METRO · TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA

Tampa Bay.
The joint-force gateway.

Where the campaign is written

Tampa Bay is the operating heart of a global campaign. A major joint-force hub anchors the region, and the cleared programs supporting it need accredited facilities and air-gapped software at the pace the mission keeps, not at the pace a 24-month build cycle allows. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 facilities and mission software for those environments, in the Tampa Bay metro and across the Florida cleared corridor.

Scope a Tampa program › What we deliver here
I.WHAT WE DELIVER

Single accountable line. Facility, people, systems.

Tampa programs run hot and reorganize quickly. Salian's offer is one contract that carries the whole stack: site selection, ICD-705 build, accreditation coordination, FSO support, and the air-gapped software built to run inside the boundary. Whatever the mission needs, we deliver directly or coordinate through cleared specialists under our schedule.

A · FACILITY
ICD-705 build, end-to-end

Permanent SCIF builds, modular and CONEX-based units for fast standup, and tenant fit-out inside Florida cleared campuses. TEMPEST and RF shielding to specification. Where scope allows, occupancy in four to six months.

  • Site selection across the Tampa Bay metro
  • ICD-705 design + accreditation
  • Modular and CONEX SCIFs for surge demand
  • UL 2050 / UL 1076 specification
B · ACCREDITATION
FCL support through AO sign-off

Facility clearance sponsorship support for entrants without prior cleared posture, SSP and POA&M generation through Project Hawk, AO walk-through, and sustainment through the life of the program. DCSA determines the FCL; the Accrediting Official (AO/CSA) accredits the facility.

  • DCSA FCL sponsorship support
  • SSP, POA&M, and SPRS score
  • CMMC Level 2 readiness
  • NIST SP 800-171 control mapping
C · PEOPLE
Outsourced FSO / CSSO / ITPSO

Co-employed industrial security officers through a cleared captive partner. Full PSP / ISP / SAPPC certification stack. FOCI mitigation, ITAR and EAR advisory, insider-threat program standup.

  • Co-employed FSO + CSSO + ITPSO
  • FOCI mitigation
  • ITAR / EAR advisory
  • Physical security engineering (UL 2050 / 1076)
D · SYSTEMS
Air-gapped mission software

The Praesidium Suite for cleared workflows. Six products on one architecture, deployable hosted, CUI-safe on your own infrastructure, or fully air-gapped inside accredited space. The analysis tools work from metadata and public standards, not controlled content, and pass-or-fail verdicts are deterministic code rather than model output. Each system is authorized by its Authorizing Official for a specific environment; Salian prepares the evidence that review requires.

  • Vates Cognition · a defensible facility number in minutes
  • Groma · ingests plans, renders 2D and 3D, grades them against ICD-705
  • Legatus · agentic workflows built for a SCIF
  • Vigil · boundary policy for AI: allow, redact or block
  • Hawk RAG · the retrieval layer for the Hawk products
  • Pythian · encryption for the machines you cannot touch
II.WHY TAMPA
/ MARKET OBSERVATION

Tampa Bay's cleared-workspace supply trails its demand.

The region's joint-force hub anchors a long roster of supporting programs, primes, and small cleared shops. Demand for accredited footprint and short-term cleared seats outstrips local supply. Salian Defense enters Tampa with the same single-contract turnkey delivery model that has reached occupancy in four to six months elsewhere, paired with the Praesidium Suite of air-gapped software for the analyst and operator workflows the campaign needs.

›COMMON QUESTIONS

Tampa, answered.

Does Salian Defense build SCIFs in Tampa?
Yes. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 accredited facilities across the Tampa Bay metro, under a single contract that covers facility clearance sponsorship support, design, construction, accreditation coordination, and sustainment. The regional draw is the joint-force headquarters presence at MacDill and the surrounding Florida cleared-industry base. Salian is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, CAGE 18SG4.
How long does a SCIF take to build in Tampa?
Where scope allows, Salian has reached occupancy in roughly four to six months against an industry norm of twelve to twenty-four. The honest answer depends on starting posture: a greenfield build, a retrofit of existing space, and the rescue of a stalled project are three different schedules. Salian scopes the timeline before committing to a date, then commits to a date it can hold.
What does a SCIF cost in Tampa?
There is no honest flat number, and region is only one of five drivers. The others are usable secure square footage, starting posture, the RF and acoustic attenuation the accreditation requires, and schedule compression. Regional cleared-labor depth does move the figure, because cleared trades are a thin market that varies sharply by metro. The free Project Estimator at saliandefense.com/vates.html returns a budgetary Rough Order of Magnitude from a short intake.
Can Salian sponsor a facility clearance for a company with no prior cleared posture in Tampa?
Yes. No prior cleared posture is required. Salian helps you identify and prepare for the sponsorship path and walks the facility clearance process with you, from the SF-328 through the DCSA review, so a first-time entrant can stand up cleared work on a credible timeline. The free five-gate readiness check at saliandefense.com/fcl-readiness.html tells you where you stand before you commit.
Can Salian take over a stalled or partially built facility in Tampa?
Yes. Salian engages from a blank site or steps into a failed or partially built effort. Recovering stalled accredited-facility projects is a stated specialty rather than an exception. A rescue inherits both whatever the previous team did and the schedule already spent, so the first step is an honest assessment of what exists today, including any prior accreditation attempt.

Scope a Tampa program.

Tell us the mission, the metro, and the timeline pressure. We will return a feasibility read and a budgetary ROM within one business day.

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›NEARBY MARKETS AND NEXT STEPS

The nearest markets, and the two tools this page refers to.

Salian runs the same model in every metro it serves. The nearest markets, and the two tools this page refers to:

Norfolk › Texas › National Capital Region › Project Estimator › FCL readiness check › All readiness tools ›