down obligations derived from the prime contract, requiring strict operational discipline, documentation of security measures, and readiness for audit or assessment. All tasks must be executed in a manner that maintains the integrity and confidentiality of defense-related information as mandated by federal acquisition regulations.