The defense supply network
Help the suppliers your defense contracts depend on
Deep Fathom connects visibility across your supply chain with a practical platform for suppliers to become and remain compliant. Know which suppliers can demonstrate compliance and which need help. Support the contracts you bid for, win, and keep.
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Status & evidence
For primes & higher-tier buyers
See where suppliers stand.
Help them move forward.
Connect oversight to a platform suppliers can use to carry out their compliance work.
Build a supplier compliance programFor defense suppliers
Meet the requirements.
Keep the work current.
Build a compliance capability that supports the defense work you pursue, win, and retain.
Work through your requirementsThe interconnected ecosystem
Defense capability depends on the network
A prime contract draws on major subcontractors, integrators, aggregators, manufacturers, and specialist service providers. Each can bring its own suppliers, technical information, and contract terms. Some suppliers support several customers while managing a supply chain of their own.
That makes supplier compliance a delivery concern. Your team needs to know which suppliers meet the requirements for their work and where a gap could affect delivery.
The scale is substantial. In its July 2025 supply-chain report, GAO cited a DoD estimate of more than 200,000 suppliers. That study examined foreign-dependency visibility, not cyber compliance rates, but it illustrates the reach of the network that defense programs depend on. GAO report.
Two connected jobs
Give buyers visibility and suppliers a way forward
Primes need to know which suppliers meet the requirements for award, information access, and performance. A useful view distinguishes current responses from missing or outdated information and known compliance gaps. That helps your team focus on the suppliers that need attention.
Suppliers need help carrying out the obligations they receive. That includes understanding scope, implementing safeguards, managing assigned work, preparing for the required assessment or affirmation, and keeping compliance current while the business changes.
Deep Fathom gives suppliers a place to carry out and maintain their compliance work. Flowdown connects supplier obligations with acknowledgments, recorded status, and review notes. Use those records to follow up on missing answers and gaps. Agree what suppliers will share as part of the program.
Program options
Put a supplier compliance program into operation
A prime can recommend Deep Fathom to suppliers, discuss a coordinated rollout, or explore subsidized access for a supplier group. The right approach depends on the work at stake, the suppliers’ starting point, and who will own adoption and support.
For a smaller supplier, this creates a practical route to meeting customer requirements. For the prime, it connects supplier support to the gaps that affect delivery. Agree what you’ll fund, who will help, and how you’ll review progress.
From bid to continued performance
Follow the requirements through the contract lifecycle
FAR and DFARS requirements attach to particular contracts, work, and information. Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information introduce different protection questions. Follow the governing terms from the first bid decision through putting safeguards in place, demonstrating compliance, and maintaining it over time.
Use the supplier requirements guide to establish the work. The verification guide explains how assessments, supplier representations, and ongoing assurance fit together as policy changes.
Choose where to begin
Start with the part of the supply chain you need to improve
If you buy from defense suppliers, describe the program and the visibility or readiness problem you need to address. Discuss a supplier compliance program.
If you supply defense work, bring the requirement you need to meet and the gaps holding your team back. Evaluate the platform for your requirements.
Explore the guides
Questions across the supply chain.
How compliance moves through the defense supply network
Understand how primes, integrators, aggregators, and specialist suppliers share defense work and carry different compliance responsibilities.
Read the guide Prime & buyer guideHelp critical suppliers meet defense requirements
Help important suppliers meet and maintain defense requirements through a recommended platform, coordinated rollout, or funded access.
Read the guide Prime & buyer guideBuild a supplier compliance program that supports delivery
Help suppliers meet defense requirements, track their compliance status, and address the gaps that could affect your program.
Read the guide Supplier guideBuild compliance around the work you perform
A defense supplier's practical route from an applicable requirement to assigned work, evidence, and an honest response.
Read the guide Supplier guideUnderstand the requirements attached to your defense work
Use the contract, the work, and the information involved to turn an incoming defense requirement into a clear plan.
Read the guide Shared referenceWhat establishes a supplier's current compliance status?
Distinguish supplier statements, assessment records, supporting evidence, and ongoing compliance visibility during changes to defense verification policy.
Read the guideWork with Deep Fathom
Start with the requirements affecting your work.
Tell us whether you are managing a supplier base, meeting a customer requirement, or doing both. Our team will discuss the relevant Deep Fathom workflow and how to evaluate it for your situation.