THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
22 November 2024

*Army Regulation 700–137

Effective 22 December 2024

Logistics

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

MARK F. AVERILL
Administrative Assistant to the
Secretary of the Army

History. This regulation is a major revision. The portions affected by this major revision are listed in the summary of change.

Authorities. The authorities for this regulation are DoDD 3000.10 and DoDI 3020.41.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requiring activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25-30 for specific guidance.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11-2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B).

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to usarmy.pentagon.hqda-dcs-g-4.mbx.publications@army.mil.

Committee management. AR 15-39 requires the proponent to justify establishing/continuing committee(s), coordinate draft publications, and coordinate changes in committee status with the U.S. Army Special Programs Directorate at email usarmy.pentagon.hqda-hsa.mbx.committee-management@army.mil. Further, if it is determined that an established "group" identified within this regulation later takes on the characteristics of a committee as found in AR 15-39, then the proponent will follow all AR 15-39 requirements for establishing and continuing the group as a committee.

Distribution. This publication is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This publication supersedes AR 700–137, dated 23 March 2017.

AR 700–137 • 22 November 2024

UNCLASSIFIED

Annex W Commanders and staffs use Annex W (Operational Contract Support) to describe how operational con- tract support is integrated into the overall concept of operations and other support functions described in the base plan or order and applicable annex. The G-4 or S-4 is the staff officer responsible for this annex (see FM 5-0).

Antideficiency Act The act prohibits Federal employees from entering into contracts that exceed the enacted appropriations for the year and purchasing services and merchandise before appropriations are enacted.

Army Force The ARFOR is the Army component and senior Army headquarters of all ARFOR assigned or attached to a combatant command, subordinate Joint force command, Joint functional command, or multinational command. The ARFOR is the Army component of any Joint force. Army doctrine distinguishes, however, between the Army component of a combatant command and that of a Joint force formed by the CCDRCCDRCombatant commanders. The Army component of the combatant command is the ASCCASCCArmy service component commander, and the Army component of the subordi- nate Joint force is an ARFOR.

Army service component command The ASCCASCCArmy service component commander is the command responsible for recommendations to the Joint force commander on the alloca- tion and employment of ARFOR within a combatant command (see JP 3 – 31). ASCCASCCArmy service component commander is a service role. Service component commanders retain responsibility for certain service specific functions and other mat- ters affecting their forces, including internal administration, personnel support training, sustainment (with some exceptions), and service intelligence operations. There can be only one ASCCASCCArmy service component commander within the combatant command. This is the primary role of the theater army, the specific designation for an operational ASCCASCCArmy service component commander assigned to a CCDRCCDRCombatant commanders with an area of responsibility.

Coalition An arrangement between two or more nations for common action.

Contingency contract A contract for goods and services awarded by military or DoD deployed to the operational area, as well as other service contracts that have a prescribed area of performance within a designated contingency area. Contingency contracts include theater support, external support, and system support contracts.

Contingency operation A military operation that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which members of the Armed Forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an en- emy of the United States or against an opposing military force or that results in the call to, order to, or re- tention of, active duty of members of the uniformed services under 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 688, 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 12301, 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 12302, 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 12303, 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 12304, 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 12305, or any other provision of law during a war or dur- ing a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.

Contracting officer A KO is the government official (either military or civilian) with the legal authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts.

Contracting officer’s representative A government employee (either military or civilian) appointed, in writing, by the KO to perform contract surveillance, perform other duties specified by their appointment letter, and to act as liaison between the KO and the contractor.

Contractor Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal non-Federal entity that enters into a contract directly with DoD to furnish services, supplies, or construction. Foreign governments, repre- sentatives of foreign governments, or foreign corporations wholly owned by foreign governments that have entered into contracts with DoD are not defense contractors.

Contractor acquired property Property acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided by the contractor to perform a contract and to which the government has title.

Contractor employees Prime contractors, their employees, and subcontractors at all tiers (including third-country national and local national personnel) supporting U.S. Armed Forces under such contracts. They are also referred to as “contractor personnel.”

Contractor management plan A plan focused on mission-specific contractor management requirements, such as personnel accountabil- ity, force protection, use of private security contracts, and Government-furnished equipment.

Contractor support integration plan The planning mechanism to ensure effective and efficient contract support to a particular operation. The contractor support integration plan is the mechanism that provides detailed guidance on OCSOCSOperational contract support for a spe- cific military operation and covers the function of acquiring (contracting for) theater support and non-facil- ity support-related (an engineer staff function) information on external support contracts, such as LOGCAP, in support of a particular operation.

Defense Base Act The Defense Base Act provides workers’ compensation protection to civilian employees working outside the United States on U.S. military bases or under a contract with the government for public works or for national defense. Related statutes include 42 USCUSCUnited States Code 1651, 42 USCUSCUnited States Code 1654, and 33 USCUSCUnited States Code 901. Implementing regulations are available at 20 CFRCFRCode of Federal Regulations 701, 702, 703, and 704. The FARFARFederal Acquisition Regulation also sets the workers’ compensa- tion insurance requirements for all overseas contracts at 48 CFRCFRCode of Federal Regulations 28 Section 305, 48 CFRCFRCode of Federal Regulations 52 Section 228 – 3, and 48 CFRCFRCode of Federal Regulations 52 Section 228 – 4.

External support contracts External support contracts are prearranged contracts or contracts awarded during a contingency from contracting organizations whose contracting authority does not derive directly from the contingency oper- ation or from a system support contracting authority. The largest and most commonly used external sup- port contracts are the Services’ Civil Augmentation Program contracts, including the Army’s LOGCAP, the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program, and the Navy’s Global Construction Capability Contract and Global Contingency Construction Contract. External support contracts normally include a mix of U.S. citi- zens, third-country nationals, and local national contractor employees.

Host nation support Civil and military assistance rendered in peace and operations other than war by a host nation to allied forces, which are located on or in transition through the host nation’s territory. The basis for such commit- ments is bilateral or multilateral agreements between the host nation and the nation(s) having forces op- erating on the host nation’s territory.

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program DA regulatory program to plan for and provide contracted capabilities to assist commanders in accom- plishing their missions when sustainment force structure is not available or not an option for contingency and non-contingency requirements. LOGCAP is executed on behalf of the ASCCASCCArmy service component commander and is a preferred source for logistics management services under the Secretary of the Army’s Strategic Sourcing Policy. LCPs assigned to the ASCCs deliver actionable plans for the rapid integration of contracted capabilities into operations.

Multidomain operations The combined arms employment of Joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and consolidate gains on behalf of the Joint force com- mander.

Multinational Occurring between two or more forces or agencies of two or more nations or coalition partners.

Operational area An overarching term encompassing more descriptive terms (such as area of responsibility and Joint oper- ations area) for geographic areas in which military operations are conducted. See also amphibious objective area, area of operations, area of responsibility, Joint operations area, Joint special operations area, theater of operations, theater of war (see JP 3 – 0).

Performance work statement Addresses the quality of work in terms of desired outcome and accurately reflects the government’s re- quirement, including performance standards.

Strategic sourcing The collaborative and structured process of critically analyzing an organization's spending and using this information to make business decisions about acquiring commodities and services more effectively and efficiently. It is a proven best practice and reflects how DoD acquires goods and services (DAU).

Synchronized Pre-deployment and Operational Tracker–Enterprise Suite The Joint Enterprise system for all contingency contracts and contractors authorized to accompany the force (CAAF). SPOT – ES provides by name visibility of deployed CAAF and contract capability information for CCDRs. Defense contracting agencies are required to register acquisition information into SPOT – ES or its successor system when contingency contracts are awarded. Thereafter, defense contractor compa- nies populate SPOT – ES or its successor with their employees’ personal data through a web-based appli- cation. Once an individual is selected for deployment duty, SPOT – ES allows for generation of a standard- ized, digitally signed letter of authorization. Pre-deployment processing compliance, travel to the area of responsibility, in theater movements, and redeployment activities are annotated in SPOT – ES. Govern- ment agencies use SPOT – ES to analyze available contract services and to support their mission needs. Defense contractors use SPOT – ES to process and track CAAF who deploy to provide required capabili- ties. The CCDRs use SPOT – ES reports to maintain overall visibility of contractors within their area of re- sponsibility, determine their support requirements, and integrate contractor support into their operational plan.