To establish and maintain an apex accelerator to serve as a resource for business entities, including newly started businesses, to obtain procurement technical assistance
Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- W56KGU262A024
- Recipient
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Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission UEI UMDHSJYSNUD8
- Awarding agency
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ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $368,192
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 12.002 Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms
- Completion date 47% complete
- Funding
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- $312,963.20 Federal
- $55,228.80 Non-federal
- Funding agency
- Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense
- Place of performance
- Pennsylvania, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $368,192 cooperative agreement to Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission on May 7, 2026, under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002) to establish and maintain an APEX Accelerator serving the region's business entities, including newly started businesses, with free procurement technical assistance.
The APEX Accelerator provides counseling, training, and technical guidance to help regional businesses navigate federal, state, and local government contracting and identify contracting opportunities. Performance spans the eight-county Appalachian region of northwestern Pennsylvania (Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, and Warren counties).
The period of performance runs through April 30, 2027, with place of performance in Pennsylvania. This is the recipient's fourth cooperative agreement under CFDA 12.002 from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The recipient operates exclusively as a grant recipient and has received no federal contract prime or subcontract activity. Total obligated dollars across all 66 of the commission's federal awards stand at $27 million, with additional funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supporting regional economic development initiatives.
Quick answers
Who received award W56KGU262A024?
W56KGU262A024 was awarded to Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission by ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground (Army Contracting Command) on May 7, 2026.
How much is award W56KGU262A024 worth?
$368,192 has been obligated on W56KGU262A024: $312,963 in federal funding and $55,229 in non-federal funding.
Which agency awarded W56KGU262A024?
ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground (Army Contracting Command) awarded W56KGU262A024, with funding from Office of the Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense).
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