Integrated Facilities Management (IFM)/Aggregated Facilities Management (AFM) Grant

Who qualifies

• Applications must be jointly submitted by a Service Buyer and an FMC or the Service Buyer’s in-house FM team; either party may be the nominated grantee, and an FMC acting as aggregator across buildings of different service buyers must be the nominated main applicant and coordinator.
• Firms must demonstrate progressive FM procurement strategies, processes and technologies.
• Eligible building typologies are commercial developments, institutional developments, light industrial buildings, and other typologies with strong potential to contribute to FM sector transformation as determined by BCA.
• At project end, parties must demonstrate at least 20% overall manpower productivity gain.
• The qualifying period is two years from the date of issuance of the Letter of Acceptance.
• The grant covers only the cost of the Design for Maintainability gap analysis exercise, not the improvement works it identifies; HCDT assessment fees are not claimable.
• If the committed criteria are not met by the end of the qualifying period, claims are withheld pending justification, and BCA may terminate the agreement and recover all or part of the monies already disbursed.

What it funds

• Core capabilities — strategy, HR, finance, branding, processes
• Adopting digital tools, software, e-commerce, cybersecurity
• Automation, robotics, equipment upgrades for productivity

Costs covered: Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Software licences and SaaS; Third-party consultant or professional service fees; Physical materials and consumables consumed by the funded project (e.g. construction materials, prototypes); Explain in notes.

Maximum support: up to 50%.

Recorded cap: S$2,100,000.

Up to 50% of qualifying costs, capped at S$2.1 million.

Payment: Paid after the company incurs the cost and files a claim.

How to apply

Submit the IFM/AFM grant pre-consultation form; a BCA officer then arranges a pre-consultation session. The pre-consultation is not itself a grant application: if the proposal is pre-assessed to meet the criteria, BCA issues an application link via FormSG for the joint submission.

1. Form a joint Service Buyer and FMC/in-house FM team application.
2. Submit the pre-consultation form.
3. Attend the pre-consultation session with a proposed plan and the supporting documents BCA asks for.
4. If pre-assessed to meet the criteria, submit the application through the FormSG link BCA provides.
5. Implement the approved IFM/AFM project and demonstrate the required productivity gain.

Before applying

• The application must be jointly submitted by the Service Buyer and FMC or in-house FM team.

Documents

• Pre-consultation form — Official form named on the page; submitting it does not constitute a grant application. Agency document ↗
• Proposed plans to perform gap analysis on Design for Maintainability (DfM) — Reference document for the pre-consultation session; the gap analysis uses the Green Mark 2021 ENRB Maintainability Section scoresheet.
• IFM and AFM proposal to meet the grant criteria — Reference document for the pre-consultation session; covers proposed contract duration and sum with outcome-based KPIs, Smart FM solutions, estimated implementation cost and timeline, scale-up plan, proposed sub-contractors for outsourced contracts, and baseline versus final manpower operations.
• Design for Maintainability gap analysis report — The FAQ says applicants should submit a report containing project information, the Green Mark 2021 ENRB Maintainability Section scoresheet and supporting documents, and recommended improvements; it does not state the submission stage or file format.

Claiming support

The grant is disbursed in two claims. The First Claim is based on actual qualifying costs incurred on substantial completion of the Grant Outcome Requirements and is capped at 30% of the Approved Grant Amount stated in the Letter of Acceptance; the Service Buyer must have performed the Green Mark 2021 ENRB Maintainability gap analysis and completed the HCDT assessment. An FMC must complete HCDT and attain CFMC Gold or higher; a Service Buyer’s in-house FM team must attain CFMC Gold or higher. The Second Claim covers the remaining Approved Grant Amount for costs incurred within the qualifying period, on successful implementation of the Smart FM solutions and submission of reports showing the overall manpower productivity gain and committed deliverables.

Contact: https://form.gov.sg/630ed1f40af0c40012630f2f (IFM/AFM grant pre-consultation form)

Application window: No application deadline is stated. The grant is available until 31 March 2028 or full commitment of funds, whichever is earlier, and official applications must receive a Letter of Approval by 31 March 2028.