The continual introduction of hi-tech equipment, coupled with force
structure and manning reductions, and high operating tempo mean
that military forces will often be significantly augmented with
contracted support. To do this, contract support integration and
contractor management must be integrated into military planning and
operations. Commanders and their staffs must have a working
knowledge of key joint contract support integration and contractor
management related terms, since these terms are not widely known
outside of the professional acquisition community. Contingency
acquisition, the process of acquiring supplies, services and
construction in support of the joint operations begins at the point
when a requiring activity identifies a specific requirement,
defines the proper funding support, contract award, and
administration requirement to satisfy activity needs. Contract
execution begins with the award of the contract by a warranted
contracting officer and ends when contractor performance is
complete or the contract is otherwise terminated by the contracting
officer. Contract closeout is executed once the contract has been
completed and all outstanding contract administration issues have
been resolved and ends once the contracting officer has prepared a
contract completion statement. Understanding the roles and
responsibilities of DOD, joint, and Service commanders and staffs
related to operational contract support is critically important to
all commands and staffs that may be involved with planning and
managing contracted support and contractor management. Contracting
is commonly used to augment organic military and other sources of
support such as multinational logistic support, host-nation
support, and to provide support where no organic capability exists,
but contracting is often not properly planned for or integrated
into the overall joint force logistic support effort. Contracting
authority is the legal authority to enter into binding contracts
and obligate funds for the USG, while command includes the
authority and responsibility for effectively using available
resources and for planning the employment of, organizing,
directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces for the
accomplishment of assigned missions. Command Authority (combatant
command command authority]) includes the authority to perform
functions involving organizing and employing commands and forces,
assigning tasks and designating objectives, and giving
authoritative direction over all aspects of an operation; it does
not include authority to make binding contracts or obligate funds
on behalf of the USG. Systems support contracts are generally
issued when the Service systems contracting activities award the
original systems contracts. External support contracts are often
used to provide significant logistic support and selected
non-logistic support to the joint force. Theater support contracts
are those contracts that are issued by deployed contingency
contracting officers and are generally awarded to local vendors to
support in-theater customers. This publication establishes doctrine
for planning, conducting, and assessing contracting and contractor
management functions in support of joint operations. It provides
standardized guidance and information related to integrating
operational contract support and contractor management, defines and
describes these two different, but directly related functions, and
provides a basic discussion on contracting C2 organizational
options.
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