DFARS 252.204-7012 defines controlled technical information as technical information with military or space application that is subject to controls on its access, use, reproduction, modification, performance, display, release, disclosure or dissemination 1.
The same clause lists research and engineering data, engineering drawings, specifications, standards, process sheets and manuals among its examples of technical information 2.
Certifications, and what Bids2Bank does with them
The certification comes from DoD's rule on export-controlled technical data, 32 CFR part 250. A qualified U.S. contractor is one that certifies, as a condition of obtaining export-controlled technical data from the Department of Defense 3, among other things that the data are needed to bid or perform on a contract with the Department of Defense or another U.S. Government agency 4. The data then come with a notice: unauthorized dissemination is prohibited and may result in disqualification as a qualified U.S. contractor 5.
Bids2Bank's DIBBS pages still use the older name: they warn that export-controlled technical data needs a current JCP certification and EJCP certificate 6. You record your own certification details; Bids2Bank does not look them up or check them with DLA, and sends no reminders 7.
A certificate within 30 days of its expiry date shows as expiring, and one past it as expired 8 9.
Bids2Bank does not log in to TDMT or download drawings for you, and never stores your TDMT or DoD password 10. It refuses a "has technical data" filter with the message that DIBBS's daily index does not say whether technical data exists, and tells you to check TDMT 11.
Worked example. Contractor D's EJCP expires on 30 June. On 5 June its DIBBS pages show the certificate as expiring, so the owner gathers the renewal documents that week instead of waiting for a solicitation that needs drawings.
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