The 2013 NCMS/OSD Maintenance Technology Challenge

$100K in CTMA project funds available to winner!

  • All NCMS members are eligible to participate.
  • Submit concept paper to Chuck Ryan, NCMS (chuckr@ncms.org)
  • Due date: March 8, 2013 (by 5 pm Eastern time)
Not yet a member of NCMS? Membership applications can be found here.

Concept Paper format (not to exceed 10 pages)

  1. Title
  2. Statement of problem
  3. Proposed solution
  4. Deliverables (A report alone is not sufficient; projects are to deliver a product or service to the participating maintenance activity(ies). Preferably, such deliverables hold promise as problem solutions for other like maintenance activities throughout DoD.)
  5. Budget summary:
    • CTMA funds: $100K
    • Cost share from team:
    • Total project cost:
  6. Benefits summary:
    • Statement of the quantifiable benefits that are expected to be gained by DoD as a result of this project (an ROI for the project).
    • Statement of the performance measurements that are going to be undertaken during the course of the project.
    • Benefits to industry.
  7. Anticipated Participants (DoD maintenance activities, Industry Partners, other government facilities or academic institutions).

 

A CTMA panel that will include technology leaders from each of the services will down select to five finalists

  •   Selection criteria –
    •   Overall benefit
    •   IOC within twelve months
    •   Strength of team/buy-in
    •   Level of innovation
  • Five finalists will be down selected and given 15 minutes to present their project idea via virtual meeting to the panel of judges
  • The judges will select a winner and runner-up
  • Technical progress / status will be reported to Senior Sustainment Leaders quarterly and during Maintenance Enterprise Steering Committee and Depot Commanders Peer to Peer meetings.
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