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Better Buying Power
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Bill Kobren Director Logistics & Sustainment Center
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In a September 20, 2012 Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) memo, the Department announced the winners of the eighth annual, 2012 Secretary of Defense "Gerald R. Beck" Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Award. Congratulations to the following winning teams:
· System Level Award: C-17 Globemaster Integrated Sustainment Partnership (U.S. Air Force C-17 Program Office, Wright Patterson Air Force Base and their industry partner, Boeing)
· Sub-system Level Award: P-3 AN/APS-137D(V)5 Radar (U.S. Navy Naval Supply Systems Command - Weapon Systems Support and their industry partner, Raytheon)
· Component Level Award: Industrial Prime Vendor, Depot Consumables Support (Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Center – Philadelphia, and their industry partner, Lockheed-Martin)
According to the memorandum, “Performance-Based Logistics is a key Department of Defense strategy used to deliver an integrated, affordable, support solution designed to optimize system readiness. The Secretary of Defense PBL Awards recognize Government/industry teams that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in providing our Warfighters with exceptional operational capability through PBL agreements and are examples of "Better Buying Power" in action.” Further details on what the Air Force, the Navy, DLA, and their industry partners accomplished to merit this singularly distinctive recognition are available in an attachment to the award announcement memo.
Links to a list of all previous award winners since 2005 and further information on Mr. Gerald Beck for whom the award is named are also avilable.
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