Results

CSA News Related Links

CSA Awarded a Contract to Provide Acquisition and Program Management Services to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement) – (DASN (AP))







October 13, 2011 – Mechanicsburg, PA — Client Solution Architects, LLC, (CSA) was recently awarded a three year $6 million prime contract to provide Acquisition and Program Management Services to assist in the development of the future Enterprise Procurement System (EPS) that will be used by the Department of the Navy. CSA as prime contractor and its teammates Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) and Logistics & Acquisition Partners (L&AP) will provide the DASN (AP) E-Business Program Office the services and expertise needed to establish and execute an EPS program that meets its cost, schedule and performance goals.

The DON $47 billion FY 12 procurement budget enables the acquisition of a diverse suite of supplies, equipment and services necessary to support the U.S. Navy fleet, infrastructure and support personnel. DON contracting professionals in the 12 Headquarters Contracting Authorities (HCA) drive the procurement process within the DON and with industry to ensure it is timely, compliant and cost effective. They execute thousands of transactions at the field level for a range of services and supplies. At the HSC SYSCOM level, they execute complex weapon system procurements for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems, ships or aircraft. These HCA professionals must respond to demands of the fleet, constrained budgets, technology innovations, new acquisition policies and a changing industrial supplier base.

“In order to meet the needs of the Navy, CSA has made it a priority to establish a corporate environment where innovative ideas and solutions are recognized and delivered for the benefit of our clients,” CSA Director of Service Line Management Patrick Carney said. “Our people have responded to this challenge by integrating tools and technology into our service line offerings such as our acquisition starter schedule. This is a reusable, repeatable tool which enables an acquisition program office to quickly build out integrated master schedules for the program.”

CSA’s Acquisition and Program Management services leverage extensive experience supporting large and complex acquisition programs with expertise in acquisition policy, program management best practices and program analytics. We help acquisition programs achieve success by implementing program requirements, cost and performance management processes and controls. CSA provides expertise to tailor the complex array of statutory and regulatory requirements for the development, testing, production and implementation of acquisition programs.

About CSA — CSA is a professional services firm providing strategic guidance and operational performance solutions to government and commercial clients. CSA helps clients achieve their goals by enhancing organizational performance and maximizing return on investments. The firm helps clients plan and execute processes associated with Project and Portfolio Management, Acquisition and Program Management, Contracts Management, Business and Financial Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization and Business Improvement and Analytics Services. The firm delivers services by combining deep process expertise with strong program management disciplines, analytics and a focus on performance results.

About Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) — SAIC is a Fortune 500 company with approximately 45,000 employees and is distinguished by its roots in advanced science, its status as a leading systems integrator, its success as an innovator, and its corporate culture of empowerment, entrepreneurialism, and ethics. SAIC will provide expert systems engineering and technical insight to the EPS project. They bring corporate experience in enterprise applications including the NERP program where they have run the program offices deploying the solution for geographically dispersed Navy commands, such as the SPAWAR, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and NAVSEA. Additionally, SAIC will provide procurement process and technical insight gained from their extensive prime vendor procurement experience with the DLA, where they are currently processing more than $800M in prime vendor contracts with their own internal procurement system.

About Logistics and Acquisition Partners (L&AP) — L&AP is a consulting firm specializing in DON and DOD acquisition, contracting and procurement. They have extensive expertise in several of the legacy procurement systems including SPS and ITIMP. L&AP can provide personnel with actual experience gained while working within the Navy acquisition community. This experience includes; end-to-end material acquisition process which included the Program and Financial sponsorship for the development and maintenance of the ITIMP system. System enhancement capabilities included Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities/transactions and the integration of Electronic Data Access along with the process interfaces for implementation of Wide Area Work Flow.