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TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 7 (FFS)

DINING FACILITY AWARDS PROGRAM

1. Best Dining Facility Award. All operating dining facilities of units/organizations assigned or attached to Fort Benning, Georgia and tenant units are eligible to compete for the Commanding General’s Best Dining Facility Award.

1.2. Procedures: Representatives of the Installation Food Service Office will perform unannounced evaluations of the nominees using Quality Assurance Checklist. The dining facility with the highest score will be proclaimed winner of the competition. In the event that two or more facilities obtain identical scores, the installation SOP will be implemented to determine the winner. At the end of each fiscal year, dining facilities selected as the Commanding General’s Best Dining Facility Award during that year's competition, and/or nominations from each major subordinate command will compete for the Philip A. Connelly Award. The winners at the installation level of this competition will represent this installation in the ASC/AMC competition.

1.3. Awards.

2. Philip A. Connelly Program. Contractor operated dining facilities will be evaluated under the same evaluation criteria as military operated dining facilities competing at the Department of the Army (DA) level of competition (reference Chapter 3, AR 30-22).

2.1. Should a contract facility is selected as a winner or runner-up in the DA competition the contracting dining facility manager and one other person selected by the installation will attend the IFSEA awards convention at contractors expense.

2.2. The winning installation will provide the following for the two representatives attending the conference:

2.2.1. Travel and per diem to cover attendance at the IFSEA Conference. Per diem allocation is offset by number of Government furnished meals provided at the conference (conference function meals included in ticket books). 137

2.2.2. Registration fee and an IFSEA conference activity book for each representative. Activity books contain tickets for up to 10 meals provided in conjunction with related conference functions, such as the Army Connelly Awards and Navy Ney Awards ceremonies.

2.3. The dining facility manager will accept the Connelly award from IFSEA and a General Officer representing the command. However, the award is a unit award and remains the property of the winning/runner-up unit upon its return to the installation.

2.4. A government representative from the installation will accepted the award.

2.5. Other contractor representatives may attend the IFSEA conference and/or Connelly ceremony at the option and expense of the company, provided attendance is coordinated with the DA Connelly Office, ACES, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1601.

2.6. When the Contractor operated dining facility reaches the DA finalist level of competition, each member of the food service staff will receive finalist level certificates of achievement from IFSEA and ACES attesting to their proficiency. If the facility is selected as a winner, a second certificate reflecting that level of achievement is awarded each member of the food service staff, and the dining facility manager is awarded a special certificate signed by the Commanding General USAQMC&S.