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Show n CIrDti'ir(ol(St,ninlg fflfifi) Support of contracts for sheltered workshops praised specialized services provided by the sheltered workshops. They were successful to the point that the number of contracts actually increased. D Identifying new items for the sheltered, workshops and adding them to the procurement list. In fiscal 1991, 10 new projects for workshops were identified. Five were considered for additions to the procurement list and four were added. The contracts included preparing box lunches for another workshop and providing janitorial service for the Hill AFB Museum, the operational contracting division's new office building and the base veterinarian by Frances Kosakowsky Hilltop Times staff The hundred or so people manning the Contracting Directorate's operational contracting division rePresident's Committee cently won an Air Force-wid- e Award for exemplary performance. The division team has kept the Command REACH Program (readiness enhancement at the community house) going strong through tightened budgets, and as a result, 12 contracts are in force for workshops that provide employment for more than 100 physically challenged individuals who require a sheltered work environment. Division workers have voluntarily sought projects to keep the Command REACH Programs in business and their dedication has paid dividends in the form of projects funded by money set aside to benefit small businesses who employ handicapped workers. To win this award, the division team had to be high achievers in several areas. Providing active support of contract opportunities for workshops for the blind and other challenged individuals through advocacy, promotion, education, innovation and contract action. In 1991, the Integrated Organizational Development reorganization interrupted the continuity of Command REACH programs and other workshop programs established to promote contract opportunities for challenged workers. To ensure the survival of these programs in the new business environment created by cuts in the defense budget, the division went to work to acquaint base organizations with the existence of the M flfl (q D3 ( fl clinic. Other items under consideration for the protected workshops were: lease and laundry of wiping rags, steam cleaning of grocery carts, cleaning of air ducts and vents and paper recycling were also considered. Projects still being researched are: rubber stamp manufacture, pallet manufacture and repair, and additional scrap-meta- l sorting. D Handling contracts adapted to the handicapped community. The original scrap-metsorting contract, called "Handi-Sort,- " was initiated at Hill in 1981, years of Command REACH. This project to the birth prior decade of success and prosecond has entered its vides stable jobs for two workshops. A package reclamation contract manned by National Industries for the Blind has been in operation at Hill since 1991. NIB officials indicated that this is the first team of blind workers to be employed at any Department of Defense agency. The success of these combined efforts has been recognized by the Job Placement Division of Utah Rehabilitation Association and the Utah Governor's Committee on Employment for People with Disaal and in the training and education activities in behalf of the Command REACH program. The number of Command REACH contracts and workshops at Ogden has doubled over the past two years and these successes can be directly attributable to the networking and team efforts of the. Operational Contracting Division." bilities. When the nomination package was submitted to the competition, Ogderi Air Logistics Center commander, Maj. Gen. Dale W. 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