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5. How does my Company become List X?
The term refers to contractors or subcontractors which have been formally placed on List X because they are undertaking work marked CONFIDENTIAL or above "on the Company Premises". List X is not available on request; it has to be "sponsored" by a Contracting Authority (CA).
The term refers to contractors or subcontractors which have been formally placed on List X because they are undertaking work marked CONFIDENTIAL or above "on the Company Premises". List X is not available on request; it has to be "sponsored" by a Contracting Authority (CA).
The CA can be:-
* An MOD department, probably, but not necessarily, an Integrated Project Team (IPT)
* An existing List X company acting as Prime Contractor to one or more subcontractors (all subcontractors must be approved by the original CA)
* Overseas governments and defence contractors
* NATO (please note that NATO does not accept bids from uncleared companies for classified contracts, so MOD Industrial Security will initiate List X for UK companies subject to evidence of the intention to bid for a specified NATO contract.)
* A number of other UK Government Departments, such as the Home Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office, including GCHQ, also have their own List X sites, but MOD contracts account for around 85% of List X
* An MOD department, probably, but not necessarily, an Integrated Project Team (IPT)
* An existing List X company acting as Prime Contractor to one or more subcontractors (all subcontractors must be approved by the original CA)
* Overseas governments and defence contractors
* NATO (please note that NATO does not accept bids from uncleared companies for classified contracts, so MOD Industrial Security will initiate List X for UK companies subject to evidence of the intention to bid for a specified NATO contract.)
* A number of other UK Government Departments, such as the Home Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office, including GCHQ, also have their own List X sites, but MOD contracts account for around 85% of List X
There are a number of key requirements for List X status:-
* A contract at CONFIDENTIAL or above
* A requirement either for the work to be done on the contractor’s premises or for protectively marked information to be held on site
* A contract at CONFIDENTIAL or above
* A requirement either for the work to be done on the contractor’s premises or for protectively marked information to be held on site
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