U.S. Department of Defense

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Community Cooperation

Defense Community Infrastructure Program 

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Fiscal Year 2024 DCIP Pre-Proposal Webinar #1

January 25, 2024
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Community Cooperation Agenda

• Introduction

• Administrative Remarks 

• Program Overview & Eligibility

• Key Changes for FY24 DCIP 

• Scoring Criteria

• FY23 Program Results 

• FY24 Notional Timeline 

• Question Review 

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U.S. Department of Defense

Office of Local Defense

Community Cooperation

Defense Community 

Infrastructure Program

• Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY24 DCIP has NOT been 

published to date

• Competitive program designed to address deficiencies in community 

infrastructure supportive of a local military installation

• Proposals may enhance military value, the training of cadets at a 

covered educational institution, installation resilience, and/or 

family quality of life at a military installation

• $250 thousand minimum up to $20 million max with 30% match for 

non-rural project locations 

• Construction must begin within 1 year of award

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Defense Community 

Infrastructure Program

Eligible projects are any construction-ready complete and usable 

transportation, school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or 

other community support facility; and, water, wastewater, 

telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility project that:

• Are located either off a military installation OR on property under the 

jurisdiction of a Military Department that is subject to a real estate 

agreement (including a lease or easement);

• Are owned by a state or local government, or a not-for-profit, 

member-owned utility service;

• Are supported by the installation commander representing the 

installation benefitting from the proposed project; and,

• Are where ground-disturbing work has not yet commenced. 
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Community Cooperation Where to Start?

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Installation 

Equities

Community 

Priorities
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Community Cooperation DCIP Enhancements

Military Value

Training of Cadets at Covered Educational 

Institutions

Installation Resilience

Military Family Quality of Life

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Community Cooperation FY24 Program Changes

• Per 10 U.S.C. § 2391(d)(1), the term “pilot” will be struck from the program title. 

• Defense Critical Infrastructure Inclusion in Selection Criteria (Military Value Only)

• Proposers are specifically encouraged to highlight how/whether the proposed project is deemed 

defense critical infrastructure, or non-Department of Defense networked infrastructure assets and 

facilities essential to project, support, and sustain military forces and operations.

• Proposals supporting defense critical infrastructure should clearly indicate such in the enhancement 

and installation need narrative. The proposal should capture a holistic assessment demonstrating 

essential, mutual benefit and include installation command support.

• The Installation Commander’s letter of support must affirm a proposed project is Defense Critical 

Infrastructure.

• Proposers are encouraged to address the extent to which the project incorporates energy 

efficiency and/or carbon reduction measures.

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*Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY24 DCIP Has NOT Been Published to Date*
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Critical Infrastructure &

Defense Critical Infrastructure

Defense Critical Infrastructure

• Department of Defense and non-Department of 

Defense networked assets and facilities essential to 

project, support, and sustain military forces and 

operations worldwide

CISA Critical Infrastructure

• There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose 

assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or 

virtual, are considered so vital to the United States 

that their incapacitation or destruction would have a 

debilitating effect on security, national economic 

security, national public health or safety, or any 

combination thereof

Critical 

Infrastructure

Defense 

Critical 

Infrastructure

Civilian 

Infrastructure

OLDCC Infrastructure Focus
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Community Cooperation

Community-DOD Infrastructure 

Prioritization is Critical

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Coordination Prioritization

Defense 

Infrastructure

Civilian 

Infrastructure

DOD 

Equities

CISA 

Lifelines 

(Civ.)

FEMA 

Lifelines 

(Civ.)

“One 

Community” 

Infrastructure 

Priority List

InventoryAssessment
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Community Cooperation Elements of Project Identification

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Relationships

Ongoing dialogue 

between community 

and installation 

leaders

Regional 

engagement on 

local issues

Assessments

Compatibility Studies

Installation 

Resiliency Reviews

Military Department 

Resiliency 

Assessments

Planning

Recommendations 

from assessments 

and studies

Action plans to carry 

out 

recommendations

Design for 

construction projects

Prioritization

Local resource 

allocation 

(e.g., labor, services)

Budgeting (e.g., 

capital improvement)

Critical Infrastructure 

(e.g., DCIP proposal)
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Community Cooperation Tentative Scoring Criteria

Enhancement

• 45 points max. + 5 points for 

Defense Critical Infrastructure 

(Military Value Only).

• All proposals are first assessed 

against four military value 

criteria in section 3002 of the 

2002 Military Construction 

Authorization Act, resulting in a 

Military Value score. 

• If not Military Value, proposals 

are scored as contributing to 

the training of cadets at a 

covered educational institution, 

enhancing installation 

resilience, or enhancing 

military family quality of life.

Installation Need

• 20 points max.

• Installation commander support 

letter providing context for the 

enhancement need and affirm 

the presence of Defense 

Critical Infrastructure (for 

validation by the Military 

Departments). 

Construction-Readiness

• 30 points max.

• Measures of constructionreadiness:

1. Final design and planning;

2. Development of bid 

solicitation documentation;

3. Federal and state/local 

environmental planning; 

4. Site control;

5. Confirmation that nonFederal project funding is 

firmly committed and 

immediately available for 

expending; and, 

6. Budget sufficiency.
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Community Cooperation FY23 Program Results

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The DCIP program awarded a total of 17 grants totaling approximately 

$100 million.

These awards derive from Fiscal Year 2023 appropriated funding 

and leverage an additional $39.2 million in non-Federal and other 

Federal funding for a total investment of $138.9 million. 

ALL 17 grants qualified for Military Value as the Program 

Enhancement.
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FY24 Program Timeline

(Notional)

Notice of Funding 

Opportunity on 

Grants.gov

FY24 Funds 

appropriated by 

Congress ($_M for 

DCIP)

ASD(EI&E) 

approval to 

implement the FY24 

DCIP Program

#1 FY24 DCIP preproposal webinar

Ranked list 

approved by 

ASD(EI&E)

Grant applications 

invited

#2 FY24 DCIP preproposal webinar

OLDCC awards 

grants & grantee 

counter-signs -

funding obligated

DCIP review panel 

conducts proposal 

review / creates 

ranked list

START

END

Jan 2024 Mar - Apr 2024 Apr 2024 Apr - May 2024

Jun 2024 May - Jun 2024

Proposal Deadline / 

Proposal solicitation 

closed

Aug 2024 Jun - Jul 2024

Aug 2024 Sep 2024
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Community Cooperation Suggestions

1. Start discussing projects with your local installation 

commander NOW and start drafting [a] proposal(s); ensure 

discussion about critical infrastructure

2. Sign up DCIP updates on OLDCC.gov (see QR code)

3. Watch for the FY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) 

and follow its instructions VERY CAREFULLY

4. WRITE TO MILITARY VALUE

5. Use the online templates OLDCC provides for the proposal 

cover page and the project NEPA detail

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