Readiness tools
for cleared work.

Should we pursue this opportunity, and what has to close before we spend more capture time on it?

For

Capture managers, business development leads and executives deciding whether to keep pursuing a specific opportunity.

Does

Maps the pursuit across customer fit, set-aside eligibility, facility and clearance dependencies, competition and proposal burden. Twenty-two questions across six areas, run entirely in your browser, return a plain pursuit picture rather than a score.

Does not

Tell you to bid or not to bid. Size standard eligibility is determined by the SBA, facility clearance by DCSA or the applicable Cognizant Security Agency, and the pursuit decision stays yours.

Can our facility clearance even start, and what is missing from the five gates that decide it?

For

Companies that have never held a facility clearance, and FSOs inheriting a stalled one.

Does

Maps readiness across the areas that decide an FCL: sponsorship, SF-328 and FOCI, key management personnel, corporate readiness and the classified requirement itself. Runs in your browser and returns a readiness picture with the open items named. There is no score and no verdict.

Does not

Determine eligibility. Facility clearance determinations are made by DCSA or the applicable Cognizant Security Agency, on the specific facts of your company, ownership, personnel and contract.

We are going to pursue an FCL. What exactly do we have to assemble, in what order?

For

FSOs, general counsel and executives preparing a DCSA facility clearance package.

Does

Walks the package item by item: sponsorship, the SF-328 and FOCI questions, KMP roles and exclusions, and DD-441 corporate readiness. Produces a prep worksheet you can keep and work from. Asks for a work email and a CAGE code before it runs.

Does not

Submit anything, sponsor you, or determine the outcome. Sponsorship requires a classified requirement from a government contracting activity or a cleared prime, and the determination remains DCSA's.

We think we need a secure facility. Is the program ready to start one, and what is still undefined?

For

Program offices and cleared companies with a requirement in hand and no facility behind it yet.

Does

A short intake across contract, funding, workforce, timeline and current security posture that maps what is settled and what is still open before design money is committed.

Does not

Price the build, commit a schedule, or stand in for a site evaluation. It establishes whether the project is ready to be scoped, not what it will cost.

Before we sign a lease, what should we verify about this site, and should we lease, build, or use a flexible option instead?

For

Program managers, FSOs and executives choosing space for a secure facility before a lease is signed.

Does

Two modules. A fifteen-item checklist across landlord rights, shared occupancy, structure, power, connectivity and location, and a comparison of six ways of getting secure space set against your own constraints. Both run entirely in your browser.

Does not

Approve a building, price a lease, or replace a site evaluation. Facility accreditation rests with the applicable Accrediting Official or Cognizant Security Authority, on the specific site.

What should we put in the budget for a SCIF, and what actually drives that number?

For

Program offices, security officers, ISSMs and capture teams sizing a budget before design.

Does

The cost guide explains the ranges and the drivers behind them: storage type, size, sound attenuation, RF shielding, AA&E and starting condition. The Project Estimator turns those inputs into a budgetary rough order of magnitude that tightens as the intake is completed. It asks for a work email and a CAGE code before it runs.

Does not

Produce a bid, an engineering estimate, or a guarantee. Actual cost depends on site conditions, the accrediting authority's requirements and market pricing at the time of construction.

Is this facility ready for the accreditation review, or are we about to fail an inspection?

For

FSOs, security specialists and program managers approaching an inspection, or holding a facility whose posture they did not build.

Does

Works through the readiness categories an accreditation package turns on: construction and the Fixed Facility Checklist, doors and hardware, intrusion detection, access control, acoustics, and the documentation that has to exist alongside them. Names what is open.

Does not

Accredit anything or predict an outcome. Accreditation is granted by the applicable Accrediting Official or Cognizant Security Authority, per site and per system.

Our project has stalled. Which of the usual causes is ours, and what has to happen first?

For

Owners of a facility project that is late, over budget, half built, or blocked against a security or accreditation gate.

Does

Sorts the symptom into the causes that actually stall secure construction: a design that was never accreditable, a sequence that put the package after the walls, a specialty scope nobody owned, or a schedule that lost its alignment with the program.

Does not

Assign fault, replace a site assessment, or commit anyone to a recovery plan. It sorts the problem so the first real conversation starts in the right place.

Where are we in the CMMC process, readiness, assessment or certification, and what does CMMC actually mean for our company?

For

Defense suppliers and the people inside them, FSOs, ISSMs and executives who inherited a CMMC obligation without a clear position.

Does

Works out the level the conversation is likely about and whether you are in readiness, assessment or certification, then lists what is open and in what order. Plain language, no score, no rank.

Does not

Certify anything. Salian is not a C3PAO. CMMC certification is issued by an authorized C3PAO or the Department of Defense; this tool supports readiness only.

What does CMMC Level 1 actually require of us, and can our team learn it without a consultant?

For

Defense contractors handling federal contract information, and the people inside them who just inherited compliance.

Does

A free self-paced course covering the framework, the seventeen Level 1 practices, self-assessment and SPRS scoring, with knowledge checks, a final exam and a certificate of completion.

Does not

Certify your organization. CMMC certification is issued by an authorized C3PAO or the Department of Defense. The certificate here records that a person completed the course, nothing more.

What should we check before acquiring a cleared contractor, and what needs a licensed professional before we close?

For

Investors, acquirers and corporate development teams evaluating a target that holds a facility clearance, classified contracts, accredited space or a CMMC obligation.

Does

Works through eleven areas, facility clearance, FOCI, KMP continuity, classified contracts, accreditations, CMMC posture, export control and novation, and marks each item in hand, not yet, or not applicable.

Does not

Grade the target, price the deal, or make any determination. Facility clearance and FOCI mitigation are decided by DCSA or the applicable Cognizant Security Agency; novation is a contracting officer decision.