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ARMY ACQUISITION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
ARMY BASIC CONTRACTING COURSE 15-00X
JOINT CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING MISSION, MARKET RESEARCH AND SUPPORT
(NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR GROUP1)
An Analysis of Contingency Contracting efforts and issues required to support recovery efforts in response to the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill affecting the United States of America Gulf Coast Region.
By: (NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR GROUP1)
Major Frank P. Burns
Contingency Contracting Officer
4077th Contingency Contracting Team
Advisor: (NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR GROUP1)
Major Jonathan W. Spurlock
Director, US Army Contracting Pre-Command Course
Army Acquisition Center of Excellence, AACoE
Background and Brief History of Venezuela: huddleston
Within the past week, a massive hurricane devastated Venezuela’s northern coastline from the north east city of Tucupita to the far north western city of Coro, a distance of approximately 700 miles. This natural disaster prompted USSOUTHCOM to issue a declared contingency force of approximately 5000 personnel from across the Department of Defense to assist with humanitarian operations with an emphasis on infrastructure repair in the affected oil producing regions.
The mission of this contingency contracting office is to provide a dedicated team of professionals capable of locally acquiring the items needed to support the mission of the Joint Task Force with regard to humanitarian operations. The team will provide ethical, prudent, and salient advice to the JTF Commander, requirements personnel, and appointed Contract Officer Representative (COR) personnel about operating within the standards of conduct with regard to declared contingency operations.
The past and present history of Venezuela:
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a federal republic located on the northern edge of South America. Considered a state with extremely high geographic and ecologic variations, Venezuela is...