ATA receives highest award fee rating since contract start

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  • By Janae Daniels
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The Air Force announced the semiannual award fee for Arnold Air Force Base's (AEDC) support contractor, Aerospace Testing  Alliance (ATA), for the period  April 1 through Sept. 30, 2007. 

ATA received a rating of 92 percent,  resulting in $6,274,000 of its  possible award fee of $7,129,000.  

Both the rating and the dollar  amount are the highest since the  contract's initial award period in 2004. With one exception, both  the percentage rating and dollar  amount have increased over the  preceding contract period. 

"Thanks once again for your excellent  performance for the period that just ended," said Dr. David Elrod, ATA general manager. "The score reflects recognition of both  your strong performance in support  of AEDC's mission and our  opportunity to continue to improve  and attain even higher levels of  performance in the future." 

Dr. Elrod also noted that more employees went home safe at the end of each workday during this period than in any prior period. 

The dollar figure for the last six month period is nearly double the  $3.6 million fee awarded after the  first six months of the contract. 

The award fee determining  official, AEDC commander Col.  Arthur Huber, approved the fee, the eighth under a contract that began in October 2003. 

ATA was awarded the center support and testing contract June  30, 2003. The operating contract is for up to 12 years and worth potentially  $2.7 billion. ATA currently  employs more than 2,300 people from 15 Tennessee counties and four states.