PTAP Supplemental Funding | DLA 201903

Opportunity Information: Apply for DLA 201903

The PTAP Supplemental Funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DLA 201903) was issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to potentially provide extra FY2019 funds to existing Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) recipients if DLA ended up with unspent money from planned but not issued awards. The goal of the supplemental funding was straightforward: increase a PTACs capacity to deliver higher-quality services to business clients, especially in ways that strengthen support for companies pursuing government contracting opportunities. This was a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement under the Business and Commerce activity area (CFDA 12.002). DLA anticipated making up to 10 awards, but the total amount available depended entirely on whether excess FY19 funds actually materialized, with DLA estimating up to about $800,000 in potential surplus.

Requests were meant to be small, targeted modifications rather than major expansions. DLA indicated that most modification requests should not exceed $50,000, reflecting both the limited pool of potential excess funds and the intent to fund practical, high-impact improvements. Applicants were instructed to keep the request concise, usually a single paragraph, and to include three key elements: the estimated cost, what would change as a result of the funding (for example, a service enhancement, added capacity, or a specific operational improvement), and an explanation of how the expense would benefit the PTAP if that benefit was not immediately obvious. In other words, DLA was looking for clear, reasonable justifications tied directly to improving program delivery rather than broad or vague funding needs.

Submission was deliberately simple. Applicants could email the request directly to sherry.savage@dla.mil or submit it through grants.gov, with DLA noting that grants.gov offers more definitive tracking but that either method was acceptable. The timeline was tight: the opportunity was created on August 20, 2019, and the submission deadline was August 28, 2019, meaning applicants had about a week to prepare and send a brief modification request.

DLA also emphasized that statutory funding and cost-share rules still applied. PTAC budgets could not exceed the legal federal funding and matching thresholds. However, for the supplemental portion specifically, recipients generally would not need to provide additional matching funds unless accepting the extra federal dollars would push the award beyond a statutory threshold that triggers matching requirements. Final decisions would be made by DLA only if excess funds were available, and selections would be based on the reasonableness of the request and the expected benefit to the PTAP program overall.

• The Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency in the business and commerce sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "PTAP Supplemental Funding" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.002.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 20, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 28, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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