Contracting Command began using it
in Afghanistan in 2013. As long as
personnel in theater are uploading the necessary documentation into VCE— even if it is just a data dump—it’s now there with appropriate backup. Tis is a critical enhancement for verification and accountability purposes.
FUTURE CONTINGENCIES In addition to applying a contract closeout perspective to planning future contin- gency contracting the Global Reachback Contracting Division has already incor- porated other takeaways into the contract actions it is executing.
One key lesson from the past decade of contingency contracting is that contracts should not be limited to a single coun- try. Rather, they should be set up to allow use either theaterwide or worldwide. Sev- eral examples from ACC-RI show how expanding the use of these contracts is enhancing response time and reducing redundancy.
One example is a contract first awarded in September 2013, which expanded the CENTCOM Acquisition Support Services (CASS) program for worldwide use. Tis program provides contracted specialists in contracting for overseas environments. Prior to expanded use, four limited CASS contracts were in sin- gular use for Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar.
Tose contracts were combined into a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for use CENTCOM-wide
and ultimately
expanded for worldwide use. If a require- ment were to come out of Africa or U.S. Pacific Command, all we would have to do is compete a task order for pricing and make an award.
TAMING A PAPER TIGER
The contract closeout warehouse at Rock Island Arsenal, IL, contains thousands of contract files that originated in Iraq and Afghanistan. ACC-RI’s Contract Closeout Branch, Reachback Division, has processed and closed approximately 220,000 fixed--price contracts and returned more than $321 million in current and expiring funds to customers for reuse. (Photo by Liz Adrian, ACC-RI)
Since 2001, contracting at Rock Island Arsenal has grown from 222 professionals obligating $1.7 billion to a high in 2011 of 547 personnel obligating more than $14.2 billion, much of it in the contingency arena.
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