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ACQ-14 / Intellectual property and technology transfer

Use partnership intermediaries to connect labs, firms and universities

Contract or enter qualifying agreements with state/local-associated intermediary organizations for technology-transfer and cooperative-activity support.

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At a glance

Possible toolACQ-14 · Cooperation & exchanges
Legal basis15 U.S.C. §3715

Authority holder: Agency-approved federal laboratory director; FFRDC contracting officer where specified; authorized STRL Center director

Cooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Intermediary must meet statutory state/local government or associated nonprofit definition.
  • Services increase likelihood of successful cooperative/joint activity; Center statute also supports inward technology transfer and critical workforce development.

Limits & exclusions

  • Not every private accelerator/consultant qualifies.
  • An intermediary agreement does not give it unlimited subaward or contracting powers.

Funding conditions

  • Technology-transfer support funds under 15 U.S.C. §3715; relevant Center support funds and instrument controls.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Laboratory scientific lead and Office of Research and Technology Applications

Resources

  • Laboratory director and sponsoring component budget owner

Approval

  • Laboratory director and agency approver as statute/delegation requires

Execution

  • Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official

Partners & review

  • Industry, universities, nonprofit and government collaborators within eligibility limits

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

ORTA identifies collaboration need → counsel verifies intermediary status and scope → agency approval → director/agreement official engages intermediary.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • 15 U.S.C. §3715Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.
  • 10 U.S.C. §4124(f)Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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