text: Sustainment During Multinational Operations
  support. Finally, proper funding approval must adhere to national laws and policies of all parties before
  receiving or providing contract support. More specifically, U.S. policy and law require an approved
  acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, and when appropriate, an implementation agreement before U.S.
  forces provide contracted supplies, services, and minor construction to any multinational partner.
  5-28. Determining the appropriate contract support arrangements is a critical step in multinational contract
  support planning. Three generally acceptable contract support sharing arrangements exist:
  • Lead nation. This is the most common form of multinational contract support arrangement in which
  one nation is designated the lead common contract support provider.
  • Role specialist nation. Similar to lead nation arrangement, this form of multinational contract
  support has one or several nations arrange for contracted support for a single service such as fuel,
  medical evacuation, security, force protection, food, and maintenance.
  • Multinational support capability. Nations normally use multinational contract support only for large-
  scale and long-term operations and base it on a formal alliance capability. This type of direct contract
  support arrangement is complex and takes significant time to plan and implement.
  5-29. During multinational operations, it is possible to stand up a theater allied contracting office to contract
  for selected goods and services in limited supply in the operational area or are commonly needed by the entire
  force. To coordinate theater allied contracting office activities, the multinational force contractors may
  publish a restricted-items list that identifies critical, limited supplies and services in the operational area.
  Staffs coordinate this procurement with the contracting coordination center. The theater allied contracting
  office negotiates base ordering agreements for use by all participating nations.
  5-30. The multinational force’s authority over the control, support, and integration of contractors is limited.
  Accordingly, the multinational force contract personnel coordinate contractor management policies and
  procedures between the major multinational partners including movement control, minimum government
  furnished support arrangements, legal jurisdiction, and visa requirements. (Refer to JP 4-0 for more
  information on logistics support of multinational operations.) The multinational logistics procurement
  support board helps with multinational force contracts to ensure these policies and procedures are
  incorporated into contributing nation’s contracts and included in their national contract oversight.
  UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS SYSTEM
  5-31. The UN logistics system requires member states to be self-sufficient at the unit level for 60 to 120 days.
  This allows the UN to organize a logistics structure, acquire real estate and facilities, and establish contracts
  and local memorandums of understanding and letters of assistance to provide support for the multinational
  force.
  5-32. A UN survey and assessment team evaluates operational requirements and develops planning data for
  sustainment. When participating in UN missions, the command sends a logistics representative with the UN
  survey team if possible. The multinational force coordinates with UN forces to improve the unity of effort
  and reduce potential conflicts.
  FORCE LOGISTICS SUPPORT CENTER
  5-33. In most cases, the UN will ask a member state, or states, to form a force logistics support group. The
  group incorporates logistics units from participating nations. A state accepting the group role and the chief
  logistics officer at the force headquarters establish local contracts to support the force. Even with a force
  logistics support group, member states are responsible for specific national elements of resupply—such as
  repair parts, clothing, food, and major end item replacements—unless nations establish an agreement to
  provide this support. This support is on a reimbursable basis under an arrangement that the UN and
  contributing nation’s government agree to before deployment.
  CONTRACTOR CONCEPT
  5-34. The UN economizes logistics support by using contractors. The goal is to achieve the most economical
  logistics organization that meets the demands of the force and releases military manpower for redeployment.
  Force headquarters coordinate the process. UN contracting does not fall under the logistics division. It falls
  under the purchasing and transportation services division. UN procurement is bureaucratic and slow. It is