APEX Accelerator-Option Period for Existing Award Recipients
Funding for existing APEX Accelerator award recipients to continue providing procurement technical assistance to large and small businesses, including startups.
Funder: ACC-APG-Aberdeen Division A
Due Dates: July 4, 2027 (Closing date) | 118 days before FY26 agreement ends (Applicant-specific deadline)
Funding Amounts: $60,000–$1,500,000; one 12-month base period and two optional 12-month periods
Summary: Cost-sharing cooperative agreements support existing APEX Accelerators providing businesses with procurement technical assistance.
Key Information: Only APEX Accelerators holding a current award issued by ACC-APG may apply.
Description
ACC-APG-Aberdeen Division A administers this opportunity to maintain existing APEX Accelerators serving large, small, and newly started businesses. Accelerators provide specialized assistance to help businesses identify opportunities and obtain or perform government contracts, subcontracts, and innovation and technology awards, including SBIR/STTR awards. The program seeks to expand participation in government contracting, foster innovation, and strengthen the defense industrial base.
Recipients work cooperatively with the Department of War and other government agencies. Services include individual counseling, training, bid matching, certification and registration assistance, subcontracting support, and post-award guidance. Core procurement technical assistance must be free. Recipients must actively seek to assist small businesses, including disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, without limiting services solely by business size, age, or employee count.
