At the Defense Department a firm must also show readiness, a transition path and 20 percent of the match from Defense
What the document says“only be eligible for an award from the strategic breakthrough allocation at the Department of Defense if the small business concern-- ``(aa) provides a product, process, or technology that meets a necessary level of readiness and has a commitment for inclusion in a program objective memorandum”
Subclause (IV) of subparagraph (C)(ii) adds three conditions that apply only at the Department of Defense. The firm must provide a product, process or technology that meets a necessary level of readiness and has a commitment for inclusion in a program objective memorandum from an official at or above the rank of program acquisition executive in a Defense acquisition organization. It must provide a product, process or technology that will meet high priority requirements or operational needs of a military department through a successful transition and into the acquisition process. And it must demonstrate that at least 20 percent of the required matching funds come from new funding awarded by the Department of Defense under a program other than Phase I or II of the SBIR or STTR program as a result of the award.
What the document actually says“only be eligible for an award from the strategic breakthrough allocation at the Department of Defense if the small business concern-- ``(aa) provides a product, process, or technology that meets a necessary level of readiness and has a commitment for inclusion in a program objective memorandum”
The rules are tighter at the Defense Department. The firm must show its idea is far enough along. A senior officer must promise to plan money for it.
A program objective memorandum is a defense spending plan. Getting into it means the money is penciled in. The firm must also show its idea meets a real need. And a fifth of its matching money must come from Defense.
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