Chapter 2 Contracting Authorities and Structure Nov 11, v5

Chapter 2Contracting Authorities and Structure

Nov 11, v5

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Learning Objectives

Terminal ObjectivesExplain your role and responsibilities in a contingency contracting environment

Enabling Objectives• Define contingency contracting• Explain the difference between command and contracting

lines of authority• Identify contracting structure• Describe the contracting support organizations • Compare various contracting support organizations


What is Contingency Contracting?

• The term ‘Contingency Contracting’ means All stages of the process of acquiring property or services by DoD during a Contingency Operation in the continental United States (CONUS) or outside the continental United States (OCONUS)

• ‘Contingency Operation’ [10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13)] means a military operation that:– Designated by Secretary of Defense when armed forces used against

an enemy; or– Declared by President or Congress when Reserves activated under Title

10, U.S.C. – (FAR 2.101)

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Where do you research how to contract in a contingency?

FAR 18

DPAPSS/DFARS/PGI

ACC


Command and Contracting Lines of Authority

COMBATANT COMMANDERS

SERVICE COMPONENT

COMMANDERS

JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDERS

COCOCHIEF OF CONTRACTING OFFICE

CCO(S)

COMMANDAUTHORITY

VSCONTRACTING

AUTHORITY

COMMANDAUTHORITY

VSCONTRACTING

AUTHORITY

AGENCY HEADS

HCAHEAD OF

CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

SCO - SENIOR CONTRACTING

OFFICIAL(Army = PARC)

CCO Appointed Representatives

Command Authority Contracting Authority


Geographic Combatant Commands


Secretary of Defense

Unified Combatant Commands

Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff

US European CommandEUCOM

US Special Operations CommandSOCOM

US Transportation

CommandTRANSCOM

US Strategic Command

STRATCOM

US Africa CommandAFRICOM

US Central CommandCENTCOM

US Pacific CommandPACOM

US Southern Command

SOUTHCOM

US Northern Command

NORTHCOM

Geographical Combatant Commands

Functional Combatant Commands

Unified Combatant Commands


AFRICOM - Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, GE

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special Ops

U.S. Air Forces Africa

(USAFAF)

U.S. Army Africa(USARAF)

Naval Forces Africa(NAVAF)

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa(MARFORAF)

U.S. Special Operations

Command Africa(SOCAFRICA)

Third AF HQ at Ramstein Air Base, GE

Operating from Vicenza, Italy, U.S.

HQ Naples, ItalyPersonnel shared with U.S. Naval Forces Europe Sixth Fleet

Located in Stuttgart, Germanyshared U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe

Co-located with U.S. Africa Command at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, GE

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA)Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

USAFRICOM


PACOM – Camp H.M. Smith, HI

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special OpsU.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)

U.S. Army Pacific Command(USARPAC)

U.S. Pacific Fleet Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC)

Special Operations Command, Pacific(SOCPAC)

Fifth Air Force - JapanSeventh Air Force - KoreaEleventh Air Force - AlaskaThirteenth Air Force - Hawaii

25th ID - HI and AK94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command -HI and Kadena Air Base, JapanUS Army AlaskaUS Army Japan9th Regional Support Command (USAR)

Pearl Harbor, HIThird Fleet - CaliforniaSeventh Fleet - Japan

1st Marine Expeditionary Force - California3rd Marine Expeditionary Force - Japan

Camp H. M. Smith, Oahu, HI

Major subordinate commands:U.S. Forces, Japan (Yokota AB, near Tokyo)U.S. Forces, Korea (Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul)Alaskan Command (Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage)

Standing Joint Task Force:Joint Interagency Task Force West (Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii)Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (Hickam AFB, Hawaii)Joint Task Force-Homeland Defense (Ft. Shafter, Hawaii)Joint Task Force 510Joint Special Operation Task Force – Philippines

USPACOM


CENTCOM - MacDill Air Force Base, FL

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special OpsU.S. Air Forces

Central(AFCENT)

U.S. Army Forces Central Command

(ARCENT)

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command(USNAVCENT)

U.S. Marine Forces Central Command(USMARCENT)

Special Operations Command Central

(SOCCENT)

Ninth Air Force, HQ Shaw Air Force Base, SC

HQ at Shaw Air Force Base, SC3rd Army

Fifth Fleet, HQ at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain

HQ at Camp Pendleton, CA

HQ at MacDill Air Force Base, FL

Major subordinate multiservice commands:United States Forces – Iraq (decommissioned)International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) NATO (Formerly: Combined Forces Command Afghanistan).

USCENTCOM


EUCOM – Stuttgart, Germany

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special OpsUnited States Air Forces in Europe(USAFE)

United States Army Europe (USAEUR)

United States Naval Forces Europe(NAVEUR)

United States Marine Corps Forces Europe(MARFOREUR)

Special Operations Command, Europe(SOCEUR)

Third Air Force - Ramstein Air Base, GE

Wiesbaden, GE V Corps: Wiesbaden, GEAdditional units

Sixth Fleet - Naples, Italy Navy Region Europe - Naples, Italy

Stuttgart, GE Stuttgart, GE

Additional supporting units:George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Garmisch, Germany)NATO School (Oberammergau, Germany)Joint Analysis Center (RAF Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, UK

USEUCOM


SOUTHCOM – Doral, FL

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special OpsUnited States Air Forces South(AFSOUTH)

United States Army South(ARSOUTH)

United States Naval Forces Southern Command(COMUSNAVSO)

United States Marine Corps Forces South(MARFORSOUTH)

Special Operations Command, South(USSOCSOUTH)

Twelfth Air Force – Davis-Monthan Air Base, AZ

Fort Sam Houston, TX Fourth Fleet – Mayport Naval Base, FL

Miami/Doral, FL Homestead Air Reserve Base, FL

Additional supporting units:Joint Task Force Bravo – Sota Cano Air Base, HondurasJoint Task Force Guantanamo – CubaJoint Interagency Task Force South – FloridaCenter for Hemispheric Defense Studies – D.C.

USSOUTHCOM


NORTHCOM – Peterson AFB, CO

Air Force Army Navy Marines Special OpsUnited States Air Forces North(AFNORTH)

United States Army North(ARNORTH)

United States Fleet Forces Command(USFF)

United States Marine Corps Forces North(MARFORNORTH)

Special Operations Command, NORTH

First Air Force – Tyndall Air Force Base, FL

Fifth Army, Fort Sam Houston, TX

Fourth Fleet – Mayport Naval Base, FL

Operational in 2014

Standing Joint Task Force (previously assigned to USJFCOM):Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region Joint Task Force AlaskaJoint Task Force Civil SupportJoint Task Force North

USNORTHCOM


SOCOM – MacDill AFB, FL

Air Force Army Navy MarinesUnited States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

United States Army Special Operations Command(USASOC)

Naval Special Warfare Command(NSWC)

United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command(MARSOC)

Hurlburt Field, FL Fort Bragg, NC San Diego, CA Camp Lejeune, NC

Sub-unified command: Joint Special Operations Command

Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition Center Acquisition Executive – Warrant Authority

USSOCOM has their own Warranting Authority!

USSOCOM


TRANSCOM – Scott AFB, IL

AMC SDDC MSC JECCUnited States Air Force Air Mobility Command

United States Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Military Sealift Command

Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

Scott AFB, IL Scott AFB, IL Washington D.C. and Norfolk, VA

Norfolk, VA

USTRANSCOM

TRANSCOM is always a supporting command and like SOCOM, they have their own Warranting Authority.


Contingency Contracting Officer’s Authority

• Contracting Officers (KOs), pursuant to (Federal Acquisition Regulation [FAR] 1.602), are the only personnel authorized to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.

• KOs may bind the government only to the extent of the authority delegated to them.– KOs shall receive from the appointing authority clear instructions in writing regarding

the limits of their authority. • In Operational Area, contracting authority flows from Congress to the

President, then to the Secretary of Defense, through the Service Agency Head, to the Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) and then to Senior Contracting Official (SCO) to the Contracting Officer.


• Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)• Senior Contracting Official (SCO)

- Equates to PARC (Principle Assistant Responsible for Contracting) in the Army

• Regional Contracting Chief (RCC) or Chief of Contracting Office (COCO)

• Contingency Contracting Officer (CCO)- Field Ordering Officer (FOO) and Ordering Officer (OO)- Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

Contracting Chain Nomenclature


Contracting Support Structure Options

Three (3) main contracting related organizational options: 1) Service Component Support to Own Forces2) Lead Service Support3) Joint Contracting Command support

A designated lead Service or joint contracting command would normally only have coordinating authority over Service component external support contracting organizations and DCMA's ACOs. These organizations, in general, have no authority over system support contracts.

Decision Factors Include But Not Limited To Size, primary mission, expected duration of the joint operation Scope, criticality & complexity of theater support contracting requirements Need for enhanced JFC control of theater support contracting mission Location of supported units compared to available commercial vendor base Dominant user and most capable Service considerations

May not be the same Service in any given operation


Contracting Support Organizations

1. Service Component Support to Own Forces• During smaller-scale operations with an expected short duration• Service component commanders retain control • Bulk of the units will be operating in distinctly different areas of the

JOA• Limited potential competition for the same vendor base

2. Lead Service • Major, long-term operations• JFC wants a consolidated contracting effort within the operational

area• No need to stand-up an entirely new joint command

(Pg 46, Joint Handbook)


Contracting Support Organizations (Cont’d)

3. Joint Theater Support Contracting Command• Larger or more complex contingency operations• Mission is long-term duration• JFC requires more oversight • Extremely complex operation that requires direct control of theater support

contracting by the JFC commander• Mission beyond the capability of a single Service• Mission that requires significant coordination of contracting and civil-military

aspects the JFC's campaign plan• Significant numbers of different Service forces operating in same area/joint

bases served by the same local vendor base

(Page 46, Joint Handbook)


Typical Joint Theater Support Contracting Command Organization


Notional Lead Service Theater Support Contracting Organization


The SF 1402

• Some of you may currently be warranted KOs– Likely use same warrant if supporting exercise/operation in

support of your service/agency– If supporting joint operation, expect to apply/reapply for a

warrant• What documents/information is needed to apply?

– Copies of DAWIA certificates, course completion certificates– Proof of education, experience– Copies of previous warrants held, if any– Endorsement(s) from your contracting leadership


Practical Exercise

Contingency Contracting Officer’s Warrant Application Example


Practical Exercise

Who is YOUR Command Authority and Contracting

Authority in a Contingency Environment?


Back-Up Slides


Army Contracting*Command (ACC)

Expeditionary* Contracting Command Mission & Installation

ContractingCommand

Contingency Contracting Battalion

Sr Contingency ContractingTeams

Contingency Contracting Teams

Enterprise and

Installations

Contracting Center of

Excellence

RegionalContracting

Centers

Directorateof

Contracting

ITEC4

LOGCAP ProgramDirectorate

AMCCommanding

GeneralDASA (P&P)

ASA(ALT)

Liaison Officers (LNOs)

DCGUSAR

DCG ARNG

Contracting** SupportBrigade

(x7)

(x8)***

(x10)

(x78)***

(x4)

(x3)

(x7)

(x30)

ToFrom

* ACC & ECC Deployable** Also performs OCONUS Installation Support*** USASOC 1 CCBn / 5 CCTs Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) Authority LOGCAP & Contractors Accompanying the Force Policy Note: MTOE Structure Includes: ARNG; 272 spaces & USAR; 98 spaces (3 CCBns, 8 SCCTs, 56 CCTs)

(x5)

(x36)

HCA

HCA HCAHCA

Acquisition Centers• TACOM • CECOM • AMCOM Arsenal• JM&L• RDECOM• ASC• OPM – SANG Acq. Mgt. Division• SDDC

DCS for Logistics

G-4

AMCLCMCs/MSCs

Army Material Command & ACC


Army Contracting Support Brigade Alignment and Support Relationships

AFRICOM Africa Command

CENTCOM Central Command

CONUS Continental United States

CSB Contracting Support Brigade

ESC Expeditionary Sustainment Command

EUCOM European Command

EUSA Eighth US Army

NORTHCOM Northern Command

PACOM Pacific Command

SETAF Southern European Task Force

SOUTHCOM Southern Command

TSC Theater Sustainment Command

USARCENT US Army Central

USAREUR US Army Europe

USARNORTH US Army North

USARSO US Army South

USFK US Forces Korea

CENTCOM

1st TSC KUWAIT

USARCENT

408thCSBKuwait

EUCOM

21st TSCEUROPE

USAREUR

* 409thCSBEUROPE

EUSA

19th ESCKOREA

USFK

411thCSBKorea

NORTHCOM SOUTHCOM

USARSOUSARNORTH

167th TSCCONUS

377th TSCCONUS

412thCSBFt. Sam Houston

AFRICOM

SETAF

410thCSBFt. Sam Houston

USARPAC

8th TSCCONUS

PACOM

413thCSBHawaii


US Air Force Tactical Structure

CCOsX 2-10+

Numbered Air Force

Wings

Maintenance Group

Mission Support Group

Medical Group

Security Forces Group

Contracting Squadron

MAJCOM LGC/PKLegend:Command Authority

Contracting Authority

The Numbered Air Force is the Service Component to the Combatant Commands

LGC

OPS Group


Navy Expeditionary Contract Support

Naval Supply Systems

Command

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Naval Special Warfare

Command

Special Warfare Group OneSpecial Warfare Group TwoSpecial Warfare Group FourSpecial Warfare Development Group

Global Logistics Support (GLS)• FLC Norfolk• FLC Jacksonville• FLC San Diego• FLC Puget Sound• FLC Pearl Harbor• FLC Yokosuka• FLC SigonellaFLC = Fleet Logistic Center

NAVFAC AtlanticNorthwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, Europe, WashingtonNAVFAC PacificHawaii, Marianas, Far EastEngineering & Expeditionary Warfare CenterFIRST Naval Construction Division

Does not represent Contracting units that execute System Support Contracts


US Marines Contracting Chain of Command

A ll F ie ld O ff icesR C O 'sM L G 's

L O G C O M

C o n tra c ts D iv is ion(L B O )

D C /SIn s ta lla t io n s & L og is tics

C o m m a nd a n t o f th e M a rin e C o rps(C M C )

D e pa rtm e n t o f th e N a vyA ss ista n t S e c re ta ry o f th e N a vy

(R D & A )

D ire c to r o f D e fe nse P ro cu rem e ntU n d e r S e c re ta ry o f D e fe n se (A & T)


US Marines Tactical Structure

CCOsx 8

Squadronsx 2 or More

Marine Expeditionary

Force

Ground Divisions

Air Wings Other Major Claimants

Groups x 2 or More

Regimentsx 3

Battalionsx 2 or More

Companiesx 4


2nd M LG

II M EF KO

SO UTHEASTREG IO N

Cam p Lejeune

1st M LG

I M EF KO

W ESTERNREG IO N

Cam p Pendleton

3rd M LG

III M EF KO

FAR EASTREG IO N

Cam p Butler

HQ M C (LB )

US Marines Field Offices


Command & Contracting Lines of Authority

“Contracting Authority” is the legal authority to enter into binding contracts and obligate funds for the US government.

“Command Authority” 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.

* CCOs receive their contracting warrants from a source of contracting authority, not command authority *

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Figure 1 illustrates command and contracting lines of authority.

Contracting and Command Authority



Contract Authority flows from:

– Congress

– President

– Secretary of Defense

– Service or Agency Head

– Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)

– Senior Contracting Official (SCO)

– Chief of Contracting Office (COCO)

– Contracting Officer (CCO) 37

Authority explicitly documented via the contracting officer’s

warrant


• Warranting CCOs based on:– Experience– Education– Knowledge of acquisition policies and procedures– Training (meeting minimum DAWIA standards)

• Can contracting authority ever change?– Warrant levels can change over time, with the

highest having an unlimited dollar-value contracting authority.

– When deployment to a declared contingency, contract authority may change based on the location, theater of operation, and established command and control.

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