text: Chapter 6
  6-42. While the availability of funds is a significant determinate in contracting feasibility, HR leaders must
  understand the contracting process and the roles they may have in this process. Human resources
  professionals may act as requiring activity planners or as CORs. As such, it is crucial for HR professionals
  to become familiar with OCS terms, procedures, roles and responsibilities they have in the process, and
  should consider attending the contracting officer representative course as a priority before deployment.
  Human resources leaders must ensure contracts include requirements for the protection of personally
  identifiable information IAW all applicable policies and regulations.
  6-43. Operational contract support is a key capability for deployed Armed Forces. Due to the importance
  and unique challenges of OCS, HR leaders need to understand their role in planning for and managing
  contracted support. Current doctrine describes three broad types of contracted support: theater, external, and
  systems support.
  * Theater support contracts: Supports deployed operational forces under pre-arranged contracts, or
  contracts awarded from the mission area, by contracting officers under the command and control
  of the supporting contracting support brigade or designated joint theater support contracting
  command. Theater support contractors acquire goods, services, and minor construction support,
  usually from local commercial sources, to meet the immediate needs of operational commanders.
  Theater support contracts are typically associated with contingency contracting. Human resources
  professionals may serve as requiring activity planners for theater support OCS actions. Execute
  theater support contracts to support HR missions through a general support manner via a
  contracting support brigade contingency contract team or the joint theater support contracting
  command regional contracting office.
  * External support contracts: Provides a variety of support to deployed forces. External support
  contracts may be pre-arranged contracts or contracts awarded during the contingency itself to
  support the mission and may include a mix of U.S. citizens, third-country nationals, and local
  national subcontractor employees. The largest and most commonly used external support contract
  is the Army’s Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program contract. This Army program is
  commonly used to provide many sustainment related services to include HR support (for example,
  mail movement and MWR).
  * System support contracts: Pre-arranged contracts used by the acquisition program office and
  generally not related to HR operations.
  6-44. Human resources leaders and staff officers must ensure all HR related theater support and Logistics
  Civilian Augmentation Program support actions are planned for and incorporated into the overall HR effort
  in the AO. It is imperative that HR professionals work closely with the supporting Contracting Support
  Brigade and/or Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program-Forward personnel during both the planning
  process and the post-award process. It is also imperative that HR professionals receive training on their role
  in the OCS planning and execution process as described in the next two paragraphs.
  6-45. Regarding OCS requirements development, HR professionals must be prepared to develop an
  acquisition ready requirement packet to submit to the supporting contracting activity. The packet must
  include a detailed performance work statement (sometimes referred to as a statement of work) for service
  requirements or a detailed item description/capability for a commodity requirement. In addition to the
  performance work statement, the packet must include an independent cost estimate of the item or service
  required along with a required command and staff (including resource management) approved DA Form
  3953 (Purchase Request and Commitment). Additionally, certain items or specific dollar amount requests
  may require a formal acquisition review board packet as directed by local command policies.
  6-46. Human resources professionals also play a key role in the post-award contract management for all
  theater support contracts and Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program task orders directly supporting the
  HR mission. One of the most important sustainment brigade tasks in this process is to nominate and track
  CORs for service contracts and receiving officials for all commodity contracts. Quality CORs and receiving
  official support are key to ensuring contractors provide the service or item IAW the contract. Human
  resources leaders must also manage funding for each HR related contract and request funds in advance of
  depletion of current funds; otherwise, all contract work ceases until adequate funds are available. Human
  resources receiving officials and CORs are responsible for completing receiving reports that certify the goods
  or services contracted for were received by the Army.