Business Solutions in the Public Interest Awards

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Business Solutions in the Public Interest Awards

The second annual award for "Business Solutions in the Public Interest" is identifying and celebrating acquisition teams and agency leaders who have used acquisition effectively and creatively to help achieve agency missions. Government Executive magazine and the Council for Excellence in Government are administering the award in partnership with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

Since the early 1990s, the federal workforce has been transforming the practice of acquisition, demonstrating its powerful contribution to achieving agency missions. Acquisition has become a strategic tool for agency leaders. The awards will identify leading examples of this new business performance culture and recognize the importance of partnership between agency staff and leadership in thinking through and managing acquisition.

Each finalist team makes a brief presentation before the Selection Panel during the final stage of competition and winners are announced and featured in the August Acquisition Preview and Top 200 Federal Contractors issue of Government Executive.

2003 Winners:

Winning Acquisition
The creative acquisition strategies by the winners of this year's Business Solutions in the Public Interest Awards were essential to the war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism.

2003 finalists:

Although they were not selected winners for the 2003 Business Solutions in the Public Interest awards, 12 finalists also pursued innovative acquisition strategies.

2002 Winners:

  • Defense Department, Pentagon Renovation
  • Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support
  • General Services Administration, FedBizOpps
  • Navy and Marine Corps, Public/Private Housing

    2001 Winners:

    Interior's Integrated Charge Card Program
    Department of the Interior
    Office of Acquisition and Property Management

    Electronic Reverse Auctioning Project
    Department of the Army , Air Force, and US Marine Corps
    US Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM)

    Partnering for a Successful Census
    Department of Commerce
    Bureau of the Census

    Central Data System (CDS) Retirement
    Department of Education
    Office of Student Financial Assistance

    Multi-agency Collaboration Reduces Energy Costs
    General Services Administration
    Mid-Atlantic Region

    Commercial IT-Product Area Directorate
    Department of the Air Force
    HQ Standard Systems Group

    2001 finalists:

    Federal Prisons Industry (FPI)
    Defense Logistics Agency
    Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR)

    Partnering for a Successful Census
    Department of Commerce
    Bureau of the Census

    Central Data System (CDS) Retirement
    Department of Education
    Office of Student Financial Assistance

    NIH Contractor Performance System
    Department of Health and Human Services
    National Institutes of Health

    USAF Commercial Derivative Aircraft Program
    Department of the Air Force
    Aeronautical Systems Center

    EZSource Source Selection Automation Software
    Department of the Air Force
    Aeronautical Systems Center

    USAF NRTF-Boeing Partnership
    Department of the Air Force
    USAF National Radar Cross Section Test Facility

    Commercial IT-Product Area Directorate
    Department of the Air Force
    HQ Standard Systems Group

    Electronic "Reverse" Auctioning Project
    Department of the Army
    US Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM)

    Interior's Integrated Charge Card Program
    Department of the Interior
    Office of Acquisition and Property Management

    Dynamic On-line Pricing
    Department of the Navy
    Naval Supply Systems Command

    Infra-Red Search/Track (IRST) System
    Department of the Navy
    Division Keyport

    Multi-agency Collaboration Reduces Energy Costs
    General Services Adminstration
    Mid-Atlantic Region

    2000 Winners

    Project TitleDepartment
    /Agency
    Office/Division/
    Directorate
    GSA Advantage! On-line Shopping SiteGeneral Services AdministrationFederal Supply Service
    Sailor Arranged Move (SAM)Department of the NavyNaval Supply Systems Command
    100% Access, 0 Disparities TransactionDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Service Administration
    Rapid Spacecraft AcquisitionNASAGoddard Space Flight Center
    Hunley Park Military Family Housing RenovationDepartment of the Air ForceCharleston AFB, SC
    National Mail Order PharmacyDepartment of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency

    2000 Finalists

    Regional Fleet Support in Northern Europe & the Baltic StatesDepartment of the NavyNaval Regional Contracting Center, Naples, Detachment London
    A Lesson in Change: Procurement Reinvention at the U.S. MintDepartment of the TreasuryU.S. Mint
    DoD Business Opportunities E-Portal WebsiteDepartment of DefenseJoint Electronic Commerce Program Office (JECPO)
    Energy Procurement Evaluation and Reengineering TeamDepartment of EnergyNevada Operations Office/Contract Management Division
    "Express Mart" Online Ordering of Office and Common Use SuppliesDepartment of the NavyNaval Supply Systems Command
    DOE Super ESPCDepartment of EnergyGolden Field Office
    Spares Streamlining InitiativeDepartment of the Air ForceMateriel Command
    Business Process Reengineering Elevator Maintenance and Repair ServicesGeneral Services AdministrationPublic Buildings Service

    For More Information

    For more information about the awards program or if you would like to be notified of the 2004 solicitation for applications, contact David Roberts at 202-728-0418 or droberts@excelgov.org.

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    MEMBERS OF THE 2003 SELECTION PANEL

    Frank J. Anderson Jr.
    President, Defense Acquisition University

    Greg Bingham
    Vice President, Tucker Alan Inc.

    Allan V. Burman
    President, Jefferson Solutions
    Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

    Stephen P. Busch
    Director, Acquisition Excellence, ANSER

    Jon Etherton
    Vice President, Legislative Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

    Steve Rohleder
    Partner, Accenture

    Michael S. Sade
    Director, Procurement Executive, Department of Commerce

    John Scanlon
    President, JSEA, Inc.

    John Sindlar
    Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA

    Eleanor Spector
    Vice President of Contracts Policy, Lockheed Martin

    Melissa Wojciack
    Staff Director, House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census