Management, Organizational, and Business Improvement Services
SIN 874-1: Consulting Services
Examples of consultation include but are not limited to:
- 1 strategic, business and action planning
- 2 process and productivity improvement
- 3 systems alignment
- 4 leadership systems and performance measures
- 5 program audits, and evaluations
- Identification of Best Industry Practices
The main objective of Best Industry Practice studies is to compare and calibrate internal against external standards and performance. At the outset, our senior, multi-disciplinary team develops a problem
statement that becomes the foundation of open source, structured research.
Service Blueprint and Business Plans
Decision/analysis partners have developed a number of comprehensive service blueprints and business plans for clients. These consulting projects involve the complete development of new services for an
organization, including,
- 1 detailed definition of the service,
- 2 pricing,
- 3 costing,
- 4 marketing strategy,
- 5 organization,
- 6 financial model.
- Risk Assessment
decision/analysis partners uses a formal risk assessment and mitigation methodology that covers risk identification, risk projection, risk assessment and risk management.
SIN 874-2 Facilitation Services
Proposed Services
One of the missions of decision/analysis partners (d/ap) is to assist clients in developing solutions and strategies by integrating disparate groups and interests. We use a consultative approach that engages
both the client and our senior professionals to collaborate with diverse groups and integrate diverging points of view through facilitation. Our consultations also involve on-going support, and the transfer of
knowledge through demonstrations of facilitation techniques. Our services include:
- 1 Action Planning
- 2 Focus Groups
- 3 Risk Management
- 4 Process Design and System Implementation
- 5 Project Prioritization
- 6 Strategic Planning
- 7 Team Building
- 8 Workshops
SIN 874-3 Surveying Services
decision/analysis partners is committed to providing expert surveying services throughout each phase of the process. Each d/ap recommendation encompasses a refined methodology which progresses from planning and
design, to administration, onto evaluation. Throughout the process d/ap seeks to fulfill the unique survey needs of each client and to effectively communicate the analysis and recommendations from the survey.
Surveying Services includes each of the following:
- 1 Planning and survey design
- 2 Defining and refining the methodology
- 3 Survey administration and data sampling
- 4 Database administration with analysis
- 5 A developed data repository
- 6 Recommendation
SIN 874-6: Privatization Support Services and Documentation
decision/analysis partners offers a range of qualifications and services designed to support the government in its privatization initiatives, either in the process of developing a most
efficient organization (MOE) or in support of vendor evaluation.
Contractors shall provide expert advice, consultation, assistance, and documentation in support of studies conducted under OMB Circular A-76 or other privatization or commercial
activities studies, projects, or efforts.
Bid and Proposal Development Strategies and Tactics
decision/analysis partners have supported the development of complex commercial and government bids and proposals and are familiar with strategies and tactics used in their development.
These strategies revolve primarily around hedging of risks inherent with unknown situations and facts, funding uncertainties or ambiguity in functional requirements.
Mitigation Strategies used to limit "scope creep" and "cost creep"
- 1 Performance based requirements: Requirements are based on achieving key performance indicators of importance to users and stakeholders, regardless of how these results are
achieved
- 2 Life-cycle supporting an analysis: The second strategy is designed to force bidders to document life cycle costs and cost assumptions. Depending on the services or products
procured, decision/analysis partners may undertake LLCA (Life-Cycle Cost Analysis), FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis), FTA (Fault-Tree Analysis), MTA (Maintenance Task Analysis) , RCM
(Reliability-Centered Analysis) or LORA (Level of Repair Analysis)
- 3 Long-term relationship arrangements: The third strategy is designed to generate long-term incentives for the bidder to behave in the best interest of both organizations. This
includes joint R&D venturing, technology transfer activities, or specific contract technology clauses enabling technologies unknown at the time of the award to be implemented during the contract
RFP Review
Our multi-disciplinary approach to RFP and proposal review covers all angles of the proposal, from technical to legal.
Best Value Tradeoff Support
decision/analysis partners have conducted advanced research in "best value" analysis and "best value" procurement strategies. We use a proprietary value modeling
approach developed by DFM Consulting, which has been applied to the design of several defense subsystems. Consequently, we understand the implications of RFP wording, requirements and evaluation strategies on the
determination of best value. Optimal strategy depends on the particular benefits, costs, and risks to specific applications. We are also familiar with commercial approaches to "best value" analysis, such
as "Quality Function Deployment" which has been used extensively in the automobile industry.
As a result of our work in "best value" analysis, we believe that an upgrade approach to the procurement of complex systems is the only way to realize "best value" for
the government when technology is evolving rapidly. The upgrade-based approach will consider the evolution of technology as an integral part of the life cycle of complex systems, and therefore as an integral part of
their procurement and evaluation.
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