Maj. Reuben Joseph was the KAF transition coordinator for the ECC-A Regional Contracting Office – South. “Te transition involved countless issues, each having the capability to result in an unacceptable gap in service,” Joseph said. “Te transition had a very short suspense, made more complex as it was simul- taneously occurring at three different locations. Obviously, you tend to concentrate on the life, health and safety issues—power, water and food—but each of the secondary functions had to be checked and cross-checked to ensure that uninterrupted continu- ation of services was maintained. Because of the hard work on the part of LOGCAP and their prime contractor, the transition was nearly flawless and executed without a gap in any of the services.”
MAPPING IT OUT
Lt. Col. Gregory C. McMahan, USFOR-A Joint Engineering, discusses the layout and electrical generation capacity with LOGCAP contractor employees assigned to the North Prime Power Plant at KAF, where two contracts provided essentially similar life support services. KAF was one of the locations analyzed under Operation Firm Investment, a comprehensive optimization of all contracting actions that aimed to eliminate duplicate services, improve operational efficiency and reduce contractors in the battlespace.
CONCLUSION When Bannister first approached ECC-A to assist in this analy- sis, his guidance was clear: “Nothing is off the table. Consider all strategic, operational and fiscal variables; the process and end state is to measure twice, cut once.” Working from this vision, the ECC-A team joined forces with the USFOR-A Operational Contract Support and J4 cells to form a cohesive unit and deliver a viable recommendation to the leadership.
“Despite the complexity of the transition, the end result was a resounding success,” said Tschida, “a team effort from start to finish.” Te success of this effort will serve as a springboard for phase II of the transition, she said, scheduled to occur on Jan. 1, 2017, when the additional services of laundry, janitorial, chemical latrines and the Giant Voice system move from NSPA to LOGCAP. “We’ll be ready,” said Tschida. “We have a great team that is committed to the mission and [has] never lost sight that the ultimate objective was to provide uninterrupted service to the warfighter and all supporting personnel. Te decision to expand the LOGCAP operations in southern Afghanistan will result in increased contract obligations of approximately $750 million over the next five years for ACC.”
With ECC-A, it was, is and always will be, “one team, one fight.” We remain engaged, capable and committed.
For more information, contact the author at
gordon.jones.civ@
mail.mil.
CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS
Analyzing which contract vehicle was best to support dining facilities like this one and other services at KAF was complicated by differing contract terms and structures, and implementing the change to the better option was made difficult by the lack of appropriate contract support personnel in theater.
MR. GORDON JONES is coordinator for CCAS, ECC-A. He holds an MBA, a B.S. in physics and biology and a B.A. in management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is Level III certified in contracting and Level II certified in property management, and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps.
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