BCT commander should heor she be called upon to givea situational report.The training also includes allthree divisions of rank in theArmy with enlisted Soldiersserving as the primary oper-ators of systems such as thetactical airspace integration

system, air and missiledefense workstation and theforward area air defenseengagement operation work-station. Warrant officersensure the integrity andquality of tactical data com-ing into the brigade. Theywould also make sure all theoperators can maintain theintegrity of the data they arelooking at and that theyknow how to operate thesystems. Officers would be

fully integrated into the bat-tle staff taking any airspaceconsiderations outside thebrigade’s specific concept ofoperations and then integrat-ing them together to satisfyvarious requirements.

As Capt. Darius Randolphprepares for his deploymentto Afghanistan, he steppedaway from his duties as anassignments officer at HumanResources Command at FortKnox, Ky. He said the trainingand assignment will definitelymake him a more effective airdefense artillery officer.

“The ADAM/BAE cell isdynamic and it works, andI believe it’s going to bearound a while,” he said.

For officers coming out ofthe Captains Career Courseand moving on in the ADAcareer field, Randolph saidthe school is great becausecaptains will no longer beexpected to learn at theirdeployed location.

“The capstone project hasbeen great because I amdoing what I what will do intheater. Here, I’m leading ateam of three to four Soldiers,

whereas in a deployed cellthat may be 10-12 people, butregardless we will be provid-ing BCT commanders the360-degree situational aware-ness they need.”

Stationed with Evelynwith the 4th Infantry BCT,Staff Sgt. Bryan Nagle saidhe’s the first air traffic con-troller assigned to his unit.With 18 years experiencein his career field, Naglesaid a lot of the jargon andacronyms in the FA andADA communities are newto him. However, as part of

a cell that teaches eachother their duties, hebrings a wealth of experi-ence designing air corri-dors, managing controlzones around air fields ordeconflicting aircraft oper-ating in close proximity.

“Coming here gave me afirsthand view of what we’regoing to be doing, and that’sbeen great,”said Nagle.“NowI can go into this deploymentwith a better understandingof the kinds of thing thatcommanders are going tolook to me to provide.”

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Did you know that the FortSill Garrison Directorate ofPublic Works has a variety ofconstruction contractingmethods available to imple-ment maintenance, repairand construction projects?

All federal construction isgoverned by the FederalAcquisition Regulation. Thepurpose of the regulation is toprovide standardized and uni-form policies and proceduresfor acquisition. Among itsguiding principles is to havean acquisition system that:n satisfies customer’s

needs in terms of cost, quali-ty and timeliness; n minimizes administra-

tive operating costs; n conducts business with

integrity, fairness and open-ness; and n fulfills other public poli-

cy objectives.The regulation also

includes socioeconomicrequirements and certainitems that must be pur-chased from United Statesfirms only. This includesrequirements for largeorganizations to use smallerand disadvantaged busi-nesses as subcontractors.

Among the methods avail-

able for DPW to implementconstruction include joborder contract and taskorder contract, sometimescalled multiple award taskorder contract.

Job orderJob order contract is a

method for the governmentto get numerous, commonlyencountered projects con-structed quickly and easilythrough a multi-year con-tract with a single contractor.The process reduces levels ofengineering, design and con-tracting required for eachproject. It reduces total proj-ect cost to the government.This process has a more than25-year record of successfulimplementation within theDepartment of Defense.

A major element of the joborder contract process is theuse of a unit price book,which provides preset costsfor specific constructiontasks.The unit price book cancover nearly every construc-tion, repair or maintenancetask from installing carpetingin a single room to all of thecomponents necessary to ren-ovate a complete structure.

Job order contracts don’t

define individual projects,but normally award a poten-tial maximum dollar valueof work over a year or sever-al years.

For example, a contractmay have an annual maxi-mum of $5 million or morebut only a minimum guaran-teed amount such as$35,000.

To implement each proj-ect, the government and thecontractor follow the samefive steps: n Conduct a joint scope

meeting at the project site toreview and discuss the workand the construction sched-ule; n Prepare a detailed

scope of work; n Prepare a price propos-

al using unit prices fromUPB, quantities and coeffi-cient, and submits a pro-posed construction sched-ule, list of subcontractors

and other documentsrequired by government; n Government reviews

price proposal to make surethe right tasks and quanti-ties were used; andn Upon satisfaction with

price, schedule and subcon-tractors, the governmentmay issue a work order forthe project.

Task orderA task order is a multi-

year contract award to sev-eral contractors for design,build or construction. Taskorder contracting is anacquisition tool that hasgrown substantially in popu-larity over the last decadeand can cover a broad rangeof maintenance, repair andconstruction services.

To initiate this process, thegovernment issues a requestfor proposals to interestedparties. The government

RFP asks them to submitspecific information con-cerning their qualificationsincluding past and presentperformance, and technicalability. Depending on gov-ernment requirements, asample construction projectmay also be required. Awardis made to multiple contrac-tors, usually limited to five.Award may be made basedon best value or low pricetechnically acceptable.

After award of the TOC,the government will issuetask orders for specific con-struction projects needed.The award of the task orderis competitively determinedamong the contractors. Foreach individual task order,the DPW engineer preparesdrawings, specifications andscope of work, and sendsthese documents to the con-tracting officer, who sendsthe TOC project proposal toall TOC contractors, afterwhich a site visit is conduct-ed. After the site visit, con-tractor questions areanswered, the scope isrevised and validated, andthe TOC contractors submitprice proposals to the con-tracting officer. Award of the

project is made based onprice alone.

TOC contracts permit flex-ibility in both quantity anddelivery scheduling of proj-ects. Perhaps most signifi-cantly, task order contractslimit the government’s obli-gation to the minimumquantity specified in thecontract while maintainingits ability to respond quicklyto unforeseen projectrequirements.

The TOC contract allowsthe government to assemblea group of well qualifiedcontractors who haveproven ability to performrequired maintenance,repair or construction onmajor projects over anextended schedule. Theprocess also allows the gov-ernment to request propos-als for design, build or con-struction alone using anabbreviated request for pro-posals and limited drawingsand specifications. Like theJOC process, the TOCprocess reduces levels ofengineering, design andcontracting required foreach project and reduces thecost to the government.

Contract options ensure work gets doneDid you know?

By Col. Paul HossenloppFort Sill Garrison commander

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