Joint Publication, JP 4-10 Operational Contract Support (OCS), provides doctrine for planning, executing, and managing OCS in all phases of joint operations. Originally published in October 2008, an updated JP 4-10 was signed out on 16 Jul 2014. Although the intent of the doctrine has not changed, there are some significant enhancements to processes, procedures and guiding principles for executing OCS. Principally, the biggest change is the understanding that OCS is not primarily a contracting career field effort; it's a collaborative function all staff and requiring activities need to consider and plan for. Secondly, it identifies “contracting support integration” as a separate planning factor and function. The new JP 4-10 should help Combatant Commands, the Services and Combat Support Agencies in institutionalizing OCS. Additional changes and enhancements in the revised JP 4-10 include:

• Introduces a new organizational structure, operational contract support integration cell (OSCIC), as the primary point of contact for integration on all OCS matters at the geographic combatant commander, joint task force, and potentially the service component.
• Provides clarity to the following theater contracting support organizational constructs: lead service for contracting, lead service for contracting coordination, and joint theater support contracting command.
• Provides additional and improved guidance on building an OCS estimate and integrating it with the intelligence preparation of the operational environment process.
• Incorporates several new appendices, which serve to clarify various OCS boards, processes, and organizations including content to accurately (or comprehensively) reflect the role of joint OCS-related boards (e.g., joint requirements review board, combatant commander logistics procurement support board, and joint contracting support board.)
• Adds the terms “theater business clearance” and “contract administration delegation” and increases discussions on ethics.
• Introduces government furnished support (GFS) and a formal GFS coordinator.
• Provides revised requirements determination process and associated responsibilities.
• Introduces homeland defense operations and defense support to civil authorities.
• Revises the Defense Contract Management Agency’s role and role of Services for the conduct of contingency contract administration services.
• Revises contractor (personnel) management in general, to include contractor accountability, combating trafficking in persons, medical support, and evacuation and redeployment.

DAU’s CON 334-Advanced Contingency Contracting, offers contracting and program management career field personnel a hands on experience to plan, execute and manage OCS elements in today’s complex contingency environments. Students are given the opportunity to see what goes into developing an Annex W (think JOPES and APEX) and its importance to the success of any contingency operation. The course contains scenarios and exercises based on real-world contingency events and lessons learned. The course helps build the skills and competencies necessary to execute an Annex W and use the Annex W OCS planning construct to plan for the contracting mission associated with a crisis action event.

Information on CON 334 is located at: http://icatalog.dau.mil/onlinecatalog/courses.aspx?crs_id=1685.
A copy of JP 4-10 can be found at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp4_10.pdf