CASCADE Business Assistance Program

CASCADE Business Assistance Program
Bid Number: 0000014325
Published Date: 10/01/2019 9:00AM PDT
Due Date: 10/14/2019 5:00PM PDT
Agency: Business & Economic Developmnt
Description: CASCADE Business Assistance Program **Questions and Answers Posted** In July 2017, the State of California received a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment (DoD/OEA) to bolster California's defense supply chain cybersecurity resilience, innovation capacity, and diversification strategies, and to support the growth and sustainment of California's Cybersecurity workforce. The DoD/OEA-funded program, called the California Advanced Supply Chain Analysis and Diversification Effort (CASCADE), is being led by the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR). CASCADE includes 15 funded projects aimed at enhancing defense suppliers' product and service innovation capacity, boosting defense innovation commercialization, helping defense suppliers diversify into new markets or industries, and bolstering defense supply chain resilience, particularly related to cybersecurity. Among the funded projects in CASCADE is the Business Assistance Program which will develop and deliver a variety of business development activities for the firms that are affected by changes in defense