Award follow-on production or sustainment after a successful prototype OT
- Objective
- Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Transition & scaling
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Authorized §4022 awarding official; covered official approves follow-on awards above statutory threshold
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Noncompetitive follow-on requires competitive selection of prototype participants and successful completion of the relevant prototype.
Award to participants and documentation tying production to successful result.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Production/sustainment funds appropriate to the deliverable; prototype dollars do not assure a funded transition.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
A noncompetitive prototype does not automatically create noncompetitive production eligibility.
- Follow-ons above $100m require covered-official findings and notice when exercised; paragraph(d) participation/cost-share tests do not reapply to production.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- DIU Work With Us — mission customer, liaison, funding and prototype execution
- P.L. 119-60 §1802 / 10 U.S.C. 1732 — portfolio plans, budgets, execution and reporting chain
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.