U.S. Army Contracting Command Contracting Support to the Warfighter 12 th Annual Small Business Conference Mr. Jeffrey Parsons 13 Nov 08 Expeditionary Responsive Innovative
Army Contracting Command Mission Statement Provide global contracting support to warfighters through the full spectrum of military operations. 2
Why the Army Contracting Command? Directed by the Secretary of the Army on 30 January 2008 in response to recommendation by the Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations (known as the Gansler Commission). Commission recommendation was to establish a single Army Contracting Command, responsible for making contracting an Army, high-quality, core-competence. Commission viewed this recommendation as essential to address the acquisition problems of recent years both in expeditionary operations as well as in Army wide contracting and weapons buying. 3
Army Contracting Command 408th CSB SWA Fort McPherson, GA 409 th CSB Europe Seckenheim, GE 410 th CSB USARSO FSH, TX 411 th CSB Yongsan, ROK JM &L Contracting Center (Picatinny, NJ) Regional Contracting Centers Directorates of Contracting 412 th CSB USARNO FSH, TX 413 th CSB USARPAC Fort Shafter, HI SDDC Contracting Center (Scott AFB, IL) HCA Only OPM-SANG Contracting Center (Fort Belvoir, VA) 4
Dugway Proving Ground Monterey Ft. Lewis Tooele AD Sierra AD Riverbank AAP Hawthorne AD Ft. Irwin Yuma Proving Ground 413 th CSB/USARPAC Ft. Shafter Ft. Greely Ft. Huachuca Ft. Wainwright Ft. Richardson CP Zama WSMR Okinawa Denver Ft. Carson Ft. Bliss Ft. Sill 411 th CSB (Yongsan) Osan Kunson MICC HQ 410 th CSB (FSH,TX) Locations Ft. Leavenworth Ft. Leonard Ft. Drum Kansas AAP Wood Ft. McCoy Scott AFB Lake City Ft. Campbell USMA Ft. Riley AAP LOGCAP RIA Crane Pine Bluff Hamilton SDDC Carlisle Barracks 412 th CSB (FSH,TX) Korea Ft. Hood CRC Daegu UNCLASSIFIED Camp Humphreys AMCOM OPM-SANG Kuwait Camp Buehring 408 th CSB Iowa AAP Ft. Knox Mississippi Lone Star AAP AAP Milan Huntsville Red River AD Ft. Polk AAP Ft. Rucker McAlester AAP Corpus Christi AD Qatar Camp Asalia NDU Blue Grass AD ACC HQ ECC HQ Anniston AAP, AD Bremerhaven Benelux (Belgium) Seckenheim 409 th CSB Kaiserslautern Stuttgart Ft. Benning 5 Shaw AFB Ft. Jackson Ft. Gordon Key West Ft. Monroe Ft. Bragg Ft. McPherson RDECOM JM&L CECOM Ft. Belvoir Ft. Lee Ft. Story Ft. AP Hill Ft. Eustis RTP Radford AAP Holston AAP Ft. Stewart Miami Letterkenny AAP, AD Scranton AAP Watervliet APG Wiesbaden Ft. Monmouth Ft. Dix Ft. Meade Adelphi Ft. Myer Contracting Center MICC ECC Depots Ammunition Plants Arsenals Wuerzburg Tobyhanna AD Grafenwoehr Natick Vicenza Livorno 5
How much do we obligate? Actions Dollars FY 08 246,000 Actions $104 B 18% > in $ from FY 07 6
Benefits Resources necessary positions to support the Soldiers in the field. Incorporates Gansler Commission and Secretary of the Army Contracting Task Force recommendations and various recommendations from CID, DODIG, AAA, and GAO. Focuses and leverages contracting expertise. Begins synchronization process of contracting below the Army Secretariat level. Provides a single focal point to the operational commanders for most of Army contracting. Enhances career development for military and civilian contracting professionals. 7
Conclusion Ensures that contracting becomes a core-competency of the Army. Prepares us to provide world-class contracting capability in expeditionary operations and during times of peace. Increases the stature, quality and career development of the Army s contracting personnel. Regains the confidence of our Congress and the American Public in the execution of our fiduciary responsibilities. 8