Who We Are

Period of Performance

Support Services

Contract Overview

Order Types and Details

DOS Contacts

Trusted Base Contacts

About HITSS

 

 

Hybrid Information Technology Services for State (HITSS)

Who We Are

The Trusted Base team is pleased to have the opportunity to work with the Department of State on the HITSS contract. Trusted Base has very carefully chosen its teaming partners, companies that have sound past performance records and capabilities that complement ours. The team is comprised of the Trusted Base joint venture, Maryn Consulting, TWD, and Perot Systems Government Services, enabling us to provide the broad array of services required by A/EX/IRM:

  • Trusted Base, an 8(a) joint venture, which is comprised of Trusted Mission Solutions Inc. (“TMS”), a woman-owned 8(a) firm, and Base Technologies, Inc. (“BTI”), a veteran/minority owned IT services provider, offers infrastructure support, software/system engineering, and information security services.  TMS has worked closely with our JV partner, BTI, since 2004 under an SBA mentor-protégé agreement and as teaming partners on several contracts.  Both have Department of State (DOS) past performance, and offer an array of services that cover the HITSS requirements. TMS has been appraised at SEI CMMI Level 3 and BTI has an ISO 9001:2000 certification. Our mentor-protégé relationship enables TMS to offer the flexibility and responsiveness of a small business, while being able to leverage the infrastructure and resources of a large business, for the benefit of our clients.  As a result, the Joint Venture is based on a proven relationship and enables us to offer the Department of State a solid prime contractor.

  • Perot Systems Government Services, which specializes in international standards compliance services, offers a wide array of IT support services, is ISO 9001:2000 and SEI CMM Level 3 certified, and has worked with the State Department IRM organization to provide SEI CMM compliance services. Perot Systems Government Services

  • TWD, an employee-owned IT services provider, has niche capabilities in multi-media broadcasting and telecommunications services, and also has an excellent past performance track record with the State Department. TWD & Associates

  • Maryn Consulting, a HUB-Zone certified small business, specializes in software engineering, including configuration management, testing, JAD facilitation, and the RAD development methodology. Maryn Consulting

As a team, we have past performance experience in every single Statement of Work and Sample Task Order area, offering the State Department broad and deep capabilities ranging from database experience managing one of the world’s largest database systems for the U.S. Customs Border Protection to multi-media broadcasting expertise gained from supporting the White House.

In addition, Trusted Base, through BTI, has a strategic partnership with Dell, serving as a Dell Mid-Market Partner; this enables Trusted Base to enjoy discounted prices on all Dell products as well as to have access to a dedicated Dell Account Team, enabling us to acquire rapid and thorough quotations on hardware and software, tracking of product purchases and deliveries, and expedited invoicing. BTI is also a Microsoft Certified Partner.

 

Period of Performance

  • Base Year                 April 23, 2007 – April 22, 2008

  • Option Year 1            April 23, 2008 – April 22, 2009

  • Option Year 2            April 23, 2009 – April 22, 2010

  • Option Year 3            April 23, 2010 – April 22, 2011

  • Option Year 4            April 23, 2011 – April 22, 2012

 Support Services

  • IT Planning

  • Requirements Analysis

  • Systems and Database Design

  • Systems Procedures and Standards

  • Systems Development and Testing

  • Systems Documentation

  • Systems Installation and Acceptance

  • Systems Programming

  • Systems Integration

  • Interoperability Verification and Testing

  • Systems Conversion

  • Systems Enhancements, Support and Maintenance

  • Systems Configuration Management

  • Database Administration

  • Data Conversion

  • Information Security

  • Telecommunication Systems, incl. Local, Metro and WAN

  • User Training

  • Data Entry

  • Object Oriented Design/Programming

  • Technical Support

  • Workflow Processing

  • Records/Document Management and Information Distribution

  • Joint Requirements Planning (JRP)

  • Joint Applications Development (JAD)

  • Rapid Applications Development (RAD)

  • Feasibility Study

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis

  • Business Process Re-engineering

  • Systems and Information Engineering

  • Earned Value Analysis

  • Multi-Media Broadcast Operations and Administration

  • Other IT-Related Services

Contract Overview

  • Total IT solutions contract, allowing combinations of hardware, software and IT services; details here

  • Enables sole source, directed orders up to the 8(a) threshold of $3.5 million; requirements over $3.5M will be competitively awarded

  • Pre-approved ceiling rates for 83 labor categories

  Order Types and Details

  • Fixed Price, Time and Materials and/or Labor Hours

  DOS Contacts

  • Contract Administrator, Kathleen J. Mejia

  Trusted Base Contacts

  • Joint Venture Manager, Grace Dittmar: 703-637-7301

  • Program Manager, Luay Murad: 703-637-7305

 

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