PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
PACKARD AWARDS
HONOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
by Mr. Robert E. Coultas
Program Executive Office Ammunition’s Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems (PM CAS) received a David Pack- ard Excellence in Acquisition Award Nov. 2 for procurement innovations that have allowed it to compete individual require- ments, minimize unit cost, and maximize competition and the quantity delivered.
PM CAS was one of two acquisition organizations to be honored with the annual Packard Award, which recog- nizes superior program management and accomplishment in successfully execut- ing one or more of DOD’s Better Buying Power acquisition efficiency initiatives. Also receiving the Packard Award was the U.S. Navy’s DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program Office.
DOD’s highest acquisition team award was first given in 1997 in honor of David Packard, a former Deputy Secretary of Defense (1969-71) and co-founder and Chairman of the Hewlett-Packard Co. Packard, who died in 1996, founded the Defense Systems Management College and was a strong advocate of excellence in defense acquisition practices.
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta announced the award recipients dur- ing a Pentagon ceremony. Te Secretary also awarded the first-ever Better Buy- ing Power Efficiency Award, which recognizes innovation in Better Buying
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Power (BBP) efforts. BBP was formally introduced to the DOD Acquisition Workforce in September 2010, with the objective of delivering needed warfight- ing capabilities within the constraints of a declining defense budget.
Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, hailed the award recipients for their efforts and accomplishments. “Tese three teams are at the forefront of our efforts to increase acquisition inno- vation and professionalism,
as well as
efficiencies,” Kendall said. “We hope that these efforts are also recognized by others within the Department and are used as a template for increased innovation within the Acquisition Workforce.”
A SIMPLER WAY TO ACQUIRE AMMUNITION PM CAS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, received the Packard Award for establishing and implementing a highly efficient buying approach to acquiring critical ammuni- tion. (See related article, Page 154.)
In response to an increased need for artillery and mortar items, the PM CAS team developed a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), 100 percent small business set- aside, best-value strategy for production
of ammunition.
was successfully implemented for the procurement of 53 artillery and mortar components totaling $2.7 billion and included significant room for both surge and Foreign Military Sales requirements.
Te PM CAS team “dramatically reduced the average time from receipt of require- ment to delivery—from 18-24 months to just 45-60 days—while also saving the government an estimated $60 million,” Panetta said.
COMPETITION CUTS SHIPBUILDING COSTS Te DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program Office, Program Executive Office Ships, Washington Navy Yard, DC, received the Packard Award for its success in conduct- ing an innovative competition to procure three DDG 51 (Arleigh Burke) Class guided missile destroyers. Instead of a traditional competition, the team devel- oped and executed a unique acquisition approach, called Profit Related to Offers, which gives a higher profit margin to the lowest realistic bidder. Tis new approach was in response to unacceptable pricing in shipbuilders’ earlier proposals.
Te Navy team set the standard for the follow-on multiyear
procurement of
future DDG 51 Class destroyers. “Tey created real competition in a situa- tion where none had previously existed, awarded $2.1 billion in contracts within six months, and saved the government $298 million,” Panetta said.
recurring Tis
single, simplified acquisition strategy January–March 2013
CRITICAL TREAMENT AND EVACUATION Te inaugural Better Buying Power Effi- ciency Award went to the Acquisition Rapid Response Medical Team for Tacti- cal Combat Casualty Care and Casualty Evacuation, Special Operations Research, Development, and Acquisition Center, U.S.
Special Operations Command,
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