scope:

Use/relationship: When Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Clause 252.204-7012 is included in a contract for which covered defense information - as defined in DFARS Clause 252.204-7012 - will be processed, stored, or transmitted on a tier 1 level supplier's internal unclassified information system. (DFARS Clause 252.204- 7012 can be found at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252204.htm)

a. This Data Item Description (DID) contains the information that is required of the Contractor's Record of Tier 1 Level Suppliers Receiving/Developing Covered Defense Information. This information will be used by the government as critical inputs to an overall risk management decision to process, store, or transmit covered defense information on an unclassified information system that is owned or operated by, or for, the contractor (i.e. contractor's internal unclassified information system). This information will:

(1) Demonstrate to the government the Contractor's ability to restrict the dissemination of covered defense information specified in, or developed under, the contract to subcontractors that execute requirements that involve the covered defense information.

(2) Demonstrate to the government the Contractor's ability to ensure that their tier 1 level suppliers safeguard covered defense information in accordance with DFARS Clause 252.204- 7012.

b. This DID contains the format, content, and intended use information for the data deliverable resulting from the work task described in the contract.