VT army national guard security cooperative agreement 1003

The Department of the Army Vermont Army National Guard awarded a $2.182 million Cooperative Agreement to the Department of Military Vermont (operating as the National Guard) on October 1, 2025, under the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401).

The award supports operations and maintenance of Army National Guard and Air National Guard facilities across Vermont, including facility sustainment and modernization, environmental management, security operations and electronic security system installation and maintenance, fire protection activities, and communications and IT infrastructure maintenance. The cooperative agreement runs through September 30, 2026, with all work performed in Vermont.

CFDA 12.401 is a non-discretionary, congressionally directed program that provides mandatory annual cooperative agreement assistance to the fifty states and U.S. territories to sustain National Guard infrastructure and support authorized service activities for National Guard units and personnel. The National Guard Bureau negotiates recipient budget requests with program managers before the Grants Officer executes the cooperative agreement. Recipients must maintain records for three years following closeout to document the nature and extent of costs and expenditures.