Great Plains Enterprises

This was an Ability One set aside and the current Ability One contractor could not reach an agreement with the government over price and decided to terminate their participation. Again, Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. stepped in and performed successfully until September 2005 when the government decided to take the operations back in house. John H.... Stephens was appointed President and Terry Schultz was appointed Corporate Secretary in January 2004. Corporate Headquarters were moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Then in May 2004 Source America contacted Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. about the possibility of taking over the Nellis AFB Commissary contract. The Ability One contractor was struggling, having difficulty financially with numerous performance issues. Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. accepted and was awarded the contract. With a customer service attitude, Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. again stepped in to establish great relationship with the store manager and provide a stable business management environment, at the same time meeting Source America and Ability One priorities for employing and training handicapped persons. Fast forward to July 2006, Yuma MCAS Commissary. The incumbent Ability One contractor was operating at a deficit and could not reach a price accord with the government. Again, Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. stepped up to the plate, instituted good fiscal management, goes the extra mile to train personnel, and successfully manages the contract meeting goals for the government and Ability One. In September 2006, Terry Schultz was elected as Chairman of the Board, Great Plains He continues in that position today. In July 2007 Source America again contacted Great Plains Enterprises, this time offering a new contract at Altus AFB, Altus OK that had just been added to the Procurement List. As the current contract was commercial, this opportunity presented enormous obstacles at start-up just two weeks later. There were no disabled employees on-board, no one with Ability One experience to manage the ...Read More