Next CSO and Total Support Force Workshop, 28 March 2012
Higginson Associates Ltd will be running a Contractor Support to Operations (CSO) and Total Support Force (TSF) Workshop on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 in association with A|D|S and MoD to explain the developments in CSO and the TSF concept and policies. The Workshop will take place at Broadway House, Tothill Street, Westminster, London.
The SDSR and the Defence White Paper (DWP) will have major implications for the way the MoD utilises CSO and develops the Total Support Force (TSF) concept and for the link between base contracts and deployed support with Industry. Under TSF, Industry may be integrated into Regular structures against readiness and agile force generation requirements.
CSO policy is now complete, with policy for the three stands of Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO), Private Security Companies (PSC) and Sponsored Reserves (SR). The Workshop will aim to update delegates on CSO Policy, especially on the important new policy for the use of PSCs.
Under the CONDO regime all contracts that have any actual or potential requirement for the presence of contractors, sub contractors and their employees outside the British Isles and also on deployed operations into an Operations Area will be subject to the contractual obligations of DEFCON 697 and DEFSTAN 05-129. For the purposes of CONDO, MoD has re-issued DEFCON 697 (Edition 2, Dec 2010) and DEFSTAN 05-129 (Issue 4, 12 March 2010).
The Total Support Force is now one of eight components of the Whole Force Concept (WFC), being developed under the authority of the Defence Operating Board (DOB) WFC. Following extensive engagement pan-defence and with Industry (coordinated through A|D|S by Andy Higginson) a TSF Direction was written by ACDS Log Ops and approved by the DOB (WFC). This Direction provides a framework for TSF implementation by the MoD Top Level Budget Holders.
Supported by A|D|S and the Industry Commercial Group and leading on from the CONDO Commercial and Legal Workshops run in 2006, '07, '08, '09, '10 and '11, Higginson Associates Ltd, the A|D|S CSO and CONDO Consultants organise these CSO and CONDO Workshops in association with Control Risks, Your Excellent Health Service, Integro Insurance Brokers and Babcock International Group.
Aim of the CSO and TSF Workshop
The aim of the CSO and TSF Workshop is to provide a full brief on CSO and TSF Policy and to provide an Update on the three strands of CSO Policy - Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO), Sponsored Reserves (SR) and Private Security Companies (PSCs), and the development of the TSF Pilots and their implications for Industry.
The CSO and TSF Workshop Programme
The programme will cover:
- An Operational Brief by MoD
- SDSR and DWP implications for the TSF and CSO concept
- CSO, CONDO and PSC policy Updates
- CONDO pre-deployment due diligence process; including Risk Assessments, Training, Medical and Insurance Cover
- CONDO lessons learnt
- CSO Risk Management, Business Solutions and Pricing
- Follow-up and Way forward
CSO and TSF Workshop Speakers
The MoD, Assistant Chief Defence Staff Logistic Operations (ACDS Log Ops) and the Defence Supply Chain Operations and Movements (DSCOM), DE&S will attend the Workshop to provide a MoD perspective and to answer any specific operational deployment-related questions.
Speakers will also include A|D|S, Control Risks, Integro Insurance Brokers, Your Excellent Health Service (YEHS) and Babcock International Group.
CSO and TSF Workshop Delegates
The programme is aimed at Senior Directors, Managers, Commercial, Legal, HR, Security, Training, Health, Project Management, and Contracting personnel within companies who are involved in the deployment of contractor personnel.
CSO and TSF Workshop Venue
CSO and TSF Workshops take place at Broadway House Conference Centre, Tothill Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9NQ.
CSO and TSF Workshop Delegate Fees
- A|D|S members and previous CSO and CONDO Workshop attendees: £450.00 + £90.00 VAT = £540.00
- NON-A|D|S members and others: £550.00 + £110.00 VAT = £660.00
CSO and TSF Workshop Booking
To book a place on the CSO and TSF Workshop on 28th March 2012
please fill out the Booking Form at the above Booking Form link.
For further information please contact Ann Higginson:
AnnH@higginsonassociates.com
Fax: +44 208 878 7307
Or call Higginson Associates: Tel +44 208 878 9117
