Ready for Prime Contractors: Accumark’s CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment and Part-Marking Capability
Accumark is committed to protecting the sensitive information entrusted to us by our customers and partners. We maintain cybersecurity practices aligned with applicable Department of Defense requirements for protecting Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Accumark continues to maintain its CMMC Level 1 and Level 2 self-assessment requirements and is prepared to pursue a CMMC Level 2 third-party assessment as applicable requirements are finalized.
That statement is now operational, not aspirational. Accumark has completed the work required for CMMC Level 1 and Level 2 self-assessment practices and has submitted a Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) score of 110. Under current Department of Defense scoring methodology, 110 is the maximum result: every assessed NIST SP 800-171 requirement in scope is recorded as implemented. A Final Level 2 (Self) result, with annual affirmation, is the status contracting officers and primes can see in SPRS while Phase 2 third-party certification designations remain on hold.
Prime contractors cannot treat cybersecurity as a paperwork exercise at the first tier and then hope the supply chain follows. Flow-down obligations attach wherever FCI or CUI is processed, stored, or transmitted. Drawings, work instructions, serial-number schemes, process specifications, inspection data, and customer-furnished technical information used to mark aerospace, defense, and regulated industrial parts frequently fall into those categories. A job shop that cannot demonstrate a current Level 2 self-assessment and SPRS record creates delay, extra due diligence, and in some cases an unusable source.
Accumark’s purpose is to remove that friction. We are a job shop, not a product OEM. Since 1985 we have performed industrial marking under one roof in Hudson, Wisconsin: silk screen and cylindrical screen printing, pad printing on irregular and three-dimensional surfaces, CO2 laser etching, and fiber laser marking. Those processes support identification, traceability, and specification-driven legends on metals, plastics, composites, glass, rubber, and other production materials used in aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, and general industrial programs. ITAR-aware handling and specification-driven inks and processes remain part of how we accept work. The CMMC self-assessment program extends the same discipline to the information that accompanies the parts.
For primes, the practical question is whether a marking vendor can receive technical data, protect it, produce compliant identification, and return finished hardware without expanding the prime’s residual cyber risk. A posted score of 110 and maintained Level 1 and Level 2 self-assessment practices answer that question in the form the government currently uses. When the Department finalizes the path for CMMC Level 2 third-party assessment, Accumark is positioned to pursue that assessment rather than begin the control work from a standing start.
We do not claim a C3PAO certificate while that requirement is suspended. We do claim that the self-assessment work is complete, the score has been submitted, and the operational practices that support FCI and CUI safeguarding are in place for the work we actually perform: screen print, pad print, CO2 etching, and fiber marking. Prime contractors evaluating sources for identification and traceability can treat Accumark as a supplier that has already completed the current compliance step rather than one that will complete it after award.
If your program needs durable, specification-aligned part marking from a shop that has posted a 110 SPRS Level 2 self-assessment score and is prepared for the next formal certification step when the government defines it, contact Accumark. We are ready to discuss scope, materials, process selection, and information-handling requirements for the work you need placed.