USPAE Launches $42M DoD Consortium
The I-Connect007 editorial team recently interviewed Chris Peters, Kevin Sweeney and Shane Whiteside, members of the U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics (USPAE), about the award the association received from the Department of Defense to create the Defense Electronics Consortium. In this conversation, they discuss the objectives of the consortium, which was created to help the government identify and address potential risks in the electronics industry.
Nolan Johnson: Gentlemen, you released some news recently that USPAE received a large grant to establish a new consortium. Can you tell me about that?
Chris Peters: Certainly. We received a $42 million award from the Department of Defense to create the Defense Electronics Consortium and launch the lead-free initiative, which is its first project. The DEC is an Other Transaction Agreement, or OTA, that helps the government get
By Lauren C. Williams
Feb 03, 2021
The Defense Department issued an unprecedented $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020, half of which was dedicated to its response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency annual report.
DOD s use of OTA s more than doubled from $7.4 billion in 2019 to $16.3 billion in 2020 $7.7 billion related to COVID-19, according to the report released Jan. 28.
Other transaction agreements are a relatively new authority that allows for faster acquisitions and are typically used to attract startups and non-traditional companies to do business with DOD. Just six years ago, in 2015, DPC issued $620 million in other transaction agreements.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule on Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services that implements Section 1656 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91).
The regulations promulgated under the rule prohibit DoD from buying any equipment, system or service that uses certain Chinese or Russian telecommunications equipment or services in connection with DoD s nuclear deterrence and homeland defense missions. According to DoD, this will increase the security of systems and critical technology, and is structured to align with the broader, government-wide implementation of Section 889(a)(1)(A) (Section 889 Part A) of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
The Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency recorded more than $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020 in the Defense Department s response to the pandemic.
By Lauren C. Williams
NOTE: This article first appeared on FCW.com.
The Defense Department issued an unprecedented $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020, half of which was dedicated to its response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency annual report.
DOD s use of OTA s more than doubled from $7.4 billion in 2019 to $16.3 billion in 2020 $7.7 billion related to COVID-19, according to the report released Jan. 28.
Other transaction agreements are a relatively new authority that allows for faster acquisitions and are typically used to attract startups and non-traditional companies to do business with DOD. Just six years ago, in 2015, DPC issued $620 million in other transaction agreements.