Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Rock Island, IL, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy (MIBP) via its Manufacturing Resiliency and Assurance Office (MRA), and Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, in conjunction with Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI), intends to establish the Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement (OTA). Department of Department (DoD) IBAS program authority U.S.C. Title 10, - 2508 authorized the following DoD wide industrial base functions: 1. Monitor and assessment of the DoD industrial base. 2. Address critical issues in the DoD industrial base related to urgent operational needs. 3. Support efforts to expand the DoD industrial base. 4. Address DoD critical supply chain vulnerabilities. Cornerstone is intended to support the DoD IBAS functions specifically through the following mission: Assess and Strengthen the Manufacturing Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States. Cornerstone will create a flexible mechanism for a public-private partnership across a range of specific industrial base sectors in order to strengthen the U.S. industrial base and improve U.S. competitiveness in support of the DoD Cornerstone will provide the means to bring together industry (to include private funding entities) and Government stakeholders through a structured engagement forum. Cornerstone may consist of multilevel consortiums (consortium of consortiums), as the Cornerstone Consortium members are encouraged to collaborate within their selected sector, across sectors, and other approved interested parties in entering into an Agreement. Additional information regarding the Cornerstone OTA can be found on the Cornerstone website: http://ibasp-public.ria.army.mil/cornerstone/ At its inception, Cornerstone will include 18 sectors: Sector Area 1: Aircraft Sector Area 2: Radar & Electronics Warfare Sector Area 3: Shipbuilding Sector Area 4: Ground Vehicles Sector Area 5: Soldier Systems Sector Area 6: Space Sector Area 7: Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear (CBRN) Sector Area 8: Materials Sector Area 9: Machine Tools Sector Area 10: Cyber for the Industrial Base Sector Area 11: Optics Sector Area 12: Advanced Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Sector Area 13: Electronics Sector Area 14: Command, Control, Communication, & Computers (C4) Sector Area: 15 Munitions & Missiles Sector Area 16: Industrial Base & Manufacturing Skills Sector Area 17: Private Equity Sector Area 18: Other For the purpose of 10 U.S.C. - 2508 Authority, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center will be utilizing Other Transaction Authority Agreements (referred to as the Cornerstone OTA) to attract non-traditional and traditional defense contractors, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. - 2371b, for prototype projects within the sectors listed above. The Government expects to form agreements using the Cornerstone OTA within the established Cornerstone Consortium membership. Utilizing Government and private funding, Cornerstone will accelerate research, development, prototyping, demonstration, qualification and integration of manufacturing capabilities and capacities into the US industrial base and supply chains. Cornerstone will integrate the diverse and currently fragmented group of industry sectors across a range of manufacturing disciplines to ensure industrial base resiliency and assurance, as well as a robust manufacturing innovation ecosystem. The Cornerstone OTA, Cornerstone Consortium Agreement document, Cornerstone Consortium preliminary membership application, and additional information can be found on the Cornerstone website: http://ibasp-public.ria.army.mil/cornerstone/ It is the Government's intent to have a kick off meeting in the near future to discuss Cornerstone in detail, location and dates yet to be established. Parties interested participating in the Cornerstone OTA should stay alert for any changes that may be published to this FBO posting. Please email all questions and responses to the following mailbox: contact@example.gov