Contingency Contracting

A field desk for CCOs heading into deployed, austere, or rapid-response environments. The mission is still acquisition. The timeline is compressed, the facts move fast, and the file has to survive the trip home.

OCS FAR Part 18 SF44 FOO Manual buys

Module Group 01

Operational Contract Support

The framework that ties contract support to the operation. Learn the doctrine, then learn how it hits your desk.

Tier II / Knowledge

OCS for Dummies

A no-nonsense walkthrough of Operational Contract Support, from the three pillars to joint theater contracting constructs.

Live

Module Group 02

Authorities & Field Buying

The rules, flexibilities, forms, and buying methods that separate contingency work from normal garrison acquisition.

Authority

FAR Part 18 Flexibilities

Every Part 18 flexibility a CCO actually uses, walked through one at a time. Always-available authorities and contingency-only thresholds, split clearly so you know which is which before you reach for either.

Live

Form & Method

SF44 Purchases

When the SF44 is the right tool, how to fill it out cleanly, and how to carry the paperwork trail back to the contracting office.

Coming Soon

Manual Workflow

Manual Contracts Deployed

Contract writing when systems are down, local vendors are moving fast, and the file still needs enough structure to be defensible.

Live

Module Group 03

Roles & Appointments

Who can buy, who can receive, who can approve, and what their appointment letters actually let them do.

Role

Field Ordering Officer

Standing up a FOO program from scratch. The 10-step build, the Paying Agent boundary, DD 1081 and DD 2665 mechanics, and what a FOO is never allowed to buy.

Live

Oversight

Receiving & Acceptance

How receiving officials, CORs, and requiring activities keep fast field buys from turning into payment and accountability problems.

Planned

Next buildout: manual contract writing, deployed file maintenance, GPC use in contingency, ratification, theater business clearance, LOGCAP/AFCAP orientation, and regional contracting center workflows.