Cadre of deployable specialists enhances contracting

Army Logistician, Jan-Feb, 2007

The Army Materiel Command (AMC) has developed a centralized civilian deployment program to meet the increasing need for contracting support during reconstruction operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Deployable Civilian Contracting Cadre (DCCC) comprises highly trained and experienced civilian contracting officers on standby and ready to deploy.

DCCC personnel sign a 3-year agreement and are put in a deployment rotation. They cannot decline to deploy; however, if they do not deploy during the 3-year period, they still receive an annual retention incentive of 5 percent of base pay. On deployment, they receive a relocation incentive of 10 percent of base pay.

The DCCC will recruit only 25 new members a year. Members must be in the General Schedule (GS)-1102 (contract specialist) career field and in grades 11 to 15. Personnel in grades 11 and 12 must be Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act level II certified, and personnel in grades 13 to 15 must be level III certified.

For more information, contact one of the following representatives: AMC at (703) 806-8239; Tank-automotive and Armaments (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) at (586) 574-7282; Aviation and Missile LCMC at (256) 842-7284; Research, Development, and Engineering Command at (410) 278-0846; Communications-Electronics LCMC at (732) 532-8574; or Army Sustainment Command at (309)782-3191. Visit the DCCC Web site at https://www.us.army.mil/suite/kc/6322785 to view the DCCC standing operating procedures, brochure, briefing, and video.