EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-19

Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Eligible federal agency; DoD acquisition and SBIR officials

Executing office · routing lead

Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-19 · Small-business scale-up

Match outside capital with strategic breakthrough Phase II awards

Make milestone-linked SBIR strategic breakthrough awards up to $30m per small business including affiliates across up to 48 months, with matching resources and acquisition commitment.

What this is not / limit: No federal equity acquisition created; this is a funding agreement.

Executing role: Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

Authority holder

Eligible federal agency; DoD acquisition and SBIR officials

Eligibility gate

  • Prior Phase II SBIR/STTR award; at least 100% matching from new private capital and/or qualifying non-Phase I/II government funding.
  • DoD: readiness, high-priority need, POM inclusion commitment by acquisition executive or higher; at least 20% of required match from new qualifying DoD funds.

Funding condition

  • Up to 0.50% of extramural R&D from agency SBIR allocation if required SBIR expenditure exceeds $100m; match and statutory ceilings are not available funds.

All recorded limits

  • No federal equity acquisition created; this is a funding agreement.
  • Agency must satisfy eligibility and implement procedures; award deadline 90 days does not eliminate required findings.
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.