SAM #WHSAD0819

Funding Opportunity for Investment Fund Managers to Support Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains

This opportunity is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) from Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Department of Defense, for the National Security Fund Finance (NSFF) Program. - Purpose: Attract and scale private capital investment into minerals and materials critical to U.S. national security - Funding Mechanism: Loans provided to qualified investment fund managers - Fund managers must combine OSC loans with private capital - Investments target portfolio companies addressing supply chain gaps, shortages, and vulnerabilities - Focus Areas: - Critical minerals and materials supply chains - Associated technologies and production processes - Requirements: - Applicants must be investment fund managers - Investments must support U.S. national security priorities - Application details and requirements will be posted soon - No specific OEMs, vendors, or products are named - Commercial opportunity is at the fund manager level, not direct procurement of goods or services - Unique aspect: Supports supply chain resilience for critical minerals and materials - No attachments with product or service line items are currently available

Description

OSC is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to attract and scale private capital to minerals and materials critical to the national security of the United States. The NSFF Program is a fund-level financing solution to increase private capital investment in gaps, shortages, and vulnerabilities in the supply of critical minerals and materials, as that term is used in 10 U.S.C. § 149(h)(2)(HH), and associated technologies, supply chains, and production processes, vital to U.S. national security (hereinafter, “Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains”). The NSFF Program provides loans to qualified investment fund managers, which combines OSC loans with private capital to invest in portfolio companies focused on solving U.S. national security shortages, gaps, and vulnerabilities with respect to Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains. By providing credit to qualified asset managers, the NSFF Program acts as a force multiplier to increase and accelerate investment into Department of War (“DoW”) priorities.

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