fy15-psgp-invest.docx

FY 2015 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) Sample Investment Justification (IJ) Template Investment Heading

Port Area

State

Applicant Organization

Investment Name

I. Background Note: This section only needs to be completed once per application, regardless of the number of Investments proposed. The information in this section provides background and context for the Investment(s) requested, but does not represent the evaluation criteria used by DHS/FEMA for rating individual Investment proposals.

I. Provide an overview of the port area, MTSA regulated facility, or MTSA regulated vessel

· Identify COTP Zone

· Identify eligible Port Area

· Identify exact location of project site (i.e., physical address of facility being enhanced)

· Identify who the infrastructure (project site) is owned or operated by, if not by your own organization

· Point(s) of contact for organization (include contact information):

· Identify the organization’s Authorizing Official for entering into grant agreement, including contact information

· Identify the organization’s primary point of contact for management of the project(s)

· Ownership or Operation:

· Identify whether the applicant is a private entity or a state or local agency

· Role in providing layered protection of regulated entities (applicable to state or local agencies only):

· Describe your organization’s specific roles, responsibilities and activities in delivering layered protection

· Important features:

· Describe any operational issues you deem important to the consideration of your application (e.g., interrelationship of your operations with other eligible high-risk ports, etc.)

· Ferry systems required data:

· Infrastructure

· Ridership data

· Number of passenger miles

· Number of vehicles per vessel, if any

· Types of service and other important features

· System map

· Geographical borders of the system and the cities and counties served

· Other sources of funding being leveraged for security enhancements

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II. Strategic and Program Priorities

II.A. Provide a brief abstract of the Investment list just ONE investment.

· What are you requesting the funding to purchase?

· What capabilities does the project provide?

· What existing capabilities already exist in the Port Area similar to this project’s capabilities?

· Why is this project needed and how does it contribute to achieving a more secure and resilient Port Area?

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II.B. Describe how the investment will address one or more of the PSGP priorities and/or the Goal core capabilities within the Area Maritime Security Plan, facility security plan, vessel security plan, or alternate security program plan

· Enhancement of Maritime Domain Awareness

· Enhancement of IED and CBRNE prevention, protection, response and recovery capabilities

· Port resilience and recovery capabilities

· Enhancing Cybersecurity capabilities

· Training and exercises

· Efforts supporting the implementation of TWIC

· Describe how the investment builds or sustains one or more of the Goal core capabilities

· List the plan and/or supporting documents that identifies the gap or deficiency this project addresses?

· How will the project close the identified gap or deficiency in one of more of the core capabilities?

· Area Maritime Security Plan and/or Captain of the Port Priorities

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III. Impact

III.A. Describe how the project offers the highest risk reduction potential at the least cost.

· Discuss how this investment will reduce risk (e.g., reduce vulnerabilities or mitigate the consequences of an event) by addressing the needs and priorities identified in earlier analysis and review

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III.B. Describe current capabilities similar to this Investment

· Include the number of existing capabilities within the port that are identical or equivalent to the proposed project

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IV. Funding & Implementation Plan

IV.A. Provide a high-level timeline, milestones and dates, for the implementation of this Investment such as stakeholder engagement, planning, major acquisitions or purchases, training, exercises, and process/policy updates. Up to 10 milestones may be provided.

· Milestones are for this discrete Investment – those that are covered by the requested FY 2015 PSGP funds and will be completed over the 36-month grant period starting from the award date, giving consideration for review and approval process up to 12 months (estimate 36-month project period)

· Milestones should be kept to high-level, major tasks that will need to occur (i.e., Design and development, begin procurement process, site preparations, installation, project completion, etc.)

· List any relevant information that will be critical to the successful completion of the milestone (such as those examples listed in the question text above)

Note: Investments will be evaluated on the expected impact on security relative to the amount of the investment (i.e., cost effectiveness). An itemized Budget Detail Worksheet and Budget Narrative must also be completed for this investment. See following section for a sample format

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IJ Submission and File Naming Convention IJs must be submitted with the grant application as a file attachment within https://portal.fema.gov. Applicants must use the following file naming convention when submitting their IJs as part of the FY 2015 PSGP Program:

COTP Zone Abbreviation_Port Area_Name of Applicant_ IJ Number (Example: Hous_Galveston_XYZ Oil_IJ#1) WARNING: This record contains Sensitive Security Information that is controlled under 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520. No part of this record may be disclosed to persons without a “need to know”, as defined in 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520, except with the written permission of the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Secretary of Transportation. Unauthorized release may result in civil penalty or other action. For U.S. government agencies, public disclosure is governed by 5 U.S.C. 552 and 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520.