ARMY AL&T
Following the collapse of the Afghan government, the mission of ACC-A changed from executing contracts for emerging requirements to quickly closing out the contracts that were in place supporting over 20 years of war.
overcame many hurdles head-on as we crushed the workload and passed the baton,” said Lt. Col. Jay S. Vandenbos, Regional Contacting Center ‒ Afghanistan and 900th Contracting Battal- ion commander.
CONCLUSION Col. Frankie J. Cruz, ACC-A and 414th Contracting Brigade commander, said: “Our team was successful during this historic deployment in closing theater support contracts with direct integration with DSCMO-A [Defense Security Cooperation Management Office – Afghanistan] and due to the support and collaboration across the joint and Department of the Army staff, U.S. Army Finance Command, and Army Contracting Command headquarters staff assistance to resolve unique chal- lenges resulting from the fall of Afghanistan.”
Tis unique mission allowed us to capture many lessons learned and best practices for the acquisition workforce to use in the future. One example of that is the development of a 10-step process that details how to enable contracting systems to change from local currency to U.S. dollars. ACC-A shared this techni- cal 10-step process with the greater contracting community and it was also submitted to the Joint Staff Lessons Learned Infor- mation System as part of their best practices.
Tis mission also validated the ability for a contracting unit to provide over-the-horizon support. Having the customer colo- cated with both the contracting office and resource managers allowed for this model’s success. If the operational environment does not allow for contracting forces on the ground, there is the possibility for contracting professionals to provide support to an area from other locations.
Because of the unique and unprecedented situation of the collapse, we developed many novel processes and procedures to accomplish our mission. As a result, our team closed over 950 contracts in only six months. Te remaining contracts were trans- ferred over to the 408th Contracting Support Brigade, located in Kuwait, who will finish the contract closeout for Afghanistan. ACC-A was deactivated on March 10, 2022, upon the successful mission handover with the 408th Contracting Support Brigade.
For more information, go to
https://www.army.mil/
article/254964/acc_afghanistan_successfully_completes_ contracting_mission.
MAJ. JUSTIN BERRY served as the executive officer and operations officer for ACC-Afghanistan from October 2021 to March 2022. He now serves as logistics civil augmentation program team leader for 414th Contracting Support Brigade located in Vicenza, Italy. He received his MBA from Trident University International in 2012. He holds the DAWIA Professional certification in contracting and the Practitioner certification in program management.
MAJ. MATTHEW SZARZYNSKI served as a contracting officer and executive officer for ACC-Afghanistan from September 2021 to March 2022. He serves as an assistant program manager within the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. He received his Masters of Geological Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Tech in 2014. He holds the DAWIA Professional certification in contracting.
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