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DOD sometimes awards funds via an “other transaction agreement.” OTAs allow for more flexibility than traditional contracts do, enabling DOD to partner with contractors it hasn’t worked with before. DOD can award OTAs to an individual organization (like a contractor) or to a consortium, which is a group of organizations focused on a specific technology area (like cybersecurity).
DOD has been awarding OTAs through consortia more frequently. But the agency hasn’t systematically tracked data on which consortia — and therefore which technology areas — receive these funding awards.
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Story originally published on Sept. 20, 2022.