1. Chapter 2 Contracting Authorities and Structure
Nov 11, v5

2. Learning Objectives Terminal Objectives Enabling Objectives
Explain 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

3. 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)

4. Where do you research how to contract in a contingency?
FAR 18
DPAPSS/DFARS/PGI
ACC

5. Command and Contracting Lines of Authority
Command Authority
Contracting Authority
COMBATANT COMMANDERS
SERVICE
COMPONENT
COMMANDERS
JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDERS
COCO
Chief of Contracting OFFICE
CCO(S)
COMMAND
AUTHORITY VS
CONTRACTING
AGENCY HEADS
HCA
HEAD OF CONTRACTING ACTIVITY
SCO - SENIOR CONTRACTING OFFICIAL
(Army = PARC)
CCO Appointed Representatives

6. Command and Contracting Lines of Authority Example
Contracting Authority
SecDef
SecArmy
SAF
USD (AT&L)
CENTCOM
ASA (ALT)
SAF(AQ)
CJTF-101
MNF-I
Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)
Defense Contracting
Agencies
USACE
ACC
AMC
AFMC
**DLA/CFLCC
Weapon
Systems
Support
PARC-I
PARC-A
GRD/AED
LOGCAP
AFCEE 6 6

7. Geographic Combatant Commands

8. Unified Combatant Commands
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Unified Combatant Commands
Geographical Combatant Commands
US European Command
EUCOM
US Africa Command
AFRICOM
US Central Command
CENTCOM
US Pacific Command
PACOM
US Southern Command
SOUTHCOM
US Northern Command
NORTHCOM
Functional Combatant Commands
US Strategic Command
STRATCOM
US Transportation Command
TRANSCOM
US Special Operations Command
SOCOM

9. AFRICOM - Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, GE
USAFRICOM
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, Italy
Personnel shared with U.S. Naval Forces Europe Sixth Fleet
Located in Stuttgart, Germany
shared 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.

10. USPACOM PACOM – Camp H.M. Smith, HI Air Force Army Navy Marines
Special Ops
U.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 - Japan
Seventh Air Force - Korea
Eleventh Air Force - Alaska
Thirteenth Air Force - Hawaii
25th ID - HI and AK
94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command -HI and Kadena Air Base, Japan
US Army Alaska
US Army Japan
9th Regional Support Command (USAR)
Pearl Harbor, HI
Third Fleet - California
Seventh Fleet - Japan
1st Marine Expeditionary Force - California
3rd 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 510
Joint Special Operation Task Force – Philippines

11. CENTCOM - MacDill Air Force Base, FL
USCENTCOM
CENTCOM - MacDill Air Force Base, FL
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Special Ops
U.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, SC
3rd 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).

12. EUCOM – Stuttgart, Germany
USEUCOM
EUCOM – Stuttgart, Germany
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Special Ops
United 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, GE
Additional units
Sixth Fleet - Naples, Italy
Navy Region Europe - Naples, Italy
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

13. USSOUTHCOM SOUTHCOM – Doral, FL Air Force Army Navy Marines
Special Ops
United 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, Honduras
Joint Task Force Guantanamo – Cuba
Joint Interagency Task Force South – Florida
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies – D.C.

14. NORTHCOM – Peterson AFB, CO
USNORTHCOM
NORTHCOM – Peterson AFB, CO
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Special Ops
United 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 Alaska
Joint Task Force Civil Support
Joint Task Force North

15. USSOCOM SOCOM – MacDill AFB, FL Air Force Army Navy Marines
United 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!

16. USTRANSCOM TRANSCOM – Scott AFB, IL AMC SDDC MSC JECC
United States Air Force Air Mobility Command
United States Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
Military Sealift Command
Joint Enabling Capabilities Command
Scott AFB, IL
Washington D.C. and Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA
TRANSCOM is always a supporting command and like SOCOM, they have their own Warranting Authority.

17. 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.

18. Contracting Chain Nomenclature
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)

19. Contracting Support Structure Options
Three (3) main contracting related organizational options:
Service Component Support to Own Forces
Lead Service Support
Joint Contracting Command support
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
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.

20. Contracting Support Organizations
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
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)

21. Contracting Support Organizations (Cont’d)
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)

22. Typical Joint Theater Support Contracting Command Organization

23. Notional Lead Service Theater Support Contracting Organization

24. 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

25. Contingency Contracting Officer’s Warrant Application Example
Practical Exercise
Contingency Contracting Officer’s Warrant Application Example

26. Practical Exercise
Who is YOUR
Command Authority and Contracting Authority in a Contingency Environment?

27. Back-Up Slides

28. JOINT CONTRACTING COMMAND, STAFF AND SUBORDINATE ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

29. Army Material Command & ACC
AMC
Commanding
General
ASA(ALT)
DCS for
Logistics
G-4
HCA
DASA (P&P)
DCG
USAR
Army Contracting* Command (ACC)
Liaison Officers
(LNOs)
DCG
ARNG
AMC
LCMCs/MSCs
HCA
HCA
HCA
Expeditionary*
Contracting
Command
LOGCAP Program
Directorate
Mission & Installation
Contracting
Command
Acquisition Centers
TACOM
CECOM
AMCOM Arsenal
JM&L
RDECOM
ASC
OPM – SANG Acq. Mgt. Division
SDDC
From To
Contracting**
Support
Brigade
(x4)
(x7)
Contingency
Contracting
Battalion
Enterprise
and
Installations
(x3)
(x8)***
Sr Contingency
Contracting
Teams
* 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)
(x7)
(x10)
Regional
Contracting
Centers
(x5)
ITEC4
Contracting
Center of
Excellence
Contingency
Contracting
Teams
(x30)
(x78)***
Directorate of
Contracting
(x36)

30. 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
408thCSB
Kuwait
EUCOM
21st TSC
EUROPE
USAREUR
* 409thCSB
EUSA
19th ESC
KOREA
USFK
411thCSB
Korea
NORTHCOM
SOUTHCOM
USARSO
USARNORTH
167th TSC
CONUS
377th TSC
412thCSB
Ft. Sam
Houston
AFRICOM
SETAF
410thCSB
USARPAC
8th TSC
PACOM
413thCSB
Hawaii

31. US Air Force Tactical Structure
MAJCOM
Legend:
Command Authority
Contracting Authority
The Numbered Air Force is the Service Component to the Combatant Commands
LGC/PK
Numbered Air Force
LGC
Wings
Maintenance Group
Mission Support Group
Medical Group
Security Forces Group
OPS Group
Contracting Squadron
CCOs
X 2-10+

32. Navy Expeditionary Contract Support
Naval Special Warfare Command
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Naval Supply Systems Command
Special Warfare Group One
Special Warfare Group Two
Special Warfare Group Four
Special Warfare Development Group
NAVFAC Atlantic
Northwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, Europe, Washington
NAVFAC Pacific
Hawaii, Marianas, Far East
Engineering & Expeditionary Warfare Center
FIRST Naval Construction Division
Global Logistics Support (GLS)
FLC Norfolk
FLC Jacksonville
FLC San Diego
FLC Puget Sound
FLC Pearl Harbor
FLC Yokosuka
FLC Sigonella
FLC = Fleet Logistic Center
Does not represent Contracting units that execute System Support Contracts 32

33. US Marines Contracting Chain of Command

34. US Marines Tactical Structure
Marine Expeditionary Force
Ground Divisions
Air Wings
Other Major Claimants
Regiments
x 3
CCOs
x 8
Groups
x 2 or More
Battalions
x 2 or More
Squadrons
x 2 or More
Companies
x 4

35. US Marines Field Offices

36. Command & Contracting Lines of Authority
Contracting and
Command Authority
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 *
Figure 1 illustrates command and contracting lines of authority.

37. Contingency Contracting Officer’s 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)
Authority explicitly documented via the contracting officer’s warrant

38. Contingency Contracting Officer’s Authority
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.