For Manufacturers, Engineering Firms & Suppliers

Your primes are asking about CMMC. We speak their language.

If you supply defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, or healthcare customers, cybersecurity questionnaires and CMMC / NIST 800-171 flow-downs are landing in your inbox. AveLu is a veteran-owned IT partner built by someone who worked inside government and defense contracting — we have been on the side that writes those requirements.

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Why this is hitting small shops now

CMMC 2.0 is in contracts
DoD is phasing CMMC requirements into new contracts, and primes are flowing them down to every supplier that touches controlled information — including machine shops, fabricators, and engineering firms.
Your SPRS score is visible
If you handle CUI under DFARS 252.204-7012, your NIST 800-171 self-assessment score sits in SPRS where your customers can see it. A low or missing score costs you contracts quietly.
Questionnaires decide awards
Even outside defense — automotive, aviation, energy, and healthcare customers now send security questionnaires before awarding work. Answering them badly is losing business you never knew you were up for.
The CMMC Readiness Program

A fixed-fee path from “we got a questionnaire” to audit-ready.

No open-ended consulting. Three defined steps, each priced before it starts.

Step 1 · Gap Assessment & SPRS Score
Fixed fee · from $3,500 · 2–3 weeks
We assess your environment against NIST 800-171, calculate your real SPRS score, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap in plain English — what matters, what it costs, what can wait.
Step 2 · Remediation & Program Build
Fixed-fee project · scoped from your assessment
We implement the controls: hardened Microsoft 365 configuration, access controls, encryption, logging, policies, and the System Security Plan and POA&M documentation your customers ask for.
Step 3 · Compliance Retainer
from $1,500/mo · stacks on managed IT
Evidence collection, control monitoring, questionnaire responses, annual review, and keeping your score current as your shop changes. Something visible delivered every month.
Straight talk: we implement, document, and get you assessment-ready. Formal CMMC Level 2 certification comes from an accredited C3PAO assessor — no IT provider can certify you, and you should walk away from any that claims to. We prepare you to pass, and we say so plainly in every agreement.

Why manufacturers pick AveLu

We have lived the requirements
  • Veteran-owned & operated — discipline and documentation are the default
  • 14+ years in Fortune 50/500 and government contracting environments
  • We have sat on the compliance side of DFARS and federal security requirements — we know what your primes actually check
Built for shops your size
    • Fixed-fee steps, not open-ended consulting hours
    • Managed IT from $150/user/mo with the compliance program stacked on top — one partner, one invoice
    • Remote-first delivery, nationwide — on-site days available when needed

    Find out where you stand before your customers ask.

    30 minutes, free. Bring the questionnaire or flow-down letter if you have one — we will tell you exactly what it means and what it will take.

    Book a CMMC Readiness Call