NJ- air national guard sustainment restoration and maintenance opening of CA award for excepted activities during a lapse of appropriation- zero MOD…

The Department of the Air Force Air National Guard awarded the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs a $1.769 million cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401) to support sustainment, restoration, and maintenance activities at the 177th Fighter Wing in New Jersey, with performance through September 30, 2026.

The cooperative agreement funds non-discretionary, Congressionally directed operations and maintenance of Air National Guard facilities. The award obligated $1,769,845.17 to cover authorized service support activities supporting National Guard units and personnel at the New Jersey installation. Place of performance is New Jersey.

The National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance program provides annual mandatory cooperative agreement assistance to the 50 states, District of Columbia, territories, and Guam to sustain their Army and Air National Guard facilities. Recipients submit annual budgets to program managers, who either accept the request or negotiate it; once the budget is finalized, the Grants Officer executes the cooperative agreement. The funds are Congressionally directed and no outside applications are accepted.