Bill Carpenter accepted the award from Navy Rear Adm. David R. Pimpo, the DLA Land and Maritime Commander. This recognition means the firm has supplied a product the government can be confident in using. Firms that qualify as Automated Best Value System award winners have met the stringent quality and delivery requirements established by the Defense Logistics Agency. The ABVS, a computerized system, collects a vendors past performance data and translates it into a numeric score ranging from zero to 100.