Why is the NSC assessment necessary?
Per Article 1 of the NSC Articles of Collaboration: “all [...]
Will the consortium actively recommend specific parties get together to consider collaboration on individual project proposals that if combined with others, would potentially yield significantly better outcomes?
It is not the intent of NSC Executive Committee, nor [...]
How will the consortium deal with proposals from different parties that clearly have significant overlap in scope and execution but otherwise did not propose or plan to collaborate?
The Government, not the Consortium, will be evaluating proposals. While [...]
Is it possible that only parts of a proposal would be accepted and other parts of the same proposal could be rejected?
Yes, the Government reserves the right to select the entire [...]
Who will be reviewing the proposals and deciding which ones will move forward?
The government technical point of contact (Agreement Officer Representative – [...]
What is the process for reviewing proposals and criteria for deciding which proposals move forward with some level of funding?
The government will assign a source selection evaluation team that [...]
Does the Consortium have any template that the members can use to submit project proposals?
Each solicitation will provide proposal preparation guidance to include templates, [...]
Will requirements from customers be specific to a radio/waveform product issue due to spectrum re-assignment or sale?
Government customers who use the OTA as a contracting vehicle [...]
Can a Foreign-owned, Controlled, or Influenced (FOCI) company participate as a sub-contractor to Consortium member in response to government projects?
Yes. It is anticipated that research findings and technology developments [...]
Can a non-member of the National Spectrum Consortium participate in the Government solicitations to the National Spectrum Consortium Members as a sub-contractor to a Consortium Member?
Yes, the offeror of the proposal must be a NSC [...]
Is there any guidance for the project budgets?
The Technical Concept associated with each Request for Prototype Proposals [...]
Will contract awards be from the DoD or from the Consortium Management Firm?
The Government awards the overarching Other Transaction Agreement to the [...]
To be a member of the consortium, will I be required to handle Export Control data?
All U.S. Persons will be afforded access to Export Control [...]