Federal Contractor Non Disclosure Agreement for FedRAMP
Version 6.0
Attachment A: Federal Contractor Non
Disclosure Agreement for FedRAMP
THIS NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT is entered into as of the date signed below by GSA, which is the party
disclosing confidential information, and _________________________, who is the party receiving confidential
information ("Recipient"), in order to protect the confidential information which is disclosed to Recipient by GSA.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. This Non-Disclosure Agreement (“Agreement”) is supplemental to the FedRAMP Package Access Request Form
For Review of FedRAMP Security Package (“Access Request Form”) to which Recipient has agreed. In the event
of a conflict between this Agreement and the Access Request Form, the Access Request Form shall control.
2. The Confidential Information disclosed by GSA under this Agreement is: confidential and proprietary security
authorization materials for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
3. The Recipient shall keep the confidential information confidential and shall use the Confidential Information only
for evaluation of a cloud service provider’s security risk level in granting federal agency specific security
authorizations and for ongoing monitoring of the cloud service provider’s security implementation.
4. The Recipient shall not make any copies (electronic or otherwise) of the confidential information except as
authorized in writing by the CSP. Any copied security package documentation should be stored consistently with
the requirements for marking and storage of Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”).
5. Recipient shall safeguard all Confidential Information (whether disclosed orally or otherwise) with at least the
same degree of care (but no less than reasonable care) as it uses to safeguard its own Confidential Information
of like kind. Recipient shall limit distribution of Confidential Information that it receives pursuant to this
Agreement to its employees who have a need to know the information for the purposes set forth in Paragraph 3
and who have previously agreed to be bound by confidentiality obligations no less stringent than those in this
Agreement and the online Agreement for Package Reviewers to which Recipient has agreed.
6. This agreement controls only confidential information which is disclosed to Recipient between the effective date
(the date of last signature) and the end of the cloud service provider’s authority to operate as defined in the ATO
letter.
7. Recipient's duties under Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement shall expire twenty (20) years after the
expiration of the cloud service provider’s authority to operate as defined in the ATO letter. Upon written request
by GSA on or before the expiration of the confidentiality period as set forth herein, Recipient shall certify that it
has no Confidential Information in its possession and that it has destroyed or deleted all Confidential Information
that has been disclosed to it in electronic format.
8. This Agreement imposes no obligation upon the Recipient with respect to confidential information which (a) was
in the Recipient's possession before receipt from FedRAMP; (b) is or becomes a matter of public knowledge
through no fault of the Recipient; (c) is received by the Recipient from a third party without a duty of
confidentiality; (d) is independently disclosed by the Recipient with GSA's prior written approval, or (e) is
developed by the Recipient without reference to information disclosed hereunder.