senior staff are ex-government personnel with an insider’s knowledge
of government processes and program management procedures. This "insider's
knowledge" provides us with the insight to identify the pitfalls
and problems likely to be encountered during the life cycle of a
project. All of our analysts are experts in Microsoft Office Professional including
MS Access. We are proficient with project management software packages
including MS Outlook and MS Project and their interaction
with MS Access.
Financial Management
PDS staff has extensive hands on financial management
expertise at all levels of the government including the Office
of the Navy Comptroller and System Command Comptroller organizations.
We have supported Program Offices in NAVSEA for twenty one years.
Our analysts are known and work closely with comptroller and contracting office
personnel.
PDS financial management professional support expertise
includes all aspects of Program Office requirements from drafting
POM Issue Papers and budget exhibits to preparing funding documents.
We routinely create program and financial presentations.
We have extensive experience supporting R&D, OPN, FMS, SCN and
O&M appropriations, and using government accounting systems such as FMIS
and STARS. We have been particularly
successful in the reconciliation of unofficial undistributed disbursements
and negative unliquidated obligations. Our senior professionals
have prior experience working with DoD executives and in Congressional
liaison. They are experts in drafting responses to Congressional
inquiries and other government agency questions or requests for
financial information.
PDS has developed extensive software products for
use both internally and within the government to assist in financial
management tasks. Our products are used to allocate funds, track
contractor and government field activity financial performance,
and track funds control (initiations, committments, obligations and expenditures).
Program Planning
PDS personnel have extensive experience with the
entire DOD 5000 acquisition process including concept exploration
(CE), program definition and risk reduction (PDRR) and engineering
and manufacturing development (EMD), low rate initial production
(LRIP), production and fielding deployment. We are especially
focused on the preparation of all the major DOD 5000.2 plans that
make up a major system acquisition.
PDS personnel have have prepared Design
Decision Documents (DDDs), Decision Coordinating Papers
(DCPs), Operational Requirements (ORs), Acquisition
Program Baseline (APBs), and Cost and Operational Effectiveness
Analysis (COEAs). Our staff is well versed with the
instructions and requirements for preparing these documents.
PDS personnel are well versed in up front project plans
including Integrated Logistictics Support Plans(ILSPs), Test and Evaluation Master Plans
(TEMPs), and program plans. We staff understand the inter-relationship of
these documents and their interface with acquisition and financial management processes.
Acquisition Management
PDS personnel have received training in the latest
procurement policies and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
We are intimately familiar with the development of the full range
of acquisition documentation, including: Acquistion Plans, Procurement Requests
(PRs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs),
Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Statements of
Work (SOWs), and software/hardware specifications.
Project Control
PDS personnel have extensive experience with project management and contract administration including
monitoring deliveries, evaluating award fees, evaluating invoices, contract closeouts,
tracking data deliverables, monitoring contractor performance, and tracking costs vs
budgets for level of effort and CPFF contracts. We are experts in Microsoft Project. We
often conduct training classes on techniques for development of project plans and budgets,
and tracking cost and progress and earned value.
Cost Estimating
PDS approach to cost estimating is to insure
that the basic design of the system is optimized for life cycle
cost. We employ our project, acquisition, and financial management skills to work with
engineers to define logical alternatives and explor the impact on costs. We have developed
an array of interrelated in house and commercial cost models that
allow us to prepare cost estimates for all phases of the life
cycle. Our personnel are experts in the preparation of WBSs
and the identification of cost drivers that effect each of the
elements in each program phase. We have performed Life Cycle Cost (LCC),
Design to Cost(DTC), and Total Ownership Cost (TOC),
studies for government and industry clients since our inception.
