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IND-43 / Energy, environment and communities

Buy, sell or share installation services with State/local/tribal governments

Enter sole-source IGSAs for services already provided by one party for its own use, seeking mission effectiveness or economies; FY26 expressly includes ordnance disposal.

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Authority / instrument · IND-43

Intergovernmental shared services

Energy, environment and communities

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary concerned

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cannot circumvent A-76

Recorded executor

USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedO&M for support; reimbursements credited; at least25% savings pilot for approved sustainment/restoration/modernization extended through Sep30,2030. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementUse documentedRecent Army examples show IGSA use for installation operations and analytic support, with the government partner’s legal status and actual services controlling eligibility. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-43 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary concerned

Other statutory tools

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

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

Recent Army examples show IGSA use for installation operations and analytic support, with the government partner’s legal status and actual services controlling eligibility.

Installation intergovernmental support agreements

Who this route serves
Qualifying state/local/tribal government partners and their permitted supporting contractors
Administering office / routing lead
Installation garrison partnership/Plans, Analysis and Integration office; Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate for its enterprise route
Documented use

Fort Meade’s official report explicitly identifies 10 USC 2679.

What this evidence label means
2026 agreements documented

Fort Meade/UMD agreement is reported July 21; Army Reserve/Sourcewell enterprise agreement was signed January 7.

Status reference date: 2026-01-07 · research checked 2026-10-04

Army Reserve expands Sourcewell partnership through10-year IGSA · January 7 signature; enterprise scope; ARIMD routeofficial agency news · published 2026-01-20 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • installation-support spending · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    IGSAs purchase or share qualifying installation-support services; published articles do not establish a general grant pool.

    10 U.S.C. § 2679 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 2679statute · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

UMD and Fort Meade sign Maryland’s first IGSA · Agreement scope, jointly defined tasks, § 2679 authority paragraphofficial agency news · published 2026-07-21 · Evidence record

Read Fort Meade/University of Maryland IGSA example →

partnership example: Illustrates an executed umbrella agreement and jointly defined tasks; not an invitation for every university or vendor.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Reviewed exact2679 agency report and two executed2026 partnerships, distinguishing exploratory university discussions from signed agreements.

What remains unverified

  • Exact approval authority, price comparison and subcontract terms for proposed projects must be obtained; examples do not establish all private universities as eligible.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Best-interest/efficiency finding
  • Existing own-use service by provider
  • Downstream awarded contracts competitive
  • Annual savings-pilot certification where relevant

Limits & exclusions

  • Term up to10years
  • Security guard and firefighting functions excluded from definition; mutual-aid arrangements preserved
  • Cannot circumvent A-76
  • FY26 definition includes Yap and Palau for this purpose

Funding conditions

  • O&M for support; reimbursements credited; at least25% savings pilot for approved sustainment/restoration/modernization extended through Sep30,2030.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff
  • Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy

Resources

  • Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor

Approval

  • Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official

Execution

  • USACE district real-estate/construction offices
  • NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands
  • AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Partners & review

  • Landowners / developers / local governments
  • Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel

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

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedO&M for support; reimbursements credited; at least25% savings pilot for approved sustainment/restoration/modernization extended through Sep30,2030. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementUse documentedRecent Army examples show IGSA use for installation operations and analytic support, with the government partner’s legal status and actual services controlling eligibility. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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