Example, read only. A sample company whose own team runs its CMMC program here, reviewed by a credentialed officer and kept current.
Finish · Attest and file
Meridian Defense Systems, Inc. ran every readiness check the self assessment needs. Then Elena R. Marsh recorded the score, posted it in the SPRS CMMC Assessments module through PIEE, and affirmed it. That is the last step: a Level 2 self assessment on the record and the senior official's self attestation behind it, renewed every year.
Self assessed and self attested: you score yourself in SPRS on a three year cycle and your senior official affirms it every year. As of September 3, 2026 a class deviation directs contracting officers to remove third party assessment from contracts. The program rule still provides for it, so your solicitation sets the track. Your team builds the same evidence either way.
A pro checks it
A credentialed officer reviews every step before your senior official signs. The officer never signs. The findings are the team's, and the affirmation is the senior official's own act (32 CFR 170.22).
The affirmation
Affirmed by Elena R. Marsh, Chief Executive Officer and the Affirming Official, at the assessment and again at the POA&M closeout.
Recorded Conditional at 106 on March 11, 2026 with 4 items on the plan of action. The closeout self assessment was recorded with a score of 110, posted July 22, 2026. That is Final Level 2 (Self). See the score and the closed items
Contracting officers check SPRS before award. A Level 2 (Self) status meets a solicitation that names Level 2 (Self), and a solicitation that names Level 1 as well, since a higher status covers a lower one.
Contracts carrying DFARS 252.204-7019 and 7020 also require a NIST SP 800-171 Basic Assessment score in SPRS, posted in the legacy NIST SP 800-171 assessments table and not more than three years old. That is a separate record from the CMMC Level 2 (Self) status. Same score, same scope description, two postings.
It stays true
Level 2 is a year round posture, not a one time filing. Miss the annual affirmation and the status lapses: no new Level 2 awards, and option exercises on existing contracts fail the SPRS check (DFARS 204.7503(c)).
Next annual affirmation
July 22, 2027
A year after the latest one, logged July 22, 2026 at the POA&M closeout. The renewal window opens May 18, 2027.
Full self assessment due
March 11, 2029
Three years from the Conditional date, March 11, 2026; the closeout does not restart it (32 CFR 170.16(a)(1)).
Records kept six years
July 22, 2032
Every sealed version is kept six years from its CMMC Status Date (32 CFR 170.16(c)(4)). Version 4, affirmation, is kept until then.
Before you re affirm
Check what is true today. These are notes for the senior official's review, not locks: the affirmation stays with the person who signs.
Logging next year's re affirmation seals version 5 of the whole record, hashed and signed. See the sealed versions
Your team works all 110 requirements on the platform, a credentialed officer reviews every step, and the record stays true all three years. Start free for 30 days, no credit card, or book a free advisory call if you would rather talk it through first.