CMMC / Colorado
CMMC Level 2 for Colorado defense suppliers.
This page is for the small shops along the Front Range that feed the space and missile defense primes. Machine shops in Colorado Springs cutting parts for satellite structures. Two person engineering firms in Boulder writing analysis for a launch integrator. Test labs near Buckley and Schriever that receive drawings marked as controlled unclassified information. If you hold a DFARS clause in your contract and you have fewer than 25 people, you are the reader we wrote this for.
Where the obligation actually stands
Third party certification is paused
The Phase 2 mechanism that was due from 10 November 2026 is on hold while the Department reviews it. That is the only thing that moved.
Your self assessment is not
Level 1 and Level 2 self assessment under DFARS 252.204-7021 has applied to covered solicitations since 10 November 2025, and a passing score remains a condition of award.
DFARS 252.204-7012 still applies
Safeguarding covered defense information and reporting cyber incidents did not change.
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 is still the standard
All 110 controls, assessed against the 800-171A objectives.
Flow down is unchanged
Primes remain responsible for the cybersecurity requirements that apply to subcontracted work.
The affirmation is still signed
Your Affirming Official affirms the score in SPRS annually. Signing an inflated score is a False Claims Act matter and it stays with you.
Where Colorado suppliers actually are
Here is where the obligation stands today. Third party certification is paused. The self assessment obligation under DFARS 252.204-7021 never moved. DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 are unchanged and enforceable now. Your score in the Supplier Performance Risk System is a representation to the government. A prime can ask for it at any point in an award decision, and many Colorado primes already do.
What to do first, and why the gap assessment is the gate
Start with a gap assessment against the 110 controls. It is the gate because everything downstream depends on it. Your score, your system security plan, your plan of action, and your remediation budget all come from that one document. Score yourself without evidence and you carry a number you cannot defend.
What we will not do
We will not take custody of your CUI. We will not write your score for you or sign anything as an assessor. We are a compliance firm, not a C3PAO. We will not sell you tools you do not need to close a gap you do not have.
Find out where you stand in Colorado.
No sales sequence, and no number put in front of you that we cannot defend.
If you are a defense supplier under 25 people, start with the grant. Cyber Grants Alliance, a nonprofit, awards a fully funded gap assessment. It costs you nothing and you are under no obligation to buy anything afterwards, from us or from anyone.