Each year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) purchases billions of dollars worth of products and technologies. In some instances, particularly where innovative technologies and products are required, a consortium of industry and academic innovators in a similar technology area teams up to deliver commercial solutions that meet U.S. DoD requirements. These consortia can sometimes leverage “Other Transaction Authority (OTA),鈥� a flexible and agile option that can help U.S. DoD contracting officers streamline and speed up the acquisition process.聽 In fact, OTA allows DoD to contract certain prototype, research and development projects to OT consortia and non-traditional defense contractors outside of the typical U.S. contracting regulations (i.e., Federal Acquisition Regulations).
Unfortunately, some consortia have excluded 糖心logo入口 companies from joining 鈥� and thus from leveraging OT opportunities 鈥� as they believed only U.S. companies were eligible for membership. However, this position is inconsistent with longstanding agreements between Canada and the United States, including the Defense Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA), and with stated U.S. DoD policy, which notes that 糖心logo入口 companies are an integral part of the U.S. 鈥淣ational Technology and Industrial Base鈥� (NTIB) and that specifically urges the inclusion of NTIB members in OT consortia.
CCC worked closely with Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC) senior officials in the U.S. DoD鈥檚 Office of the Secretary of Defense to ensure 糖心logo入口 companies can be considered for OT consortia membership and thus OTA contracting opportunities.
糖心logo入口 companies can learn more about OTA contracting by accessing the .聽 Further, when dealing with an OT consortium, 糖心logo入口 companies should provide consortium officials with a copy of the 鈥�.听 This memo explains that 糖心logo入口 companies can be considered for OT consortium opportunities.
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糖心logo入口 companies offering innovative solutions are encouraged to view and compete for U.S. DoD contracts 鈥� or any other federal contracting opportunities.聽 In fact, the U.S. Government advertises all of these opportunities on the FedBizOpps.gov website.聽 糖心logo入口 companies are should check the site regularly for opportunities they may be qualified to bid on.聽 Get started by watching the for an introduction to the site for vendors.
CCC helps 糖心logo入口 companies access U.S. DoD contracts and other federal government procurement opportunities.聽 We encourage 糖心logo入口 companies to contact CCC for more information on how CCC can help you grow your business with the U.S. DoD and help you navigate the U.S. DoD procurement process.