CMMC / Florida
CMMC Level 2 for Florida defense suppliers.
This page is for the small suppliers who keep Florida's defense work moving. Simulation and training shops along the I-4 corridor in Orlando. Machine shops and engineering firms feeding the Space Coast out of Cape Canaveral and Titusville. Software teams under 25 people holding a subcontract with a prime, with a DFARS clause in the contract and no full time security staff to answer for it. If you handle controlled unclassified information on a laptop, in a shared drive, or in a project mailbox, this is written for you.
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 Florida suppliers actually are
Here is where the obligation stands. 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 still enforceable today. Your score in the Supplier Performance Risk System is a representation to the government. A prime can ask for it, and a contracting officer can act on it.
What to do first, and why the gap assessment is the gate
Start with a gap assessment. Not a tool purchase, not a policy template. You need to know which of the 110 controls you actually meet, what your real score is, and what evidence backs it. That is the gate. Everything after it is cheaper and faster because you did it first.
What we will not do
We will not take custody of your CUI. We will not sign your System Security Plan for you. We are a compliance firm, not a C3PAO, and we will not assess or certify you.
Find out where you stand in Florida.
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.