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CMMC compliance for base infrastructure contractors

CMMC Compliance for Base Infrastructure Contractors

Base infrastructure contractors build and maintain the utilities, roads, and airfields that keep installations running. Construction drawings, utility maps, and as-builts are routinely CUI under DFARS.

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Why Base Infrastructure Contractors Need CMMC Compliance

Base Infrastructure Contractors sit inside the defense industrial base and regularly receive Controlled Unclassified Information from prime contractors and the Department of Defense. Every drawing, specification, statement of work, and technical data package tied to a DoD contract is almost always marked or flow-down treated as CUI under NIST SP 800-171 and DFARS 252.204-7012.

The challenge for base infrastructure contractors firms is that CUI rarely stays in one place. It moves between email, file shares, cloud collaboration tools, project management platforms, engineering workstations, and field devices. Without a defined enclave and clear handling procedures, a single unsecured laptop or USB drive can break your compliance posture and create export-control exposure.

Primes like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and General Dynamics are already flowing CMMC Level 2 requirements down in subcontracts. A base infrastructure contractors firm that cannot demonstrate a current SPRS score, an SSP, and a POA&M will lose eligibility to bid. Worse, a breach of CUI data can trigger both a DFARS 7012 reporting requirement and, for export-controlled data, an ITAR violation investigation.

We specialize in CMMC for base infrastructure contractors firms. We know how to scope the CUI enclave so you are not rebuilding the whole business, how to implement controls without disrupting project delivery, and how to document everything in a way that will hold up to a C3PAO assessment.

Controlled Unclassified Information We Protect in Base Infrastructure Contractors

Utility Distribution Drawings

Electric, water, gas, fuel, and fiber distribution drawings for DoD installations.

Airfield & Runway Plans

Pavement, lighting, and NAVAID drawings that reveal airfield operational details.

Roadway & ECP Plans

Roadway and Entry Control Point drawings showing installation ingress and egress.

SCADA & Control System Diagrams

Industrial control system and SCADA wiring diagrams for base utilities.

As-Built Drawings

Installation as-built records revealing the true configuration of base infrastructure.

USACE / NAVFAC Contract Documents

Prime contract packages with DFARS 252.204-7012 flow-downs.

What CMMC services do we provide for base infrastructure contractors?

End-to-end CMMC consulting, fixed-price. See how CMMC compliance works.

Gap assessment

A full review against all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls, with a documented SPRS score and a clear picture of where your CUI lives.

Readiness assessment

A mock assessment that mirrors the official methodology, with objective evidence collection and interview coaching.

Policy and documentation

SSP, POA&M, incident response plan and the supporting policy set, written in plain English for how you operate.

Technical controls

Network segmentation, FIPS-validated encryption, MFA, audit logging, vulnerability management and endpoint hardening.

Managed compliance

Log review, vulnerability scanning, quarterly evidence refresh and annual SSP updates between assessments.

Assessment support

Scoping, scheduling, interview coaching and on-site support during your formal assessment.

Base Infrastructure Contractors: CMMC questions

What CUI does a base infrastructure contractors firm actually handle?

Almost every technical data package, drawing, specification, or work order a prime sends a base infrastructure contractors firm can be CUI, including design files, specifications, and project documentation. Purchase orders that cite DFARS 252.204-7012 are a strong indicator that the work package contains CUI.

What CMMC level does a base infrastructure contractors firm typically need?

Level 2 is standard for any base infrastructure contractors firm handling CUI. Level 1 applies to firms that handle only FCI. Level 3 is rare unless you support a named DoD Priority Program.

Do I have to put every workstation and user on MFA?

NIST 800-171 is risk-based. We identify which systems actually handle CUI, scope them into a defined enclave, and apply the strictest controls (MFA, FIPS encryption, audit logging) at that boundary rather than across the entire business. This approach has been consistently accepted by the C3PAO community.

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We will review your contracts and DFARS clauses with you at no cost and confirm the level you need.

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