Opportunity Information: Apply for OLDCC 23 F 0001
The Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot (DCIP) Program is a competitive Department of Defense grant program run by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) that helps state and local governments fix off-base infrastructure problems that directly affect the readiness, resilience, and day-to-day operations of nearby military installations. The legal authority comes from 10 U.S.C. 2391(d), which allows DoD to provide grants, enter cooperative agreements, or supplement other federal program funds to address infrastructure deficiencies that support a military installation. In practical terms, the program is meant to strengthen the surrounding community systems that military bases depend on, especially where gaps or capacity limits could disrupt mission activity, force training constraints, or reduce quality of life for service members and families.
Eligible projects fall into three broad categories of community infrastructure. First are transportation projects, which can include roads, intersections, bridges, transit access, or other transportation improvements that affect how people, goods, and emergency services move to and from an installation. Second are community support facilities such as schools, hospitals, police, fire, and emergency response facilities that serve military-connected populations or provide essential public services tied to installation needs. Third are utility infrastructure projects, including water, wastewater, telecommunications, electric, gas, and similar systems that provide reliable service to an installation and the surrounding defense community. Projects must be located off the installation, or on property under a military department secretarys jurisdiction when that property is subject to a real estate agreement like a lease or easement. Ownership must be held by a state or local government, or by a not-for-profit, member-owned utility service.
A key procedural requirement is that every proposal must include an endorsement from the local installation commander representing the installation that will benefit from the project. That endorsement is not a simple formality; it is intended to show the installation genuinely needs the project and views it as important enough to support during civilian execution. The endorsement letter is also expected to communicate the installations willingness to assist OLDCC as needed, including supporting technical review associated with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental planning documents when they are required for the proposed work. There is a special rule for projects that support training of cadets enrolled in an independent program at a covered educational institution: those proposals still need endorsement from an installation commander for an installation that benefits from the project, even if the school is not close to the installation.
Funding for this specific notice totals 100 million, and the notice emphasizes that the money will expire if it is not obligated by September 30, 2023, which creates a strong time pressure for selection and award. Awards are made through a discretionary grant competition, and proposals are scored against selection criteria described in the notice (with competitive scoring referenced in Section E, paragraph 1). The opportunity lists an award ceiling of 20,000,000 per award. The original application closing date shown is June 23, 2023. The listing also identifies the program under CFDA 12.600 and uses the opportunity number OLDCC 23 F 0001.
Eligibility to apply is limited to state and local governments as defined under 2 C.F.R. 200.1, meaning the applicant must be a governmental entity rather than a private organization applying on its own. However, the program does allow pass-through arrangements under 2 C.F.R. 200.331 through 200.333. That means a state or local government can apply as the prime recipient and then pass funds to subrecipients to carry out part of the work. A common example mentioned is a not-for-profit, member-owned utility that may receive funding as a subrecipient through a state or local government. If a project is owned by such a utility, it must comply with federal interest requirements laid out in OLDCC grant terms and conditions. Importantly, any subrecipient involved must be included in the proposal submitted by the state or local government; proposals submitted directly by a subrecipient will not be considered.
Overall, DCIP is designed to close the gap between what happens inside the fence line and what the installation depends on outside it. It targets real-world community infrastructure constraints that can limit training, delay response times, threaten utility reliability, or otherwise create mission risk, and it does so by funding government-led projects that have clear installation support and can be justified through competitive evaluation.Apply for OLDCC 23 F 0001
- The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.600.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-06-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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