Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC)
Contract Overview
Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
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The Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) is issuing a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) aimed at attracting and scaling private capital investment in technologies critical to U.S. national security, particularly focusing on component-level technologies with broad commercial applications relevant to the defense sector. OSC leverages loans, loan guarantees, and partnerships with other federal entities to catalyze private investment where public support is essential, targeting innovative solutions that may not be addressed through traditional procurement. The CSO seeks to engage both traditional and nontraditional defense contractors, as well as commercial companies with limited prior defense involvement, fostering opportunities to create public sector revenue streams while preventing critical technology flow to adversaries. This CSO, identified by solicitation number HQ003425CSO02, is solicited under authorities granted by 10 U.S.C. §§ 3458 and 4022, allowing for both Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-based contracts and non-FAR transactions. The solicitation supports prototype projects enhancing military effectiveness or improving defense platforms, components, and materials. It remains open for up to ten years, offering a broad framework accommodating diverse innovative solutions aligned with OSC’s strategic investment goals. Amendments to the CSO update contact information for point of contact William A. Waterworth. The Office is based in Washington, D.C., with the primary place of performance in Arlington, Virginia, facilitating collaboration among commercial partners, research institutions, and the defense community to advance national security technology initiatives.
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Full Description
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) mission is to attract and scale private capital to technologies critical to the national security of the United States. OSC will use loans and loan guarantees in partnership with other federal departments and agencies to crowd in capital for component-level technologies.
OSC focuses on strategic capital needs where public support is required to attract private investment, especially for critical component technologies not always addressed by direct procurement. Specifically, OSC focuses on component-level technologies with broad commercial applications that are relevant to the national security of the United States, its allies and partners.
For additional information on OSC’s mission, please review our Investment Strategy at: https://www.cto.mil/osc/investment-strategy/
Through this Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), OSC seeks to create opportunities for commercial companies with little or no ties to the defense marketplace and to create public sector revenue streams while disrupting the flow of critical technologies to our adversaries.
In order to accommodate solutions OSC has not yet contemplated, this CSO provides the framework for OSC to acquire innovative solutions to execute its mission through broad areas of interest (AoI).
This CSO is solicited pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section (§) 3458 and/or 10 U.S.C. § 4022 and can result in both Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-based contracts or non-FAR-based agreements. Under the authority in 10 U.S.C. § 3458 OSC seeks to acquire an innovative technology or an innovative means or method to accomplish an objective, leveraging contracts issued under the authority of the FAR to fulfill the goals of this CSO. Under authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022, OSC seeks to partner with nontraditional and traditional defense contractors and nonprofit research institutions to carry out prototype projects directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the DoD, or the improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces.
Amendment 001: Updates the email address for the OSC point of contact.
Amendment 002: Updates the OSC point of contact.