OTA Resource Gateway: References, Queries, Statutes, and Policy Documents

Table of References and Queries for Market Exploration

Content Type	Consortia OTAs*	Stand-Alone OTAs**
Opportunities	Consortia OTA Opportunities	Stand-alone OTA Opportunities
		Cornerstone Opportunities
		DIU Opportunities
Awards	Consortia OTA "Prime" Contracts	Stand-alone OTA Contracts
	Consortia OTA Orders	DIU Awards
	Consortia OTA Project Awards - Detail View	Cornerstone Awards
Production OTAs	Production OTA Prime Contracts Production OTA Orders
Trends	Consortia OTA Spending Trends	Stand-Alone OTA Spending Trends
	All OTAs Trend Data
Entities	List of Consortia	- -

* Consortia OTAs can be thought of as the "contract vehicles" of the OTA market, albeit with different mechanics to IDIQs, GWACs, MA/IDIQs, and other similar contract programs.

** Stand-Alone OTAs are those OTs not issued through consortia but through a GPE like SAM.gov or other method

Keep in Mind: Links to pre-built searches may time out; please let your Customer Success Manager know if a link does not generate results ; The above table pertains to Prototype and Production OTs

Applicable Statutes

Agency	OT Authority	Agency Specific OT Authority Uses, Limitations, or Restrictions
Prototype, Production, Research OTs
Dept of Defense (DOD)	10 U.S.C. § 4021	Research projects to carry out basic, applied, and advanced research projects.
	10 U.S.C. § 4022	Prototype projects to enhance mission effectiveness of DoD personnel, platforms, systems, components, or materials.
Dept of Homeland Security (DHS)	6 U.S.C. § 391	Prototype projects leveraging 10 U.S.C. § 4022.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)	50 U.S.C. § 3024(n)(5)	Authorizes use of 10 U.S.C. § 4021 and 10 U.S.C. § 4022 for basic, applied, and advanced research projects and prototype projects.
No limitations or restrictions
Dept of Commerce (DOC)	15 U.S.C. § 4659	No limitations or restrictions.
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)	6 U.S.C. § 596	No limitations or restrictions.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)	49 U.S.C. § 106(l)	No limitations or restrictions.
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)	51 U.S.C. § 20113(e)	No limitations or restrictions.
All Other
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	15 U.S.C. § 8531(d)	Research and development activities to enhance effectiveness of data, satellite, and other observing systems to meet NOAA missions.
Dept of Energy (DOE)	42 U.S.C. § 7256	Authorizes use of 10 U.S.C. §4021 for research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects.
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)	42 U.S.C. § 16538(f)	Advanced technology projects in support of ARPA-E objectives.
Dept of Health & Human Services (HHS)	42 U.S.C. § 247d-7e	Promote countermeasure and product advanced research and development, including establishing and maintaining domestic manufacturing surge capacity and capabilities.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)	42 U.S.C. § 242c(e)	Infectious disease research, biosurveillance, infectious disease modeling, and public health preparedness and response.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	42 U.S.C. § 282(n)	Projects to carry out Precision Medicine Initiative, Common Fund, and high impact cutting-edge research that increases fundamental biological understanding leading to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of diseases and disorders, or research urgently required to respond to a public health threat
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	42 U.S.C. § 285(b)(3)	Conduct National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI) Director’s functions.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	42 U.S.C. § 284n	Demonstration projects for high-impact, cutting-edge research that increases fundamental biological understanding leading to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disorders.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	42 U.S.C. § 287a(e)(3)(C)	Projects to carry out Cures Acceleration.
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)	42 U.S.C. § 290c(g)	Authorizes use of 42 U.S.C. §247d–7e for advanced research and development.
Transportation Security Agency (TSA)	49 U.S.C. § 114(m)	Authorizes authority provided under 49 U.S.C. § 106(l).
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)	14 U.S.C. § 1158(a)	Authorized for use to operate, test, and acquire cost-effective technology for meeting USCG mission needs.
Dept of Transportation (DOT)	49 U.S.C. § 5312	Research, development, demonstration, to advance innovation of public transportation.
National Science Foundation (NSF)	42 U.S.C. § 19116	Carry out activities of the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Directorate.
Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD)	6 U.S.C. § 1500(e)(1)(F)	Conduct the work of the ONCD.

Source: MITRE AiDA

Policy Guidance Compendium

A Policy Guidance Compendium is available here. It combines Guidance documents issued by the following: DoD, NIH, NSF, DoE, FAA, NOAA, and NASA. Bookmarks are include for content navigation.

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