Contractor Management and Accountability July :00 AM EUCOM and AFRICOM

DASD – Program Support Problem Statement DOD, the services and global combatant commanders lack the ability to define and manage their contracted workforces during Phase 0 operations and quickly transition those contracted resources in support of contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. Commanders who lack this visibility during peacetime operations are unable to effectively plan, resource and provide effective oversight for large scale contracted support required in supporting operations.

DASD – Program Support 3 Proposal COCOM conducts an OCS focused exercise / rehearsal scenario to assess the command’s understanding and ability to incorporate operational contracting support into the planning and management across the staff sections IAW their Current policies and procedures. 1. Limited duration exercise, with a staff representative(s) participating during normal duty hours only. 2. JCASO will drive the exercise through scenarios meant to assess the various staff’s understanding of current OSD policy and doctrine. 3. Scenario will align with a current or planned operation. 4. End of exercise feedback would build future test MESLs for the command’s next annual exercise. 5. The Chief of Staff and principal staff members would receive an in/out brief after Assessment criteria are agreed upon.

DASD – Program Support Objectives Exercise contract / contractor scenarios that will focus staff on incorporating the management of these resources into their decision making process. Validate or identify that processes and procedures, policy and tools are sufficient or lacking to effectively manage operations involving contractors. Provide commanders and leaders situational awareness for all resources operating within their area of responsibility supporting the “Train as we fight” philosophy. Fully incorporate contracted resources into all plans; identify all Phase 0 contractors supporting “normal” operations and defining those contractors with deployment clauses in their contracts by skillset, readiness and location. Create metrics and a common operating picture for commanders / leaders available on demand for use in awareness, planning, oversight and decision making.

DASD – Program Support Lessons Learned AOR lessons learned: o Iraq Draw-Down o Afghanistan Surge o Transition to other Government Agencies o Support in Japan and Haiti o Theater Business Clearance Challenges Efficiencies within the workforce Coalition-visibility and coordination of resources building upon the NATO Battle Lab held in Kandahar Feb-Apr Program Support to USFOR-A (Sep-Dec 2012)

DASD – Program Support Potential Scenarios For the purpose of this exercise, we identified three potential scenarios: 1.The command responds to a new incident or contingency starting in Phase 0. 2.The command responds to a Department of State request to insert a contracted solution into an ongoing situation (PSC). 3.The command transitions contracted operations to another federal agency in preparation for a retrograde of military forces.

DASD – Program Support Timeline