Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program

 

In partnership with industry, the goal of the CTMA program is to leverage and advance commercial developments in maintenance and sustainment technology and processes for the primary benefit of U.S. industry and the public applying the research, development, evaluation, integration, and deployment to DoD issues to reduce costs, improve system/platform operational availabilities, increase systems reliability, improve logistical support efficiency and effectiveness, improve the planning and execution of sustainment operations, increase the resiliency of the sustainment industrial base, improve environmental compliance, and increase sustainment personnel competency and safety.

Active 12.225 Department of Defense B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2023 Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electrical power is needed, but they can also be extremely difficult to maintain, transport, fuel and utilize. When maintaining equipment in remote locations, standing up mobile hospitals, or other disaster relief activities, having a reliable source of power is critical. Although diesel engine generators are the standard remote power solution, they are also heavy, maintenance intensive, and require diesel fuel that in many locations, presents an extreme logistics challenge. As an alternative to diesel generators, clean electrical energy storage has emerged as a worldwide market option. Innovative organizations are using different renewable energy sources and new battery-based electrical storage devices to provide power necessary for remote operations and sustainment. The intent of this initiative is to create a Mobile Energy Storage System (MESS) that combines clean, renewable power generation with energy storage in a package that can be easily and safely transported to an expeditionary location and be easily maintained while in use. 10 U.S.C. 4001
Research and Development Projects N/A N/A Award is subject to: 1) receipt of applicable/acceptable certifications and representations; 2) having a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov); 3), the applicant, its principals, proposed subrecipients/subrecipient principals not appearing in SAM Exclusions as currently debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible; and 4) meeting other proposal requirements specified by awarding agency. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. N/A A project concept paper is developed between the project sponsor and the CTMA program office. Funding is approved, and a modification package is submitted to the awarding office for scope and legal review. Once the modification package has been reviewed and approved, the Grants Officer bilaterally executes a cooperative agreement modification with the industry partner. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 30 to 60 days. N/A Not applicable. Not applicable. A Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) was selected to review applications that had been submitted by a cut-off date on Grants.gov. The assistance can be used to supplement the private investment being applied to develop, integrate and transition commercial sustainment technologies and processes which can: improve weapon systems readiness and reliability; improve weapon systems capability with lowered overall sustainment costs; reduce cycle time for sustainment; and improve business practices and data collection/management. Not applicable. Not applicable. Record keeping requirements are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award, which will include appropriate provisions related to recipient records that are required by the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) and 2 CFR 200. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. This program will cost share.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Throughout the period of performance determined for any given project associated with the CA. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Jonathan E. Bertsch
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 223500002 USA
jonathan.e.bertsch.civ@mail.mil
Phone: 703-545-3559

Stephen E. McKee
3500 Defense Pentagon
Washington, VA 203013500 USA
stephen.e.mckee.civ@mail.mil
Phone: 571-969-0662 https://www.whs.mil 97-0400-1-2-225 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$567,002,576.00; FY 23 est $895,964,673.00; FY 24 est $900,000,000.00; FY 21$240,043,124.00; FY 20$298,226,151.00; FY 19$227,390,114.00; FY 18$86,536,908.00; FY 17$27,503,485.00; FY 16$17,848,393.00; - Individual awards can range from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2020 Inspection and Fractographic Analysis to Develop a Digital Twin for a Legacy Aircraft: The overall objective of this initiative is to develop and validate a process to create detailed digital twins when much of the necessary technical data is missing. Using the B-1 as a surrogate to achieve this will provide the military with “non-proprietary government owned” models and methods that can be used to evaluate damage or changes to the aircraft usage in order to repair, modify the design, modify structural inspection intervals or even reevaluate the design life of the asset, with the end result being an environment that provides the best possible aircraft sustainment and fleet readiness.
Fiscal Year 2023 Mobile Energy Storage System (MESS) - Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electrical power is needed, but they can also be extremely difficult to maintain, transport, fuel and utilize. When maintaining equipment in remote locations, standing up mobile hospitals, or other disaster relief activities, having a reliable source of power is critical. Although diesel engine generators are the standard remote power solution, they are also heavy, maintenance intensive, and require diesel fuel that in many locations, presents an extreme logistics challenge. As an alternative to diesel generators, clean electrical energy storage has emerged as a worldwide market option. Innovative organizations are using different renewable energy sources and new battery-based electrical storage devices to provide power necessary for remote operations and sustainment. The intent of this project is to create a Mobile Energy Storage System (MESS) that combines clean, renewable power generation with energy storage in a package that can be easily and safely transported to an expeditionary location and be easily maintained while in use.