CMMC Level 1 · FAR 52.204-21 · 32 CFR Part 170

The government wrote the rules in legalese. We wrote them in English.

Plain-English CMMC documentation kits for small defense suppliers. Every template maps to a government document number, so you can check our work against the source.

Reg-code → plain English Sample
FAR 52.204-21(b)(1)(i) Let only the right people onto systems that hold federal contract info.
MP.L1-3.8.3 · NIST 800-88 Wipe or destroy old drives properly — don't just toss them in the dumpster.
§ 170.15 · pass/fail All 15 requirements must be MET. One NOT MET fails the whole self-assessment.
Where we stand

We structure the documents. We don't assess your systems, advise on scores, or guarantee outcomes — your IT resource supplies the technical truth, and you make every compliance decision. Because every claim cites a document number, you're never taking our word for it.

Why now

This isn't a future deadline. It's already in the contract.

CMMC Level 1 became a live requirement in new DoD solicitations on November 10, 2025. If a prime has sent you a flow-down questionnaire, or you're bidding new work, the self-assessment is already expected — not coming someday.

15basic safeguarding requirements, drawn straight from FAR 52.204-21.
58assessment objectives you must document, examine, interview, or test.
$4–6kDoD's own estimate for a Level 1 self-assessment effort. Our full kit is a fraction of that.
0POA&Ms allowed at Level 1. It's pass/fail — the kit enforces it.
CMMC Level 1 · pick your starting point

Three ways in. Same document-number rigor in every one.

Self-Assessment Workbook
$29.95

The 5-tab Excel workbook: all 15 requirements and 58 objectives, crosswalked to FAR, current CMMC IDs, legacy IDs, and NIST 800-171. Tracks MET / NOT MET, evidence, owner, and live readiness.

FAR 52.204-21§ 170.15
Most popular
Workbook + Templates
$59

Everything in the workbook, plus the plain-English policy and procedure templates for all six Level 1 domains — each footer mapped to its FAR paragraph, CMMC ID, and the objectives it satisfies.

AC · IA · MPPE · SC · SI
Complete Level 1 Kit
$149

The full kit: workbook, all policy and procedure templates, the evidence system, the SPRS submission walkthrough, and the "when the prime asks" response pack. Anchor: DoD estimates this effort at $4,000–6,000.

SPRS · PIEEPrime interface

Launching after independent review by a Registered Practitioner. Join the list and you'll be first to know — and first to get launch pricing.

Version promise

Every CMMC kit — Level 1 and Level 2 — is built to NIST 800-171 Rev 2, the version CMMC assesses against today. All Rev 2 updates are free for one year from your purchase. When Rev 3 is released, it will be an optional paid upgrade, never a forced one.

Why this isn't another $40 template zip

Anyone can sell you documents. We can show you where each one comes from.

Every footer

Document-number traceability

Each template cites its FAR paragraph, its CMMC ID, and the objectives it satisfies. If we can't map it to a source, it doesn't ship.

Current + legacy IDs

Built for the 2024 renumbering

The guides were renumbered when 32 CFR Part 170 took effect. Our crosswalk carries both ID systems, so it still makes sense of the older materials you're holding.

SPRS · PIEE

The submission walkthrough

A screenshot walk through PIEE and SPRS to the affirmation step — the exact place small shops get lost. Worth the kit price on its own.

NIST 800-171 Rev 2

Assessed against today's rule

Mapped to the version CMMC actually assesses against right now — not a draft, not a future revision.

On the workbench

What's coming next.

Each of these is in development and built to the same standard. Join a waitlist and you'll be first in line — nothing here is for sale yet.

In development

CMMC Level 2 Kit

The CUI-level jump: the expanded NIST 800-171 Rev 2 control set, System Security Plan, and evidence structure for suppliers handling controlled unclassified information.

In development

NIST 800-171 / SPRS Companion

For defense suppliers who need the 800-171 self-assessment and a current SPRS score behind their CMMC work. Same lane, same buyer, same rigor.

In development

AI Governance & Use Policy Kit

Plain-English AI acceptable-use, inventory, and vendor-review templates for small businesses — mapped to the NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, the way we map everything else.

Coming: done-with-you

Would you rather we structure it with you?

A guided, done-with-you documentation service is coming once our secure intake is in place. We'll draft your documentation to the same standard — and you always supply the technical truth and make every compliance decision. We're building the secure side of this properly before we open it, which is exactly what you'd want from anyone touching your business.

How it stays honest
You own the CAGE code, the scores, and the submission.
We never handle network details, IPs, or contract specifics.
You always have a human — an RP or your MSP — for the technical calls.
The long game

The AI Literacy Project

A longer-term, grant-scale initiative to make AI understandable and usable for the people and small organizations that big vendors overlook. It's the research arm behind everything above — and the reason our documentation reads like a teacher wrote it, not a lawyer. Forward-looking work, not a product on the shelf.

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The one-page crosswalk is yours before you spend a cent. Judge the quality yourself.

REVIEWED

Independently checked

Technical review by a Registered Practitioner before launch. Name credited here at release.

SOURCED

Cited to the source

Every claim ties to a public government document number. Verify any of it.

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Important

Stark Ave provides professionally structured documentation templates for CMMC Level 1 self-assessment. This is not legal advice, cybersecurity consulting, or certification advice. We do not assess systems, advise on scores, or guarantee any assessment outcome. Your IT resource supplies the technical truth; you make every compliance decision and every submission. All templates reference current, publicly available U.S. Government documents by number.