Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program

Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to, “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.” 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.