OpportunityTitle: Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program
CategoryExplanation: This notice announces an opportunity to obtain Defense Manufacturing Community designation and funding under the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program for Fiscal Year 2022. This notice includes proposal submission requirements, instructions, eligibility and selection criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals. The Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment approved this program on May 19, 2022. This notice outlines the first of a two-step process to potentially receive funding under this program. The amount of funds available for this program will be identified following enactment of an appropriation Fiscal Year 2022. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L.  117-103) provides $30 million for this program.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: For full details on eligibility see attached Final Federal Funding Opportunity notice (.pdf format) attached here. Proposals for designation as a Defense Manufacturing Community must be submitted by a &#8220;Lead Organization&#8221; on behalf of a regional manufacturing consortium as part of the proposal being invited. A &#8220;lead organization&#8221; may be any of the entities identified in the attached FFO (Section C). For the purposes of this announcement a &#8220;consortium&#8221; is a collection of associated assets focused on common challenge in defense manufacturing or defense-related technology. These consortia represent active networks of similar, synergistic or complementary organizations engaged in a particular defense manufacturing industry sector or vertical, with active channels for business transactions, communications, dialogue and workforce development, that share specialized infrastructure, labor markets and services. While consortia are generally located within a specific and geographically-bounded region, this does not preclude the inclusion of a member or organization with significant and relevant capabilities and capacities which are outside of the geographic region of the majority of the consortia members, but which nevertheless complement the work of the consortia.
Description: The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, authorized under Section 846 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (PL 115-232), is designed to undertake long-term investments in critical skills, facilities, research and development, and small business support in order to strengthen the national security innovation and manufacturing base. The program also seeks to ensure complementarity of those communities so designated with existing Defense Manufacturing Institutes. Defense Manufacturing Institutes are manufacturing ecosystems established since 2014, with common manufacturing and design challenges revolving around specific technologies. To date, the Department of Defense has established nine (9) Manufacturing Institutes - https://www.dodmantech.mil/Manufacturing-Innovation-Institutes/. (For complete roster of all existing manufacturing institutes, see link at https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes.)
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact Email Address
GrantorContactText: Hiwot Gebremariam &lt;br/&gt;Program  &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-679-2901
CloseDateExplanation: Complete proposals for Defense Manufacturing Community designations must be received by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation by 5:00 p.m. PDT on July 19, 2022 (the Proposal Deadline).