What does a 51C do daily, and how is the basic schooling?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:10:12 -0400

What do you do daily, what and how is the basic schooling?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 24 at 2019 8:16 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:16:56 -0400

School and daily work are completely different. In school it's mostly regulation and daily is using regulations to actually write the contracts.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2020 10:26 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:26:21 -0400

Day to day will depend on where you are, but most do cradle-to-grave contracting. You'll help your supported activities develop requirements docs, solicit quotes/offers/bids, evaluate them, and award contracts. You'll also be responsible for ensuring performance is monitored, invoices are processed, and contractors are paid. Lastly you'll close-out completed contract files.

On deployment it's more of the same but a bit more wild wild west with local vendors and cash buys.

Schooling is through the Defense Acquisition University. CON 91 is very regulation heavy in terms of learning how to find, interpret, and apply contract regulations and supplements. From there, most of your training will lean into procurement strategy/contract management/cost & price analysis, contract management/ etc.

Overall 51C's serve as the Army's business experts, so that's what you should expect to be trained to be.