Summary

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience (ODASD(E&ER)), Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) is now soliciting Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) proposals for the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) and the Operational Energy Prototyping Fund (OEPF).

OECIF is requesting Advanced Technology Demonstration (6.3) proposals in the following areas:

1. Powering the Force: Support the deployment of more mobile and distributed operations with decreased and more agile logistics; reduce the risk of carrying fuel to the fight, especially through contested environments
2. Electrifying the Battlespace: Enable the electrification of weapons, platforms, unmanned systems, and soldiers to field new weapons, sensing, active defense, and other technologies; advance power and thermal management technologies to meet the growing demands of high-power systems; pursue potential game-changing technology that drastically reduces energy resupply risks, costs, and signatures to enable persistent unmanned system and unattended sensors
3. Commanding Energy: Capturing and understanding adversarial energy profiles to transform the Joint Force from reactive to predictive with energy management and control

OEPF is requesting Advanced Component Development and Prototype (6.4) proposals from successful OECIF investments in the above areas that have, or will have, service commitment to program of record transition in the FY23 or FY24 POM.

Funding Available

OECIF will accept three types of proposals:

1. Multi-Year Traditional: These proposals can request up to three years of funding (four-year period of performance) at a cost of no more than $2 million per year.
2. One-Year Surge: These proposals should focus on ready-to-go projects with clear transition pathways at completion. Surge proposals can request one-year funding (two-year period of performance) at a cost of no more than $4 million.
3. One-Year Study: Proposals for studies that advance an OECIF focus area can request one-year funding (one-year period of performance) at a cost of no more than $1 million.

OEPF will accept One-Year Surge proposals as defined above.

Deadlines

This is a two-round selection process, with the following schedule:

Round One OECIF and OEPF – submit by 16 August 2021

• Submit a one-page whitepaper describing the proposed project candidate using the template format provided (see Appendix 1, A1_OECIF and OEPF Proposal Whitepaper)
• Submit an accompanying Quad Chart describing the proposed candidate project using the template format provided (see Appendix 2, A2_OECIF and OEPF Quad Chart Template)

Round Two OECIF

1. Multi-Year Traditional:
   • If selected to move forward, projects will give a proposal presentation within 30 days after notification
   • Projects are also asked to submit a proposal technical paper (limit 6 pages) prior to the presentation
2. One-Year Surge:
   • If selected to move forward, projects will give a proposal presentation within 30 days after notification
   • Projects are also asked to submit a proposal technical paper (limit 6 pages) prior to the presentation
3. One-Year Study:
   • If selected to move forward, projects will give a proposal presentation (no technical paper) within 30 days after notification

    

Round Two OEPF

1. One-Year Surge:
   • If selected to move forward, projects will give a proposal presentation within 30 days after notification
   • Projects are also asked to submit a proposal technical paper (limit 6 pages) prior to the presentation

Documents

Full call for proposals and appendices:

1. OECIF and OEPF Call for Proposals FY2022
2. A1_OECIF and OEPF Proposal Whitepaper
3. A2_OECIF and OEPF Quad Chart Template