JUST REWARDS — HONORING THE WORKFORCE —
Buying Power (BBP) initiatives, to achieve outstanding acquisition outcomes for the warfighter and the taxpayer.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Acquisition Awards
• The Defense Acquisition Workforce Individ- ual Achievement Award, which recognizes excellence by members of the Defense Acquisition Workforce in 17 functional categories:
• Acquisition in an Expeditionary Environment
• Auditing (Army ineligible) • Contracting and Procurement • Cost Estimating • Earned Value Management • Engineering • Financial Management • Industrial Property • Information Technology • Life Cycle Logistics • Production, Quality and Manufacturing
• Program Management • Requirements Manage- ment (Army ineligible)
• Science and Technology Manager • Services Acquisition (Army ineligible)
• Small Business • Test and Evaluation
• The Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Award, which recognizes organizations that have made exemplary contributions to the careerlong develop- ment of their workforces. Awards are presented across two categories: Small Organization—those with fewer than 500 employees; and Large Organization— those with 500 or more employees. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards are given in both categories. The organizational honors carry a monetary reward of $2,000 per member for up to five members.
• The David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, which recognizes organizations, groups and teams that have demonstrated exemplary use of innovation and best acquisition practices, including the Better
Army Acquisition Executive’s Excellence in Leadership Awards
Individual Awards: • Acquisition Support Professional of the Year • Business Operations Professional of the Year
• Defense Exportability and Cooperation Professional of the Year
• Engineering and Systems Integration Pro- fessional of the Year
• Logistician of the Year • Product Management/Product
• Project Management/Project Director
Office Professional of the Year (O-5/GS-14 or equivalent level)
Director
• The Should Cost and Innovation Award, which more narrowly targets organizations that have displayed outstanding commit- ment, innovation and results pertaining to should cost management, an enduring BBP initiative.
• The Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Award recognizes PSM accomplishments and contributions toward achieving BBP goals, including controlling cost within affordability caps, promoting industry competition and innovation, and implementing
effective product support
strategies. The award honors outstanding PSMs in two categories: Major Defense Acquisition Programs/Major Acquisition Information Systems, Acquisition Category (ACAT) I PSMs; and Major Weapon Sys- tem/Other Weapon Systems, ACAT II and below PSMs.
• The Secretary of Defense Performance- Based Logistics (PBL) Award recognizes organizations responsible for outstanding achievements in PBL development, imple- mentation and execution. The awards honor outstanding PBL performance
in
three team categories: system level, subsys- tem level and component level.
Office Professional of the Year (O-6/GS-15 or equivalent level)
• Science and Technology Professional of the Year
Team Awards: • Product Management/Product
• Project Management/Project Director
Office Team of the Year (O-5/GS-14 or equivalent level)
Director
Office Team of the Year (O-6/GS-15 or equivalent level)
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Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting
Special Awards: • Barbara C. Heald (Deployed Civilian) • Exceptional Support of the AbilityOne Program
• Outstanding Contract Specialist/Procure- ment Analyst
• Contracting Professional of the Year • Contracting Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
Outstanding Contracting Officer Awards: • Installation Level Directorates of Contracting • Systems, Research and Development (R&D), Logistics Support (Sustainment)
• Contracting Specialized Services and Con- struction Contracting
• Contingency Contracting
Outstanding Unit/Team Awards: • Outstanding Unit/Team Installation Level Contracting Office Directorates of Contracting
• Outstanding Unit/Team Systems, R&D, Logistics Support (Sustainment) Contracting
• Outstanding Unit/Team Specialized Ser- vices and Construction Contracting
• Outstanding Unit/Team Contingency Contracting
For more information about award nominations and deadlines, go to
https://asc.army.mil/ web/acquisition-awards/ or
https://asc.army. mil/web/contracting-awards/.
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Army AL&T Magazine
April - June 2018
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