Contracting professionals from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Benning, Georgia, conduct a site survey of the life support area established in support of the installation providing a full range of services for Soldiers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. From left, MICC-Fort Benning personnel pictured are Sherry James, installation division chief; Crystal Provencher, Logistics Civil Augmentation Program contract specialist; Patty Queen-Harper, director of contracting; Lt. Col. Eric Hong, 199th Infantry Brigade chief of the mayor cell; Yewston Myers, administrative contracting officer; and Shannon Hutchins, mission division chief. Life support area, or LSA, facilities are being constructed rapidly across the country through the Army's LOGCAP by contracted agreements with private companies in response to COVID-19. Similar to small cities, many LSAs are helping meet immediate needs during the pandemic crisis. Similar contracts are executed during natural disaster emergency relief efforts. Additional contracts being executed by MICC-Fort Benning include mobile broadband services for the installation and modifications to existing contracts to allow for increased outdoor training. MICC-Fort Benning is a subordinate contracting activity to the MICC Field Directorate Office at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. MICC FDO Fort Eustis has awarded 74 contract actions and forecasts 10 actions as part of the Army's response to COVID-19.
| Date Taken: | 04.07.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 04.09.2020 11:50 |
| Photo ID: | 6167692 |
| VIRIN: | 200407-A-ZZ789-123 |
| Resolution: | 2112x1089 |
| Size: | 598.03 KB |
| Location: | FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, US |
| Web Views: | 195 |
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