81st CONS garners three 2011 AETC awards Published Jan. 17, 2012 By Steve Hoffmann 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The 81st Contracting Squadron received three command-level awards for fiscal year 2011. The squadron received one award from Air Education and Training Command for outstanding contracting unit and two individual awards. The two individual award winners are: Ms. Da Vina Davis, AETC professional courage. Lt. Col. Jonathan Wright, outstanding contracting officer. During 2011, the 81st CONS performed more than a thousand contract actions totaling approximately $107 million, 16 percent more than 2010. The 81st CONS awarded 84 hospital contracts which has the led the hospital to have the lowest "left without being seen" rate in the Air Force out of 23,000 patients resulting in $6.7 million in referral savings. During the E. Coli water crisis, the 81st CONS facilitated the purchase of 162,000 bottles of water in less than three hours for more than 9,000 base personnel for 10 days. Brig. Gen. Andrew Mueller described the 81st CONS as "heroes." Davis is the team lead for the commercial acquisitions flight. She was instrumental in steering the 81st Medical Group through the radiation therapy contractor's employee firings over a sexual harassment case which led to a seamless restoration of service and no lawsuits. Davis also aligned three blood donor contracts into one for a savings of $1.1 million. She trained 62 quality assurance personnel when Wright-Patterson Air Force Base offloaded eight task orders in the amount of $56.8 million. Davis also secured AETC and Pentagon approval on a $99,000 ratification closing a two-year case in three months. As commander of the 81st CONS, Wright led a team to win AETC's Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence in 2011. He developed an emergency notification system for contractors which AETC now shares through the command. Wright, who also is serving as deputy commander of the 81st Mission Support Group, was also instrumental in reinvigorating Keesler's recycling program with aggressive marketing and leadership with a 40 percent solid waste diversion rate in 2011, more than doubling the rate for 2010. Wright was also able to garner approval from the Air Force on "best practice" for a software script that resulted in 98 percent faster interface for medical requirements.