CHAPTER 7 TRAINING SCENARIO #9 Foreign Acquisitions EVALUATOR’S COPY TASK: Follow proper procedures/policies for contract requests that may be covered under a Host Nation Support Agreement (HNSA). OBJECTIVE: To ensure the Contracting Officer knows the proper procedures/policies for awarding contracts that could possibly be covered under a HNSA. The Contracting Officer has been deployed to a bare base in a small country in SITUATION: the Middle East. The Contracting Officer has already completed the and Commander’s In-brief received his list of priorities. Among the top priorities are potable water for showers, food, and power. The Contracting Officer has been tasked to research the best way to get these things on base ASAP and report back to the Commander with an update on available options. PROPS: Training Handout, Role Player’s Sheet ROLE PLAYERS: Host Nation Support Rep, Commander SUGGESTED OUTCOME: The Contracting Officer should contact the Host Nation Support Office to find out if these items have been made available through a HNSA. Once it is discovered these items can be provided through a HNSA, the Contracting Officer should provide the Commander with a solution something similar to the following. The Contracting Officer should explain that the requirement for food, water for showers, and power have been provided for in a pre-negotiated HNSA. It should be further explained that the Contracting Officer will complete the necessary paperwork to issue the orders against it for the needed food and utilities.
CHAPTER 7 TRAINING SCENARIO #9 Foreign Acquisitions EVALUATOR’S COPY TASK: Follow proper procedures/policies for contract requests that may be covered under a Host Nation Support Agreement (HNSA). OBJECTIVE: To ensure the Contracting Officer knows the proper procedures/policies for awarding contracts that could possibly be covered under a HNSA. SITUATION: The Contracting Officer has been deployed to a bare base in a small country in the Middle East. The Contracting Officer has already completed the Commander’s In-brief and received his list of priorities. Among the top priorities are potable water for showers, food, and power. The Contracting Officer has been tasked to research the best way to get these things on base ASAP and report back to the Commander with an update on available options. PROPS: Training Handout, Role Player’s Sheet ROLE PLAYERS: Host Nation Support Rep, Commander SUGGESTED OUTCOME: The Contracting Officer should contact the Host Nation Support Office to find out if these items have been made available through a HNSA. Once it is discovered these items can be provided through a HNSA, the Contracting Officer should provide the Commander with a solution something similar to the following. The Contracting Officer should explain that the requirement for food, water for showers, and power have been provided for in a pre-negotiated HNSA. It should be further explained that the Contracting Officer will complete the necessary paperwork to issue the orders against it for the needed food and utilities.
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