FY 19 STC Announcement | DN STC 19 001 064843

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The FY 19 STC Announcement is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant opportunity under the Securing the Cities (STC) program. Its core purpose is to lower the chances that radiological or nuclear materials could be moved into, or used within, major metropolitan areas and broader regions of the United States. The program is framed around countering weapon of mass destruction (WMD) threats by strengthening on-the-ground detection and interdiction capabilities before an incident occurs, with an emphasis on building durable, routine, day-to-day operational capacity rather than one-time activities.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning DHS expects to have an active role in supporting and guiding the work, not just providing funds. The funding activity category is listed as Disaster Prevention and Relief, with CFDA number 97.108. The opportunity was posted on September 5, 2019, with an original application closing date of October 21, 2019. DHS anticipated making about six awards. The notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that applicants should rely on the full announcement details for any practical funding limits or that the ceiling was not specified in the summary fields.

Eligible applicants include county governments and city or township governments, along with other eligible entities referenced in the announcement's eligibility clarification section. The administering office is DHS, Office of Procurement Operations, Grants Division. In practice, the intended audience is local and regional jurisdictions that can coordinate across multiple agencies and disciplines and that operate in areas where the consequences of illicit radiological or nuclear material movement would be especially significant.

Program support is designed to help jurisdictions build and integrate local or regional detection programs into a broader national detection architecture. This includes assistance with developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) and standard operating procedures so that detection activities are consistent, repeatable, and coordinated across partners. A major element of the support is the provision of radiological and nuclear (R/N) detection equipment, along with the training and exercise products needed to ensure that equipment is used correctly and that detection tasks are woven into everyday operations. The program emphasizes that true capability is not just having devices on hand, but having trained and equipped personnel who can use R/N detection tools proficiently and who operate under clear detection and response protocols.

The STC program is organized around three primary goals. First, it seeks to enhance regional capabilities to detect, analyze, report, and interdict radiological and nuclear materials that could be exploited by an adversary. Second, it aims to create a unified defense approach that leverages federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial assets, building "defense in depth" across large geographic regions rather than isolated pockets of capability. Third, it prioritizes maximizing the deployment of primary screening equipment to state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies so that front-line partners can quickly identify potential threats and trigger faster, better-targeted federal support aligned with broader countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) priorities.

Overall, the FY 19 STC Announcement is best understood as a capability-building initiative focused on prevention and early interdiction. It supports planning, governance, equipment, training, and exercises with the specific goal of creating interoperable regional detection operations that connect to national-level efforts, improving both the speed and quality of detection, reporting, and coordinated response when radiological or nuclear risks emerge.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 19 STC Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.108.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 05, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 21, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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