U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award
for Virginia and DC
Our Mission
The mission of SPQA is to promote continual improvement strategies and to provide training, mentoring, and recognition to organizations in pursuit of performance excellence. SPQA is charged with administering the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award recognizing the highest caliber of performance excellence.
Our Work
SPQA fulfills its mission through the Award program and other lower-tier and mentoring programs. We provide Award applicants a comprehensive, low-cost organizational performance evaluation and an extensive feedback report. We train individuals to become experts at assessing and evaluating an entire organization based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework and Criteria, and we conduct Baldrige-based workshops.
Our Story
Since 1982, SPQA has served organizations of all sizes from all sectors, and honored over 80 organizations with the prestigious Medallion Award in recognition of their achievement of performance excellence. We have trained hundreds of Examiners in the Baldrige criteria and methodologies to serve our Awards program and to support their own organization’s journey to performance excellence.
Ones to Watch is our program that focuses on small businesses. It is a partnership between SPQA and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and provides training, mentoring and resources to identified small businesses.
Featured Content
Baldrige 101 Criteria and Framework Training — January 7, 2020
Ensure your seat and register now for the January 7Â Baldrige Criteria and Framework Training to be held in Richmond, VA. Consider sending a leadership team to maximize learning for your organization. In this introductory course, SPQA teaches you how to use the Baldrige framework and criteria to better understand your organization and help it…
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Apply to Become a SPQA Examiner
Work alongside dedicated others from a variety of sectors and positions to help improve the economic engine of the region one organization at a time. Apply to become a member of the 2020 Board of Examiners and immerse yourself in this proven methodology. More details are available in the downloadable Examiner Guide including relevant dates…
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SPQA Programs, Services and Costs
Is your organization seeking more effective and efficient ways to achieve excellent results? The United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) for Virginia and Washington, DC, can help. SPQA is affiliated with the national Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) and conducts training and workshops on the Baldrige Framework to help organizations in their…
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