Home / About / Our Organization / Contracting Division

Contracting Division

Welcome

Welcome to the United States Corps of Engineers Far East District (FED) Contracting webpage. FED Contracting is the Agent responsible for providing acquisitions for architect-engineering services, and construction services supporting the United States Forces Korea (USFK) and its Republic of Korea (ROK) partners  throughout the Korean peninsula.

Mission and Vision

Mission
Deliver vital engineering solutions, in collaboration with our partners, to secure our Nation, energize our economy, and reduce disaster risk.

Vision
Engineering solutions for our Nation’s toughest challenges.

 

Branches

Construction Branch

Specializing in a wide range of acquisition projects such the construction of a hospital, army family housing, barracks to paving of an air field in support of U.S. Military Construction (MILCON), sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) and host nation construction programs, to ensure that our Korean partners and the United States Forces Korea (USFK) have top notch facilities.

 

Architect-Engineering Services and Supply Branch

Provides acquisition services for the development of architect-engineering of facilities through all design phases in support of U.S Military Construction (MILCON), sustainment restoration and modernization (SRM), and host nation construction programs. This branch also procures a variety of other services and supplies such as construction security monitoring, building maintenance, and environmental services to support the FED and its customers.  

 

Business Oversight Branch

Providing direct oversight and monitoring of the life cycle of all FED acquisitions, the Government Purchase Card Program, as well as providing policy guidance and continuous process improvement to the FED contracting division.

USFK Invited Contractor Program

In order to legally work in the Republic of Korea (ROK), all U.S. invited contractor employees supporting USFK are required to be designated as Invited Contractors under the US-ROK SOFA via an authorized USFK Form 700-19A-R-E. This is true regardless of the amount of time they will be in the country. The theatre business clearance process for U.S. contractors in Korea is governed by the U.S.-ROK Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and implemented in accordance with USFK Instruction 4901.01.

It is a two-step process. The first is designation of the contract itself which is to be requested by the Contracting Officer (KO) for the contract. If approved, the prime contractor and any subcontractors as identified by the KO will be authorized to perform services required by the contract in question within the borders of the ROK.

The second is identification and designation of the various employees of the prime and subcontractors. It requires submission of a request package by an official Responsible Officer, who is employed by the Sponsoring Unit (Requiring Activity) for the contract. Individuals so designated will be able to enter and sojourn in the ROK to perform the services required by the contract under which they are designated.

Information and links are included below for information and required documentation.

Overall SOFA Information