Defense Community Infrastructure Program

 

Assist state and local governments with addressing deficiencies in community infrastructure to, in order of priority, enhance military value (to include critical infrastructure), cadet training at covered educational institutions, installation resilience, or military family quality of life. Projects must be supportive of a military installation. Community infrastructure means any transportation project; school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or other community support facility; or water, wastewater, telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility infrastructure project that is located off a military installation and owned by a state or local government.

Active 12.027 Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2023 In FY 2023, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation awarded 17 grants totaling $100M to state and local governments for community infrastructure projects supportive of military installations. These grants leveraged additional funds for over $138 million in total defense community investment across the United States. Public Law -Public Law No: 115-232 Section 2861(Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program), U.S.C.
10 U.S.C. 2391(d): Defense Community Infrastructure Program State or local governments may apply for the assistance to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation. Assets owned by not-for-profit, member-owned utilities may be enhanced with the funding. However, they may only apply in partnership with a primary state or local government proposer. Community infrastructure projects or facilities must be located off a military installation or on property under the jurisdiction of a military department that is also subject to a real estate agreement (including a lease or an easement) held by a state or local government. Not applicable. Proposals must be "construction-ready" (ability to start construction within 12 months of funding). Required documentation includes: proof of design, site control, planning, and permitting; a third-party cost estimate for the proposed project; ability to complete necessary federal and state/local planning and environmental planning; liquidity of all funding (including award of other Federal funds) sources; and a budget that demonstrates an understanding of eligible costs with sources matching uses of funds. A letter of support from the command at the benefitting military installation is also required. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Proposals are invited and then competitively ranked against the criteria provided in a Notice of Funding Opportunity. A final ranking is then approved by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment) on the basis of this competitive review. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation Director will then proceed to invite formal grant applications on the basis of available funding. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation must perform due diligence to ensure grants under this Program comply with all applicable laws and regulations, are awarded, co-signed by the recipients, and the funds are obligated no later than September 30 of the Fiscal Year the appropriations are available. To receive an award, an eligible respondent must submit both a successful proposal and an acceptable grant application. Applications are reviewed by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation staff, and the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation may consult with other Federal agencies as necessary in consideration of an application. Any issues or concerns noted in the application may be negotiated with the applicant prior to the application being accepted as final by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Awards by the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, will be made on the basis of an approved final application. Each fiscal year appropriations are available, a Notice of Funding Opportunity will be released in the spring identifying the proposal deadline. Contact the headquarters or website for application deadlines. To the extent practicable, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will inform applicants of approval within seven business days of the receipt of a final, complete application for planning assistance, and within thirty business days of the receipt of a final, complete application for assistance to carry out community adjustments or economic diversification programs. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will promptly inform an applicant of the rejection of any application once OLDCC completes its due diligence. Not applicable. Not applicable. 10 U.S.C. ? 2391(d)(1)(B) requires that proposed community infrastructure projects be selected in the following order of priority: projects that will enhance military value at a military installation (to include critical infrastructure); projects that will contribute to the training of cadets enrolled in an independent program at a covered educational institution; projects that will enhance military installation resilience; and projects that will enhance military family quality of life at a military installation. Eligible costs include only hard construction and renovation costs, including project administration, inspection, construction, utilities, and contingency costs required to execute the project, as well as costs of capital equipment affixed to the real property. Performance Reports: The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation requires performance reports in intervals no less frequent than annual nor more frequent than quarterly except in unusual circumstances, for example, where more frequent reporting is necessary for effective monitoring or could significantly affect deliverables. Standard Federal audit requirements apply, as appropriate to the type of recipient. These audits are due to the cognizant Federal agency, submitted through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, not later than 9 months after the end of the Grantee's fiscal year. Record retention requirements are provided in 2 CFR Part 200.334, Retention requirements for records. Projects subject to enduring Federal Interest must also abide by record requirements provided in 2 CFR Part 200.330 and 2 CFR Part 200.313. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is . 30%. Program requires a 30% match requirement, except no match is required for projects located in a rural location (city, town, or unincorporated area with a population of not more than 100,000 inhabitants by zip code) or in receipt of a national security waiver from the cognizant Military Department Secretary (i.e., Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, or Secretary of the Air Force) attesting to the national security need/importance of the proposed project.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. All costs must have been incurred within the proposed project period or no earlier than the date of enactment of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, August 13, 2018. Assistance is only available for obligation in the Fiscal Year it is appropriated, and must be expended no later than five (5) years from the date of grant award. Reimbursement is the required payment method. Department of Defense, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520 Arlington, VA 22202-3711 Karen E. Bass-McFadden
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520
Arlington, VA 22202 USA
karen.e.bass-mcfadden.civ@mail.mil
Phone: 7036972161 https://oldcc.gov/defense-community-infrastructure-program-dcip 97-0100-0-7-051 (Project Grants) FY 23$100,000,000.00; FY 24 est $75,000,000.00; FY 25 - Range of Grants: $250,000 - $20,000,000 Fiscal Year 2023: $100 Million Federal regulations that will apply to an Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation grant include administrative requirements and provisions governing allowable costs as stated in: o 2 C.F.R. Part 200, ''Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards'' o 2 CFR Part 1104, "Implementation of Government-wide Guidance for Grants and Cooperative Agreements" o 2 C.F.R. Part 25, ''Universal Identifier and System for Award Management'' o 2 C.F.R. Part 170, ''Reporting Sub-award and Executive Compensation Information'' o 2 C.F.R Part 184, "Buy America Preferences for Infrastructure Projects" o 2 C.F.R. Part 1125, Department of Defense Non-Procurement Debarment and Suspension o 32 C.F.R. Part 28, ''New Restrictions on Lobbying'' o Additional requirements include compliance with: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act, Hire American Act, and the Build America, Buy America Act included under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) signed into law on November 15, 2021. Fiscal Year 2023 Fiscal Year 2023: The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation awarded $100M to state and local governments for infrastructure projects supportive of military installations. Examples of funded projects include grants to: construct stormwater management system improvements to support Naval Station Norfolk; construct a new firefighting and conservation warehouse to improve wildfire response and enable maintenance and repair of firefighting vehicles to support Pohakuloa Training Area; and, restore four dams damaged by 2018 Hurricane Florence, reestablishing the safety and security of the dams, and mitigating flood risks to Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point.