Award Applicants

QTF Regional Award Level Application

The QTF Regional Award Level employs the full set of performance excellence criteria used at the national level for the Baldrige Award. Because of copyright issues, organizations will have to order the Award booklets from the national Baldrige office at  https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/publications.

Generally, organizations that have been working with performance excellence principles and concepts for some time apply at this level. Organizations applying for the Regional Award Level can demonstrate trends in performance.

Organizations applying at the Award Level and participating in a virtual site visit are eligible to be selected as recipients of the Regional Award for Performance Excellence. The honor includes recognition as state role models for achieving sustained performance excellence at the annual Quality Texas Foundation Recognition and Awards Ceremony held each June.

An Award Level Applicant must send five members from its organization to current year Examiner Training and will agree that all five members will participate on a team that could include a site visit.

• Regional Award Level Eligibility Certification Form

You may also email the Eligibility Certification Form to brooks@quality-texas.org

You may pay the $350 Eligibility Certification Fee by credit card here

• Regional Award Level Publicity Permission & HRO Release/Ethics Statements
• Regional Award Level Application Package Submission Checklist

Organizational Return on Investment with QTF Award Level Application

The Quality Texas Foundation is a viable member of the improvement efforts serving communities of excellence throughout our state. Examiner survey data have estimated that a team of 6-8 Examiner volunteers contributes 2,200 man-hours, equivalent to one full-time employee (FTE), of applied expertise during the typical Award-level application assessment and feedback processes.

The product of these processes, a Baldrige-format written Feedback Report, is valued between $300,000 – $340,000. At the Quality Texas Foundation Award Level application fee and the site visit reimbursables, the benefit/cost ratio is approximately $300:$1.

Award Level Application Fees

Sector Price

Government (sections); Education (sections); Business (sections) <50 employees
$7,500.00

Not-for-Profit <50 Employees
$7,000.00

Manufacturing; Service; Healthcare; Education; For-Profit Business; Government <500 Employees
$8,500.00

Manufacturing; Service; Healthcare; Education; For-Profit Business; Government >500 Employees
$10,000.00

Regional Award Level Application Form