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PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes FORCECOM's commercially contracted "C" school policy for program managers (PM), contracting officers (KO), contract specialists (KS), contracting officer's representatives (COR), resource managers (RM), training managers (TM), course managers (CM), Performance Systems Branches (PSBs)/Training Centers (TRACENs) and the Education & Training Quota Management Command (ETQC) to meet the demands of a dynamic work environment in accordance with References (a)-(d). Nothing in this instruction pre-empts the authority of Unit Commanding Officers and Officers in Charge to procure commercially contracted training as identified by the Unit Training Board, as outlined in Reference (b) and subject to appropriations limitations which prevent the use of operating funds to contract for training provided by FORCECOM enterprise.