Army Logistics planners fulfill gaps in sustainment requirements and capabilities of land forces by employing Contractors, Host Nation, and the Army Prepositioned Stock. The Army Contract Command (ACC) deploys Contract Support Brigades (CSB) comprised of Contingency Contracting Battalions (CCBN) and Contingency Contracting Teams (CCTs) to the Area of Operation (AO) to initiate theater, external, and systems contracts for the Geographic Combatant Commander’s (GCC) and/or the Joint Task Force Commander’s (JTF) concept of support. (Army Field Manual (FM) 4-92, Contracting Support Brigade, dated February 2010). Contingency contracting is the process of obtaining goods, services, and construction via contracting means in support of contingency
