Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS)
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Per DoD Policy, all Contractors and Volunteers must be verified through TASS (Formerly known as the Contractor Verification System or CVS) by a Trusted Associate (TA) prior to CAC issuance
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If you are unsure of where your TASS Office is located or who your TA is, contact your employer, contracting officer representative, or volunteer coordinator
Synchronized Pre-Deployment Operational Tracker (SPOT)
Base Privileges
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The ID Card Office utilizes DoD policy to determine MWR, Commissary, Exchange, and Direct Care privileges for Contractors working in support of the DoD while overseas
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Volunteers are not authorized MWR, Commissary, Exchange, and Direct Care privileges on their Volunteer CAC
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Contract employees who have a period of performance overseas less than 365 days are not authorized a CAC with MWR, Commissary, Exchange, and Direct Care privileges listed
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Contract employees in support of the DoD who have a period of performance overseas of 365 days or more will have MWR, Commissary, Exchange, and Direct Care privileges listed on their CAC
Emergency Essential (EE) Positions
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Certain contracting positions are considered Emergency Essential (EE) and require base access beyond what a Contractor CAC is normally authorized
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If your position is considered EE we require documentation of this prior to adding the condition within DEERS
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Adding an EE condition will change the green (G) strip on the CAC to a white (W) strip allowing for additional base access through more restrictive TCCORs and FPCONs
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The EE condition may be denoted within the remarks section of the SPOT LOA
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"The contractor is essential to the mission...." sentence that is typically on the SPOT LOA is not the same as denoting a contractor as EE, it's part of a 'canned' statement that is required to be on the SPOT LOA
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Verbiage to the effect of "This contract employee is considered Emergency Essential in the performance of their duties and requires additional base access privileges in performance of their duties."
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Alternatively, the contractor's supervisor may complete a
DD Form 2365 to satisfy documentation of the EE position