Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) won three categories in this year’s 2021 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards. Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Frederick Stefany announced the winners Nov. 4 at the Pentagon.
“Our winners represent the very best of acquisition professionalism, ingenuity, and achievement among their peers,” said Stefany. “I am very proud of their accomplishments especially given the challenges we all faced this past year during the ongoing COVID pandemic.”
This year’s 180 nominees demonstrated excellence across 16 competitive categories from the period of July 1, 2020 through June 1, 2021. The winners represent the very best of professionalism, ingenuity and accomplishment among their peers who are part of the Department’s 70,000-member Acquisition Workforce. NAVSUP’s winners are:
Acquisition Professional of the Year
Capt. Jerry King, chief of contracts, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Sigonella
Capt. King led an incredible team achieving rare results during 2020. He led the entire team during our most challenging time of COVID-19, rapidly adjusting to meet all Navy requirements while maintaining an exceptionally high morale in the workplace and executing the President’s support to Italy. During this time, he led NAVSUP FLC Sigonella contracting to the first-ever global husbanding contract for $2.2 billion, improving competition in the critical Navy support for warships and support vessels while decreasing administration. He increased ship repair competition and awarded a $950 million repair/maintenance contract saving 10-47% per task order. He also successfully implemented half of the global candidates on NAVSUP’s prototype program of enlisted contracting officers and implemented the transition to the Navy Contracting Office – Somalia and assumed contract responsibility from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.
Field Acquisition Activity Award
COVID Contracting Team (Code 200), NAVSUP FLC Norfolk
NAVSUP FLC Norfolk's group of empowered professionals collaborated with their mission partners to devise unique and expedited acquisition strategies to overcome multiple logistical challenges related to the Navy’s response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and enable mission success. The team awarded 165 short-fused, urgent requirements valued at $30 million and administered another 150 actions valued at approximately $20 million in response to this crisis. The support enabled mission partners to execute tasking while also ensuring the safety of Sailors in the process. Processing time of these efforts was exponentially accelerated, resulting in awards within hours or days vice months. These efforts were accomplished while also seamlessly transitioning to a remote work environment with no reduction in productivity, minimal attrition and a continued focus on personnel development and training.
Secretary’s Cup
Naval Supply Systems Command Office of Small Business Programs
By building on a "top down, small business first" approach, The NAVSUP Office of Small Business (OSB) Programs demonstrated a daily commitment to using small business to obtain critical goods and services that will support various Navy customers. At NAVSUP Headquarters and throughout its 11 major commands operating worldwide, a concerted effort is made to implement pro-small business policies and leverage small business programs to the greatest extent possible. NAVSUP OSB’s proactive and creative approach to using small business innovative research and mentor-protégé program's to combat obsolescence and increase velocity demonstrates its ability to successfully impact the Navy's mission through small business advocacy.
As such, NAVSUP has positioned itself as a Department of the Navy (DON) leader in advocacy and utilization for the Office of Small Business Programs. By instituting a culture of "small business-the first option", NAVSUP has positively impacted the Navy's ability to meet the supply and sustainment mission.
The AEA Secretary’s Cup is awarded to the head contracting activity command that exemplifies the highest examples of small business acquisition excellence and whose achievement brings significant credit to the DON acquisition community.
“Having the acquisition professionals that power the NAVSUP enterprise recognized with three wins at the 2021 Department of Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards is a tremendous testament to their hard work and expertise. Their contributions allow NAVSUP to always be ready to tackle the myriad of complex supply and logistics challenges our naval operating forces face across the globe,” said Rear Adm. Peter Stamatopoulos, NAVSUP commander. “NAVSUP will always remain at the tip of the spear - ready, resourceful and responsive thanks to the hard work, forward thinking, and relentless striving for excellence that embodies the acquisition professionals of NAVSUP.”
NAVSUP is headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and employs a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel. NAVSUP and the Navy Supply Corps conduct and enable supply chain, acquisition, operational logistics and Sailor & family care activities with our mission partners to generate readiness and sustain naval forces worldwide to prevent and decisively win wars. Learn more at www.navsup.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/navsup and https://twitter.com/navsupsyscom
| Date Taken: | 11.18.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 11.18.2021 09:13 |
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