California, MD – The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) will host a Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) briefing July 12 at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in California, with check-in beginning at 7:30 a.m. Gene Townsend, President, TPP Board of Directors, owner of GT Financial Services, Inc. and former Comptroller for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division will present the brief providing an understanding and background on working capital funds.

โ€œUnderstanding working capital will help contractors to better appreciate their NWCF customer needs and constraints,โ€ explained Townsend. โ€œIt will provide the contractors insight on the impact of increased or decreased workload. Attendees will understand how the daily NWCF dynamics are similar to a defense contractor’s environment.โ€

According to the Department of Navy (DoN), the NWCF is a revolving fund that finances DoN activities providing products and services on a reimbursable basis, based on a customerโ€provider relationship between operating units and NWCF support organizations.

Unlike forโ€profit commercial businesses, NWCF activities strive to break even over the budget cycle. The NWCF provides stabilized pricing to customers and acts as a shockโ€absorber to fluctuations in market prices. These fluctuations are recovered from customers in future years via rate changes. The NWCF is key to supporting the DoNโ€™s presence and posture through capability, capacity, and readiness. NWCF activity groups comprise five primary areas: Supply Management, Depot Maintenance, Transportation, Research and Development and Base Support. The wide range of goods and services provided by NWCF activities are crucial to the DoNโ€™s afloat and ashore readiness and maintaining a relevant industrial base. The value of goods and services provided by NWCF activities in FY 2016 is projected to be approximately $28.5 billion.

There is no cost for this program. Advance registration is requested. To register visit paxpartnership.org.
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