Common Centralized Professional Services: Security Requirement Checklists (SRCLs)

The below listed 45 common SRCLs are a result of a uniform national approach for the procurement of professional services. In the past, each professional services method of supply (MoS) had to develop their individual generic SRCLs. 45 common SRCLs have been developed and are to be used for all professional services MoS that have been harmonized.

For any questions, or to enquire if the 45 SRCLs can be used against a specific MoS, please contact the appropriate MoS Standing Offer / Supply Arrangement Authority by accessing the Contact Acquisitions page.

The following includes instructions, notes and clauses for the 45 Common Centralized Professional Services (PS) SRCLs. The actual SRCLs can be found at the links associated with each SRCL section. To help contracting officers select the appropriate SRCL, please see the Common Centralized Professional Services SRCL's Summaries below.

Common Professional Services SRCL's Notes/Instructions:

1. A Contract/Sub-Contract/Standing Offer/Supply Arrangement containing a security requirement clause whereby vendor personnel must be reliability Screened/Security cleared, must not be awarded without first verifying through the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) that the vendor holds the appropriate level of facility security clearance and (if required) document safeguarding capability.
2. A copy of the contractual documentation must be provided to the company security officer and the CISD. CISD will require three copies if the contract is awarded to a foreign supplier.
3. Before forwarding any protected or classified information/assets to an organization, government officials shall first ensure through the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate that the intended supplier and selected site holds the appropriate level of document safeguarding capability.
4. Within Canada, all protected and classified information/assets must be forwarded to the Company Security Officer (CSO). However, the CSO must forward a copy of the document transmittal form to Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD)/Document Control Unit.
5. Protected and classified information/assets intended for foreign suppliers must be transmitted on a government-to-government basis via Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD).

SRCL Contract #	Supplier / Personnel Security Screening	Supplier and its personnel	Access to Controlled goods?	Document Safeguarding?
Common PS SRCL #1	Reliability	Commercial courier only	No	No
Common PS SRCL #2	Reliability	Access to RESTRICTED AREAS and NO ACCESS to PROTECTED and/or CLASSIFIED INFORMATION or assets	No	No
Common PS SRCL #3	Reliability	Access to RESTRICTED AREAS and NO ACCESS to PROTECTED and/or CLASSIFIED INFORMATION or assets	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #4	Secret	Access to RESTRICTED AREAS and NO ACCESS to PROTECTED and/or CLASSIFIED INFORMATION or assets	No	No
Common PS SRCL #5	Secret	Access to RESTRICTED AREAS and NO ACCESS to PROTECTED and/or CLASSIFIED INFORMATION or assets	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #6	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B.	No	No
Common PS SRCL #7	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B.	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #8	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR).	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #9	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #10	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data. There will be an Electronic link between the supplier's IT systems and the government department or agency.	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #11	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #12	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED B. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR). The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #13	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C.	No	No
Common PS SRCL #14	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C.	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #15	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR).	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #16	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Protected C
Common PS SRCL #17	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected C
Common PS SRCL #18	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to PROTECTED C. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR). The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected C
Common PS SRCL #19	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET.	No	No
Common PS SRCL #20	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET.	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #21	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR).	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #22	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets.	No	Secret
Common PS SRCL #23	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Secret
Common PS SRCL #24	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Secret
Common PS SRCL #25	Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to SECRET. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR). The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Secret
Common PS SRCL #26	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET.	No	No
Common PS SRCL #27	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET.	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #28	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR).	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #29	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Top Secret
Common PS SRCL #30	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Top Secret
Common PS SRCL #31	Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED and CLASSIFIED information or assets up to TOP SECRET. Access to unclassified military technical data subject to Technical Data Control Regulations (TDCR). The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Top Secret
Common PS SRCL #32	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED A only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Protected A
Common PS SRCL ##33	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED B only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #34	Secret	Access to SECRET only information or assets	No	No
Common PS SRCL #35	Top Secret	Access to TOP SECRET only information or assets	No	No
Common PS SRCL #36	Reliability & Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets.  The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED A and B ONLY information or assets	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #37	Reliability & Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED A and B ONLY information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #38	Reliability & Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED B ONLY information or assets	No	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #39	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED A only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected A
Common PS SRCL #40	Reliability	Access to PROTECTED B only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #41	Secret	Access to SECRET only information or assets	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #42	Top Secret	Access to TOP SECRET only information or assets	Yes	No
Common PS SRCL #43	Reliability & Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED A and B ONLY information or assets	Yes	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #44	Reliability & Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED A and B ONLY information or assets and uses its IT Systems to process, produce or store information or data.	Yes	Protected B
Common PS SRCL #45	Reliability & Top Secret	Access to PROTECTED A, B and SECRET only information or assets. The supplier is to Receive and Store PROTECTED B ONLY information or assets	Yes	Protected B