A 2008 CBP letter of commendation confirms SIMS designed, delivered and evaluated the Supply Chain Security Specialist training program from the inception of C-TPAT, with more than 200 specialists trained by that date. More than 1,500 CBP regulatory auditors were trained over the fourteen consecutive years that followed.
SIMS designed, delivered and evaluated training for CBP Supply Chain Security Specialists from the inception of CTPAT, and trained more than 1,500 CBP regulatory auditors over the fourteen consecutive years that followed. We build the documented operating system behind certification, not the paperwork in front of it.
What SIMS does here
Eligibility & program strategy
Eligibility assessment, program strategy, and a gap assessment against the entity-specific Minimum Security Criteria.
Security profile & governance
Security profile, portal submission, governance charter, and management statement, the documentary spine of the program.
Risk assessment & partner controls
Risk assessment, business-partner screening, site controls, forced-labor due diligence, and corrective action.
Validation preparation
Validation preparation, mock interviews, evidence index, response package, and remediation.
Maintenance & re-evaluation
Annual reviews, training, portal administration, re-evaluation, and audit-ready evidence maintenance.
Frequently asked questions
Who is eligible?
Eligibility runs well beyond importers, exporters, foreign manufacturers, freight forwarders and customs brokers, rail, air, sea and highway carriers, consolidators, and marine port and terminal operators all have entity-specific criteria. Each is scoped to how that party actually sits in the chain.
Who owns the decision?
Certification and validation are CBP decisions. No consultant grants status. What SIMS builds is the control environment and evidence that a validator can test.
Certification, validation, refund and clearance are agency decisions and are never guaranteed. Recovery amounts and timelines depend on the facts.
Thirty minutes on your security profile: where a validator would push, and what it takes to hold.
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