PGI 240.372-2: Responsibilities of contracting officers.

(1) Consistent with the requirements at FAR 4.403, contracting officers must ensure that

solicitations, to include any broad agency announcement, commercial solutions opening, or notice to industry that requires industry access to classified information

and/or controlled unclassified information (see policy memos), must contain one or more of

the following:

(i) Draft DoD Form DD 254, DoD Contract Security Classification Specification. For guidance on completing the DD 254, see “Instructions for Completing DD Form 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification” at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd0254-Inst.pdf. For information on the National Industrial Security Program Contract Classification System, see https://www.dcsa.mil/is/nccs/.

(ii) The clause at FAR 52.204-2, Security Requirements.

(iii) Detailed agency instructions for industry requirements to request access to

classified information and/or controlled unclassified information. Agency instructions must clearly reference and accord with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

(NISPOM) (32 CFR part 117).

(iv) The following is a template of agency instructions to industry:

“Offerors must have a valid U.S. security clearance of [to be filled in by the contracting officer] or higher in order to respond to this RFP (Announcement), because the RFP (Announcement) includes an annex (information) classified at the [to be filled in by the contracting officer] level which will be released only to offerors possessing the appropriate clearance. All classified material must be handled in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (32 CFR part 117).”

(2) Fundamental research project determination.

(i) Projects being scoped as fundamental research may include the entire contract

effort or a specified portion of the statement of work. Document this scoping decision in the written determination and in the contract.

(ii) The determination of fundamental research must occur when the project is

added to the statement of work, either prior to award or during a contract modification that modified the statement of work.

(iii) Fundamental research is defined in the USD(AT&L) memorandum on Fundamental Research, dated May 24, 2010.

(iv) See clause 252.204-7000(a)(3), concerning disclosure of information for fundamental research projects.