The AbilityOne Advantage

Food Services

At AbilityOne, we pride ourselves on a high level of commitment to quality and quality control by supporting industry best practices and investing in experienced quality professionals. Within our 2,800 existing contracts and 572 national nonprofit agencies (NPAs) you will find an array of quality programs and certifications in place including ISO 9001-2000, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen and Malcolm Baldridge.

Additionally, AbilityOne places a high priority on supporting our affiliated NPAs by making industry resources readily available to them. We employ quality control professionals to help support contract management functions including quality control plan development, training and assurance requirement analysis. AbilityOne’s quality resources are available to all of our military and federal customers to support statement of work development as well as to provide assistance in analyzing contractor performance. We can also offer recommendations for process improvement to help drive operational efficiency and improved performance on your contract.

AbilityOne and our NPAs have a commitment to training and development for people with significant disabilities. Each NPA has a background in development and implementation of comprehensive training programs for their workforce, which helps to ensure that each employee is prepared for their role on your contract. Finally, we offer classroom and e-learning training courses for topics such as leadership development, quality management, contract and project management, and rehabilitation and employment best practices.

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Top Customers

Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL

Sheppard Air Force Base, TX

Ft. Hood Army Base, TX

Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL

USMC Mess Halls, San Diego, CA

FBI Training Academy, Quantico, VA

Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX

USMC Base, Quantico, VA

Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC

Ft. Drum Army Base, NY

Tinker Air Force Base, OK

Awards & Recognition

Major food service awards as well as half of the Navy’s 5-star accreditations have been awarded to the AbilityOne Program.

• 2011 Air Force John L. Hennessy Awards
  Single Facility - First Place
  A.F. Reserve Unit Winner: 919th Services Flight Duke Field, FL
• 2010 Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Award
  Continental U.S. General Mess category
  Gulf Coast Enterprises/Lakeview Fl
  NAS Pensacola, FL
• 2009 Air Force John L. Hennessy Award
  Multi-facility – First Place
  Eglin AFB, FL
  A.F. Reserve Unit Winner: 919th Services Flight Duke Field, FL
  Gulf Coast Enterprises/Lakeview Fl
  NAS Pensacola, FL
• 2009 Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Award
  Continental U.S. General Mess category
  First place
  Naval Station, Norfolk, VA
• 2008 and 2007 Marine Corps Major General WPT Hill Memorial Awards
  Best Full Food Service – First place
  Mess Hall 620, Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA
• 2007 Air Force John L. Hennessy Award
  Single Facility – First place
  Vandenberg AFB, CA
• 2007 Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Award
  Continental U.S. General Mess category
  First place
  Navy Mid-Atlantic Naval Amphibious
  Little Creek, VA
• 2006 Air Force John L. Hennessy Award
  Single Facility – First place
  Travis AFB, CA
  Multi-Facility – First Place
  Eglin AFB, FL

“We have contracts that provide food service to all of our military that eat in our dining facilities. Each and every soldier and family member is in some way affected, touched or their life has improved because of the contracts that we have with Ability One.”

Barry Barnett, Director of Contracting,
Ft. Hood Army Base, TX