ESC people, teams earn AFMC contracting honors Published March 22, 2010 By Kevin Gilmartin 66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Two individuals from Electronic Systems Center's Contracting Directorate and two ESC teams have earned recognition with 2009 Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Awards. First Lt. Peter Foster, an infrastructure support contract manager in the 66th Contracting Squadron, was named AFMC's Outstanding Contracting Officer, and Alicia J. Gettman, a procurement analyst, won the AFMC Outstanding Contract Staff Award. The 651st Electronic Systems Squadron was selected as AFMC's Outstanding Contracting unit, and the 642nd Electronic Systems Squadron's Force Protection Security Systems Source Selection Team was named Outstanding Source Selection Team. Lieutenant Foster worked on a number of installation improvement contracts in 2009, including the $134 million Civil Engineering services contract. He accomplished the base's five-year paving project in one month, ensuring degraded roads on base were repaved in time for winter. He led the $70,000 contract to move the 66th Air Base Wing Communications Squadron, seamlessly moving people to or from five buildings. Lieutenant Foster also volunteered to help organize Hanscom's first Heritage of Freedom speaker series, promoting military heritage. Ms. Gettman was recognized for providing a speedy review of the $19 billion Network Centric Solutions 2, or NETCENTS 2, contract. She served as an advisor on four source selections valued at $20 billion, helping resolve critical issues related to award protests, organizational conflict of interest, procurement integrity and funding. Her presentation on Contracting Basics at the National Contract Management Association Workshop was so well received, according to program officials, she has been invited back for three straight years. The 651 ELSS Contracting Unit was recognized for its work in awarding and managing $68 million in contract obligations last year. The team played a pivotal role in the $154 million Joint Environmental Toolkit hardware upgrade. JET provides the user with a single, fully integrated system of weather analyses, forecasting, and dissemination capabilities to replace a number of currently separate and disparate systems. The team helped field JET at 180 worldwide locations, and negotiated a $108,000 savings to the JET contract. In July 2009, the Air Force awarded a Force Protection Security System contract worth $495 million to three companies. The 642nd Electronic Systems Squadron manages the contract, which will be used by Air Force and Department of Defense agencies to support the defense of installations and assets. Comprised of members from 642 ELSS and Electronic Systems Center's functional organizations, the FPS2 source selection team was the first in ESC to use the Multifunctional Independent Review Team process, a new requirement for Air Force source selections. The MIRT process was introduced as an integral part of the Air Force's Acquisition Improvement Plan to cultivate effective source selections. ESC' s Contracting Directorate also honored a number of people and teams with local level awards for their efforts in 2009. They are: Outstanding Achievement in Contracting Information Technology -- Matthew L. Coughlin (653rd ELSG) Outstanding Civilian GS-11 & Below (Op/Spec) -- Michael Clark (66 CONS) Outstanding Civilian GS-11 & Below (Systems) -- Rachel D'Orazio (551st ELSG) Outstanding Civilian GS-12 & Above (Op/Spec) -- Steven Pekunece (66 CONS) Outstanding Company Grade Officer (Op/Spec) -- 1st Lieutenant Peter J. Foster (66 CONS) Outstanding Company Grade Officer (Systems) --Captain Robert J. Yates, III (653rd ELSG) Outstanding Civilian GS-12 & Above (Systems) -- Anthony A. Garcia (653rd ELSG) Outstanding Field Grade Officer -- Major Michael E. Belko (66CONS) Outstanding Contracting Unit - Small (Op/Spec) --ESC/PKXA Outstanding Contracting Unit - Large (Systems) -- 554th Electronic Systems Group Outstanding Contracting Unit - Small (Systems) -- 651st Electronic Systems Squadron Outstanding Contracting Team (Systems) --350th Electronic Systems Group Foreign Military Sales & International Team Outstanding Performance in a Source Selection --642nd ELSS Force Protection Security System Source Selection Team