SvcAwardPinTechnicalSpecs.docx

This is a Technical Specifications document for Service Award Pins for the City of Tampa, Florida, detailing the requirements for employee recognition pins awarded annually to workers achieving 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of service. The pins follow a tiered structure with specific material compositions and embellishments corresponding to each service milestone. Bronze with heavy gold plating is used for 5 and 10-year pins, while 15, 20, 25, and 30-year pins feature heavy gold plating with gemstone additions including synthetic rubies and diamonds of increasing carat weights. The 35, 40, and 45-year pins are constructed from 1/10 10-karat gold-filled material with progressively larger diamonds. All pins must feature a fourteen-gauge metal base with a locator stud, two-color hard-fired jeweler's enamel fill in blue and red, and an English Rose finish with a light gold background and polished bright highlights.

The specifications mandate that pins utilize a uniform design with numerals as an integral part of the emblem in a raised number design, requiring new dies for each year change. Pins must be packaged individually in plastic boxes with only the manufacturer's name or hallmark permitted on the reverse. The finding specification designates B.A. Ballou Post #304 Back #56 with post and military clutchback as the required attachment mechanism. Gemstone quality standards specify synthetic stones for rubies at size four and single-cut diamonds rated Number 1 fine white S.I. for all service milestones requiring diamond embellishment.