Teams interested in being considered for participation in the teamwork incentive program shall complete a TIP application form.

(1) Application forms shall be available from the productivity board office or the TIP liaison within the agency.

(2) Applications which are approved by the agency shall be submitted by the TIP liaison to productivity board staff.

(3) Applications should be submitted prior to the beginning of the project period to approve a team's participation in the teamwork incentive program.

(4) An agency head may nominate a team for their outstanding achievements for a TIP award after a team has implemented their project improvements. The agency shall submit the report to the productivity board nominating the team for an award and identifying the performance measures used to determine actual savings and/or revenue within one year of implementation of the team project. The productivity board shall make the final award determination.

(5) Applications presented to the board for action shall contain authorizing signatures and outcome and fiscal information.

(6) A team participating in the program for two or more consecutive times may choose to compare its costs or revenues during the current period of participation with its costs or revenues during for the immediately preceding period or an average of its costs or revenues for the preceding two or three comparable spans of time in the program. Teams completing a TIP project period may reapply by the submission of an abbreviated application, including authorizing signatures, time frames and either a confirmation of the previous results and/or revised performance measures as the baseline to be used.