Cable Security Fleet Program
Active
- Assistance listing
- 20.824
- Agency
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Maritime Administration
Department of Transportation
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- CSF Program
- Treasury account
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- 69-1717-0-0-000
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration operates the Cable Security Fleet Program (CFDA 20.824) to sustain a fleet of privately-owned, U.S.-flagged cable vessels available for commercial submarine cable operations and national emergency response, with one-year Operating Agreements renewable annually subject to appropriations and funding availability.
The program requires participating vessel operators to continuously and actively operate their ships in the commercial submarine cable services market—including the laying, maintenance, and repair of submarine cables—while making vessels available to the United States Government during national emergencies. Operators selected by the Maritime Administrator enter into one-year Operating Agreements, payable at an annual rate of five million dollars per participating vessel, with monthly invoicing and vouchers. Records must be retained for ten to fifteen years.
Eligible applicants must be the vessel's registered owner and fall into one of four categories: a United States citizen (50501 Citizen) who owns and operates the vessel; a 50501 Citizen who owns the vessel while it is chartered to a U.S. citizen eligible to document vessels, subject to citizenship verification of the charterer's board and principal officers and certification that no treaty, statute, or person would influence vessel operations contrary to U.S. interests; an entity holding a Department of Defense contract to operate vessels or charter vessels to the United States; or a Documentation Citizen who owns a vessel chartered to a 50501 Citizen.
The source provided does not contain information about recent grant awards, award cadence, funding history depth, or posted grant opportunities. The source also does not specify whether the program is currently accepting applications or the timeline for the next application window. The absence of portfolio data, recent-awards examples, and opportunity postings suggests this summary should be verified against current Maritime Administration databases and Federal Register notices to confirm active funding and application availability.
Objective and description
- Objective
The CSF helps sustain a fleet of cable vessels active, commercially viable, privately-owned cable vessels operating under U.S. registry to meet national security requirements. Participating operators are required to make their ships and commercial su
- Description
Program participants will enter into Operating Agreements that will require participants to: Continuously and actively operate the subject vessels in the commercial submarine cable services market (including the laying, maintenance, and repair of submarine cables) and provide the United States Government access to participating vessels in times of national emergency.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Applicant must be vessel's registered owner one of the following: 1. Vessel owned and operated by United States citizens, known as 50501 Citizens, within the meaning of Section 50501 of Title 46, United States Code; 2.Vessel owned by a U.S. citizen, known as a 50501 Citizen, under 46 U.S.C. 50501 or United States Citizen Trust under 46 U.S.C. 53201(11) and chartered to a United States citizen eligible to document vessels, under Chapter 121 of Title 46, subject to: a. Verifications of the U.S.-citizenship of the board and principal officers of the charterer; and b. Certifications by the charterer that no treaty, statute, or person would influence the vessel's operations in a Start Printed Page 356 manner contrary to the interests of the United States; 3. Vessel owned and operated by an entity that contracts with the Department of Defense to operate vessels for, or charters vessels to, the United States; or 4.Vessel owned by a Documentation Citizen and chartered to a 50501 Citizen.
- Uses of assistance
operating vessels available for times of national emergencies
- Length and time phasing of assistance
One year contracts, renewable yearly, payable in monthly installments
How to apply
- Award procedure
If MARAD deems an applicant and its proposed vessel to be most qualified for the CSF, then MARAD will negotiate and enter into an Operating Agreement with the applicant for one year, subject to the availability of appropriations with payment for participation at the annual rate of $5 million after the availability of funding and execution of agreements as provided by statute and appropriation.
- Renewals
Program is based on 1-year contracts renewable each year, subject to funding.
- Appeals
Decisions concerning administration of the Cable Security Fleet will be referred to the Maritime Administrator.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 20.824?
Assistance Listing 20.824 is Cable Security Fleet Program, a federal grant program run by Maritime Administration (Department of Transportation).
What is the CFDA number for Cable Security Fleet Program?
Its CFDA number is 20.824: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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