CONDO applies to all Contractors including all Subcontractors and their personnel who are deployed outside the UK Home Base¹ to provide commercial services to deployed operations and exercises under a range of discrete contracts. CONDO deployments may be pre-planned to meet both routine and surge requirements or may be ad-hoc responses to urgent operational requirements (UORs). UK or third country nationals may deploy into the JOA from the UK or from an alternative location; additionally there may be other contractors/subcontractors who deploy direct from within the JOA. In principle, the processes outlined in this Defence Standard will be used for all types of deployments irrespective of whether CONDO Personnel deploy from the UK or abroad. This will also include Surge and UOR deployments. In the event that a Contract Sponsor (CS) has a Surge or UOR requirement these should in the first instance be discussed with the PJHQ/FLC in order that the appropriate priority may be afforded to the deployment. Where operational circumstances require changes to normal processes these exceptions will be agreed by the MOD and Contractor on a case by case basis.

¹ UK Home Base includes the Permanent Joint Operating Bases and Germany

There may on occasion be no need to relocate geographically personnel in order to deploy resources for a CONDO contract. Therefore, whenever referenced in this Defence Standard, the term 'deploy' is used for all CONDO Personnel within the JOA and includes the term ‘operate' which may be used by the MOD to refer to those CONDO Personnel who are already located within the JOA. Whichever is the case, the relevant Approvals Processes apply and must be completed in accordance with this Standard.

The following MOD staffs have responsibilities for CONDO policy, processes and procedures:

ACDS(Log Ops), Director of Defence Logistics Policy (D Def Log Pol) has responsibility for CONDO policy and its future development. The lead desk for CONDO policy development is D Def Log Pol SO1 Force Policy.

PJHQ, Assistant Chief of Staff J1/J4 Personnel and Logistics has responsibility for developing internal CONDO joint operating processes and procedures in consultation with ACDS (Log Ops) and the FLCs. Where appropriate, this responsibility may be delegated to logistics staffs within the Joint Force Logistic Component (JFLogC) or the National Component Headquarters.

FLCs have responsibility for developing internal CONDO operating processes and procedures for single service deployments in consultation with the PJHQ and the CONDO Mounting Cell (CMC).

The CMC is responsible for the administration of all CONDO applications on behalf of the PJHQ/FLCs and the archiving of all pertinent data. It will hold the most recent set of Operation Specific Information (OSI) produced and maintained by the PJHQ, supplemented by the FLCs as appropriate within a separate annex.

The Contract Sponsor (CS) is responsible for the CONDO deployment and operational interface between the contractor and the MOD. All applications for deployment are to be staffed by the CS in the first instance and then through the CMC for approval by the PJHQ or FLC as appropriate. The CS will appoint an In-Theatre Sponsor (ITS) for all CONDO deployments. The ITS will provide the CONDO deployed interface between the MOD and contractors for the CS.

A diagram illustrating the CONDO contract execution process can be found in the Guideline For Industry (GFI) associated with DEFCON 697.