[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6204]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Amendment No. 001 to the Solicitation for Cooperative 
Agreement Applications (SCAA) Issued on April 12, 2011 and Amendment 
No. 005 to the SCAA Issued on July 7, 2010

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, DoD.

ACTION: Amended solicitations for cost sharing cooperative agreement 
applications.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) executes the Department of 
Defense (DoD) Procurement Technical Assistance Program by awarding cost 
sharing cooperative agreements to assist States, local governments, 
private nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations and economic 
enterprises in establishing or maintaining procurement technical 
assistance centers (PTACs) pursuant to Chapter 142 of title 10, United 
States Code.
    DLA amended the Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications 
(SCAA) issued July 7, 2010 (Amendment No. 005), which is applicable to 
States, local governments, private nonprofit organizations, and the 
SCAA issued April 12, 2011 (Amendment No. 001), which is applicable to 
Economic Enterprises and Tribal Organizations defined in 10 U.S.C. 
Sec.  2411(1)(D), to allow acceptance of applications for new programs 
in fiscal year (FY) 2012. For FY 2012, new applications will only be 
considered from entities proposing to provide service to an area that 
will not be covered by an existing program. Applications proposing to 
duplicate any portion of the service area of an existing program will 
neither be accepted nor considered.
    The Amendments issued identify significant areas that are not 
covered or are expected to become uncovered in FY 2012. However, not 
all uncovered areas are identified. Any entity contemplating submitting 
an application, including those that propose to service an area 
identified, must first submit the inquiry, which is discussed in each 
Amendment, to ascertain if the proposed area is covered.
    Funding of new programs for FY 2012 is contingent on the 
availability of funds. In addition, awards may not be made to all 
acceptable applicants. Award decisions will optimize the use of program 
funds while at the same time maximizing the availability of procurement 
technical assistance. DLA will make funding decisions on a case-by-case 
basis and in the best interest of the overall program. An award 
decision for any application submitted pursuant to the Amendments 
issued will be made prior to October 1, 2012.
    Solicitations and Amendments are available at http://www.dla.mil/SmallBusiness/Pages/SCAA.aspx. Additional details regarding these 
opportunities are provided in the Amendments. Printed copies are not 
available for distribution. Applications must be submitted to DLA by 5 
p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on June 7, 2012. Notwithstanding any other 
provision in the SCAA or in previous Amendments, late applications will 
be neither accepted nor evaluated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DLA Office of Small Business Programs 
at [email protected].

    Dated: March 9, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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