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Increment 0519 May 2027COR / Government PropertyDecision

Replacement COR orientation

Sgt Johnny begins unexpected medical leave with no expected end date. Civil Engineering nominates trained replacement COR 1st Lt Jack 'Raiden,' who admits that he retained little from training because he expected Johnny to handle the work. The contracting team must give him a practical opening orientation.

Scenario descriptions

The situation, for each audience

Keep the trainer context out of trainee packets and read-aloud materials.

Trainee facing · Read aloud

Current situation

Sgt Johnny, the planned COR for Peace Walker Infrastructure Partners, LLC's Campbell Hall MACC renovation task order, must begin unexpected medical leave. There is no expected return date. Civil Engineering (713 CES) has nominated 1st Lt Jack “Raiden” as the last-minute replacement so required surveillance does not lapse.

Raiden completed the required Type B COR course and his annual Ethics and Combating Trafficking in Persons training months ago. During transition he candidly tells you that he assumed Johnny would handle the contract, did not pay much attention during the COR course, and remembers little of it now.

The executed task order and surveillance summary identify the work and monthly reporting requirement. Raiden is about to begin. Give him the practical orientation you would want a new COR to receive: explain his major duties, responsibilities, working relationships, and authority boundaries in plain language.

Trainer only · Do not issue

Facilitator context

Release at Increment 5. I-01, I-02, and I-05 are the entire packet. Raiden is trained and eligible; the task is a live practical orientation, not document correction. His poor retention is the reason the briefing matters.

Ask only: 'Raiden is about to begin. Give him the practical orientation you would want a new COR to receive.' Credit a coherent explanation of surveillance, inspection or acceptance if delegated, monthly SPM documentation, prompt reporting, impartial contractor communication, and the need to stay within written authority. Do not require a memorized script.

The branch turns on one material concept. If trainees expressly explain that Raiden may not authorize, agree to, direct, or permit added work or another contract change and must refer proposed changes to the Contracting Officer, store [IG]. If they omit that concept, store [IB]. Release the consequence at Increment 12, after the asbestos condition has been funded and abated sufficiently for interior wall work to resume. Use DFARS 201.602-2(d), DFARS PGI 201.602-2, and DAFFARS MP5301.602-2(d), especially sections 1.3 and 2.0, as clues.

Trainer clue bank

Regulatory signposts

5 sources

Direct trainees to a citation when they need a narrower clue. Have them apply the contract’s actual clauses, current thresholds, local policy, and the facts before treating any signpost as dispositive.

Release 01

Give initially

3 records

These establish the decision without answering the factual questions trainees should identify.

I-01

COR continuity nomination and medical-leave notice

Explains that COR Sgt Johnny has begun medical leave with no expected return date, nominates 1st Lt Jack 'Raiden' as the immediate replacement, and records Raiden's candid request for a practical refresher.

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I-02

Raiden qualification and training transcript

Confirms that Raiden completed the required Type B COR, Ethics, and Combating Trafficking in Persons training months earlier.

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I-05

Executed Campbell Hall task order and surveillance summary

Provides the completed $26.40 million task order and the Type B surveillance plan, including Raiden's requirement to prepare monthly contractor-performance surveillance reports in SPM.

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Release 02

Give only after trainee prompting

0 records

Use the prompt as a release gate; close-enough trainee questions should count when they seek the same underlying fact.

No request-only handouts at this node.

Facilitation lens

What a strong analysis should surface

  1. DFARS PGI 201.602-2 requires the Contracting Officer to explain delegated roles, responsibilities, and relationships. It describes the COR as assisting with technical monitoring or administration and requires an electronic surveillance file documenting the designation and actions taken.
  2. A useful opening orientation covers the assigned surveillance methods and frequency, inspection or acceptance functions actually delegated, documentation in SPM, reporting performance problems promptly, maintaining an impartial relationship with the contractor, protecting sensitive information, and coordinating with the Contracting Officer.
  3. The authority boundary is essential: Raiden may not promise, authorize, direct, agree to, or permit changes to price, quantity, quality, scope, schedule, place of performance, or another contract term. He must refer proposed changes and requests for extra work to the Contracting Officer and warn the contractor not to proceed without written Contracting Officer authority.
  4. If trainees expressly cover unauthorized commitments and the change-authority limit, store [IG]. If they omit either point, store [IB]. Both later branches test recognition and ratification of an unauthorized commitment, but the individual who makes it differs.

Trainer-controlled decision menu

Available response options

2 options

Offer options in plain language and accept equivalent trainee analysis. Do not reveal the assessment labels. Use each availability gate before accepting a contextual response, and use the trainer line to redirect a superfluous answer immediately.

How to run this node: Ask trainees to give Raiden a practical opening COR orientation. I-01, I-02, and I-05 are the complete packet; he has completed the required training. Classify the briefing using only the two outcomes below. Do not identify unauthorized commitments as the scoring point before the team finishes.

I1Strong

The team gives a complete orientation that expressly explains unauthorized commitments and that Raiden may not authorize, direct, agree to, or permit added work or another contract change.

Available when
Use when the live briefing includes that concept, along with the major surveillance and reporting duties
Trainer line
“The team has established the critical authority boundary: only the Contracting Officer may change the contract, and Raiden must refer proposed changes and warn the contractor not to proceed without written Contracting Officer authority.”
Leads next
Store [IG] for Increment 12. Raiden does not create the commitment; Colonel Campbell independently gives the contractor an unauthorized job-site direction.
I2Weak

The team briefs surveillance, reporting, inspection, or coordination duties but does not expressly explain unauthorized commitments and the prohibition on permitting added work.

Available when
Use when the live briefing omits either material concept
Trainer line
“Those duties matter, but the missing authority warning leaves Raiden without a practical rule for an operational request that would change the task order.”
Leads next
Store [IB] for Increment 12, where Raiden approves the requested extra work.