Acquisition stand-down day helps team re-focus

By Ann Bermudez, Army Medicine Public AffairsJuly 17, 2015

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS-------More than 35 contracting professionals from the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Center for Health Care Contracting (CHCC) attended the annual acquisition stand-down day July 16 at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center.

The MEDCOM acquisition community gathered to increase awareness of the many facets of contracting within the military and civilian community. This annual program focuses on contracting in reference to changes, reorganization and addresses concerns amongst the contracting team. This years' theme, "Communities of Contracting" consisted of panel briefings, discussions on various acquisition topics, and teambuilding.

"I hope our contracting professionals gain a better understanding of what goes on in our sister contracting offices on the installation, the small business community, and other functional directorates that help execute our mission," said Jarens Banks, Deputy Chief of the Center for Health Care Contracting, U.S. Army Medical Command. "We are not alone in the struggles we face. Taking a break from the day to day operations of our contracting mission and catching up on the issues in the command helps us to better identify the challenges so we can do our part to get the mission done."

The CHCC is co-located with the Health Care Acquisition Activity's (HCAA) headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. The Center is the hub for MEDCOM-wide contract support. The center is dedicated to providing sound business advice and quality contracting support for today's health care requirements to the Army Community and joint partners worldwide.

For more information about CHCC visit http://hcaa.medcom.amedd.army.mil/chcc/Default.aspx

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Center for Health Care Contracting Website