OpportunityTitle: Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program
CategoryExplanation: This notice announces an opportunity to obtain funding from the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) to assist States and local governments, and not-for-profit, member owned utility services in addressing deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation, under the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program. This notice includes proposal requirements, the deadline for submitting proposals, and the criteria that will be used to select proposals. The Secretary of Defense approved the program on May 6, 2020, and identified the priority focus to be military family quality of life, military resilience, and military value (in that order). This is a Final Federal Funding Opportunity notice, and interested responders must submit a proposal based on the instructions provided in Section D., paragraphs 1-3, and by the date identified in Section D., paragraph 4, of this Federal Funding Opportunity notice.  OEA may directly provide awards under this notice for projects owned by a State, local government, or a not-for-profit, member-owned utility service, or it may transfer funds to another Federal agency for award to a state or local government. Entities other than those identified above as eligible to receive direct funding under this notice may partner with an eligible entity for project proposals.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: State or local governments and not-for-profit, member owned utility services owning infrastructure outside of, but supporting, a military installation. Entities other than those identified above as eligible to receive direct funding under this notice may partner with an eligible entity for project proposals. The term military installation means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam. Such term does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects.
Description: Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to, &#8220;make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement funds available under Federal programs administered by agencies other than the Department of Defense, for projects owned by a State or local government, or a not-for-profit, member-owned utility service to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation, if the Secretary determines that such assistance will enhance the military value, resilience, or military family quality of life at such military installation.&#8221; The Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (PL 116-93) provides $50 million for the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) to obligate prior to September 30, 2020. On May 6, 2020, the Secretary of Defense approved OEA to implement this program with the eligibility criteria and grant process provided under this notice.Project proposals must include the endorsement of the local installation commander representing the installation benefitting from the proposed project, and will be competitively ranked across review criteria identified in Section E., paragraph 1 of this notice.Federal funds may supplement, but cannot substitute for or otherwise supplant other available public funds that are available for the proposed project, including funds from the Defense Access Roads Program, U.S. Department of Transportation grants, etc. School construction projects proposed cannot be for public schools on military installations that are identified on the Secretary of Defense 2018 Public Schools on Military Installations (PSMI) Prioritized List.This Final Federal Opportunity is related to deleted Forecasts, OEA-20-F-0001, and OEA-20-F-0002.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Mr. Daniel Glasson Office of Economic Adjustment
GrantorContactText: Mr. Daniel Glasson &lt;br/&gt;Office of Economic Adjustment &lt;br/&gt;(703) 697-2130 or (if on telework) (571) 733-7467
CloseDateExplanation: This notice is being advertised and proposals may be submitted through Grants.gov until 5 p.m. PDT on June 26, 2020.