Government

Intellix Solutions is a very reputable management consulting and technology solutions firm that provides a broad range of services to solve complex problems on behalf of federal, state and local government organizations. Our services encompass strategic planning and business transformation support, program/project management, systems life cycle management, and information technology implementation and operations support.

Intellix is an 8a certified small business and California Small Business Enterprise (SBE).

Our Government Practice consists of knowledgeable experts who possess the requisite technical skills along with the domain-specific knowledge of each client’s business environment. Our company’s talented resources have decades of hands-on, real-world implementation experience from the perspective of executives, vendor leadership, and client-focused consultants. Our combination of government experience and domain expertise set us apart from others and will allow us to develop innovative solutions to fit the unique challenges of your organization.

We can offer support in the following key areas:

  • Project Management and Program Oversight
  • Strategic Planning and Business Transformation Strategies
  • Program Assurance and Risk Analysis
  • Emerging Solutions Research and Support
  • Workflow Analysis and Business Process Improvement
  • Change Management and Communications Support
  • Performance Metrics Development, Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Software Development and Implementation Support
  • System Life Cycle Management Support
  • Reporting and Analytics
  • Hardware and Infrastructure Support
  • Legacy System Support

Classifications / Contract Vehicles

  1. US Small Business Administration 8(a) Certified - Small Disadvantaged Business
  2. General Services Administration (GSA): IT- Schedule 70
  3. State of California: Department of General Services - Certified California Small Business Enterprise
  4. CIO-SP3 Small Business Services/Solutions
  5. NAICS Codes: 541511, 54512, 541513, 541519
  6. SIC Codes: 7471, 7373, 7376,7379
  7. National Minority Supplier Development Council: Certified Minority Owned
  8. Subcontractor on multiple GWAC prime contracts

Service Lines

We assist with conceptualizing a strategic direction for IT initiatives. Along with developing a blueprint for your company’s strategy we help you define the business and technical solutions to embark on your strategic initiatives.

Using our business experience and technical expertise you will be able to leverage your existing capabilities to build new organizational competencies.

The offerings that we provide with Strategic Consulting:

  • Advisory roles to Client Managers
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Program/Project Management
  • Vendor Selection/Analysis
  • Change Management and Change Control

We have a well-defined approach to implementing Business Intelligence (BI) solutions for our clients, where we take you through a comprehensive process that integrates your operational information and business goals.

We will help you build a roadmap using an assessment that defines and assesses your business objectives and technology infrastructure. This information will ascertain your custom BI solution and maximize your ROI. Using a variety of options, our recommendation will be based on your current infrastructure. We will assess the gaps, map the technical and business requirements, and put forward a scope definition to ensure your agreement on the final solution.

A proof of concept is presented to ensure that the right product and technology solution has been selected. At regular intervals within the design, development and test process, we will provide you with progress reports and hold joint sessions to keep you involved and updated in the implementation process. Towards the end of the process, our consultants will provide either formal training classes or training documentation.

At all times, emphasis is focused on meeting due dates and milestones that keep in line with the project schedule. Our consultants combine best practice and experience that ensures a cost effective edge.

Typically, our Business Intelligence services would include:

  • Roadmap and assessment
  • Proof of concept
  • Design, develop, test
  • Roll-out and support
  • Intellix’s Information Technology practice is responsible for the development of custom software. We provide full-cycle software service encompassing requirements definition, application design, development, and deployment as well as application support and upgrades.

    Intellix’s products are developed with craftsmanship in either Agile or Waterfall methodologies. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of our clients not just some of the time, but all of the time. To achieve this goal, our software development process is streamlined to ensure that software is delivered on time and on budget. To insure we continue to build strong relationships with our clients, we give our customers direct access to Intellix’s leadership team so that there is always open communication at all management levels. This approach helps us rapidly respond to changes initiated by our customers, insures quality support, and promotes teamwork and accountability across all organizations. The Intellix team is ready to take on tasks of any complexity and offer the optimal software solution for your business.

    The offerings that we provide with Application Development:

    • Business / Technical Requirements
    • High Level / Detailed Design
    • Software Development
    • System Testing
    • End-to-End Testing
    • Quality Assurance
    • Implementation
    • Application Support / Maintenance
    • Enhancements
    • User Interface Uplift Services

    We provide Project Management Office (PMO) services to assist you in scoping, defining and implementing IT programs and projects within the organization.

    Our PMO consultants combine strategy, technology and experience to provide solutions to key project issues and our expertise covers a full range of management solutions, with emphasis on information planning, business analysis, change management, product development, and business process engineering to help our clients solve their business challenges.

    We leverage centralized project management functions to bolster your overall enterprise project management, tracking, and reporting. In a relatively flat and agile organizational structure, we create a project-centric mind-set using methodologies and tools within the organization to increase successful delivery through accountability and empowerment. Key to successful implementation is utilization without adding another layer of management. Our organization keeps project management at the forefront by promoting accountability through education and execution.

    With proper placement in the organization, we will ensure that it does not act as a bottleneck but will actually facilitate faster delivery. You will see a higher Return on Investment (ROI), a reduction in project cycle time, an increase in successful project delivery, improved employee morale, productivity and empowerment.

    We combine Quality Assurance processes with testing expertise to provide you valuable assistance through the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to product roll-out, both at a project and a consulting level.

    Our testing expertise covers all phases of testing including system. integration/ workflow, regression and user acceptance testing. In building a testing approach for you, we will typically collaborate with other business groups within the project organization to establish test data requirements, environment strategy and refresh approach to minimize impact on the overall schedule. This will ensure proper coordination and smooth handoffs between the different project teams.

    We are geared to providing you on-site, off-shore or blended testing services in-line with your technical, business and budget requirements and overall management strategy. Our offshore facilities in South Africa and India, are fully equipped to accommodate large projects and are managed by an on-site PM who will ensure proper and smooth communications with our clients.

    We provide on-site training for your testers on techniques and nuances of application testing.

    In general, our ETS service provides the following offerings:

    • Development / implementation of QA processes customized to your business needs
    • Development of overall test strategy and project test approach
    • Test case development, execution, and automation services
    • Testing support and ongoing maintenance
    • Offshore testing and project management
    • Intensive Training course for testers on testing healthcare applications

    Programming

    Java, C, SQL, HTML, JSP, XML, PL/SQL Hortonworks (Storm, Hadoop, Kafka), Hibernate, Silverlight, Spring Framework, Eclipse, Ruby on Rails, PHP

    J2EE Technologies

    Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) Servlets, JDBC, JMS, JNDI, LDAP

    Scripting

    JavaScript, TCL/TK, Perl, Beanshell

    Servers

    BEA Weblogic, JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, Allaine JRun

    RDBMS

    Oracle, SQL Server, Access

    Software Process

    Rational Unified Process (RUP)

    Data Modeling

    UML, Rational Rose, Visio

    IDEs

    Netbeans, Visual Café, JBuilder, Microsoft Visual C++

    Version Control

    Visual SourceSafe, CVS

    Operating Systems

    Windows NT, Unix

    Issue Tracking

    JIRA, Pivotal Tracker

    Intellix integrates our technical development skills with software development best practices. These practices often complement user requirements by improving performance, enhancing application security needs, reducing cost of ownership, and insuring system stability.

    A listing of these practices is provided below:

    Single Sign-On (SSO):

    including the integration of Google account, and HRP with mainframe, web, and client-server environments.

    Workflow:

    Expert level knowledge in Agile and Waterfall technologies.

    API Integration:

    Ability to give programs access to communicate with other programs without previous user knowledge or intervention.

    Relational Data Modeling:

    Customer data access that ensures data integrity and decoupling from the application layer.

    Attachment and Document Handing:

    Ability to customize attachment management implementations including SharePoint and Office 365.

    End User Experience:

    Responsive graphical user interface that allows applications to be viewed on various platforms (smart phone, web, tablet, etc.)

    Automation Capabilities:

    Ability to automate QA testing based upon functional specifications and error logging / reporting.


    Intellix Solutions, LLC -STARS II Profile

    Contract #: GS00Q17GWD2343
    DUNS Number: 845958318
    Contract Term: 4 years (06/13/2017 – 08/30/2021)
    Awarded Constellation: CI


    Awarded all 4 functional areas by the GSA

    • 541511 – Customer Computer Programming Services
    • 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
    • 541513 – Computer Facilities Management Services
    • 541519 – Other Computer Related Services


    Overview

    Intellix Solutions is a proud 2017 recipient of the General Service Administration 8(a) Streamlined Technology Application Resource for Service (STARS) II Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC).

    The 8(a) STARS II GWAC promotes small business utilization by allowing the federal government to purchase cost-effective, innovative solutions for information technology (IT) requirements through Government Acquisition Contracts.

    GWACs provide access to IT solutions that include but are not limited to: systems design, software engineering, information assurance, and enterprise architecture solutions.

    In addition, the 8(a) STARS II program is reserved exclusively for qualifying certified 8(a) small business concerns as the prime contractors per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.8.


    STARS II Features
    • Multiple award, indefinite delivery & indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle
    • $10 billion program ceiling
    • Five-year base period and one five-year option
    • Directed task orders for federal civilian and Department of Defense up to $4 million per FAR 19.804-6
    • Task order types that include: Fixed-Price Family (FAR 16.2), Time & Materials (FAR 16.6), Labor-Hour (FAR 16.6), Hybrid blends, and Incentives (FAR 16.4)
    • No protests on orders under $10M, with the exception of orders that increase the scope, period, or maximum value of the GWAC

    STARS II Benefits
    • 8(a) socioeconomic credit transferrable to the agency
    • Pre-competed, easy to use contracts
    • Access to proven 8(a) small business technology providers
    • Shortened procurement lead time
    • Low user access fee (0.75 percent) built into contractor ceiling prices


    Functional Areas Supported

    The scope of the 8(a) STARS II Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is centered on four functional areas (FAs), derived from the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). These NAICS functional areas are:

    1. 541511 – Customer Computer Programming Services
    2. 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
    3. 541513 – Computer Facilities Management Services
    4. 541519 – Other Computer Related Services

    Functional Area 1 (CIFA1) – NAICS 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services

    These industry partners are primarily engaged in writing, modifying, testing, and supporting customized software.

    • Applications Software Programming Services
    • Computer Program of Software Development
    • Computer Programming Services
    • Database Design and Generation
    • Legacy Interfaces and Data Migration
    • Software Analysis and Design
    • Software Programming
    • Software Testing
    • Web Design

    Functional Area 2 (CIFA2) – NAICS 541512 Computer Systems Design Services

    These industry partners are primarily engaged in planning and designing computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software, and communication technologies. The hardware and software components of the system may be provided by the industry partners as part of integrated services or may be provided by third parties. These industry partners often install the system and train and support system users.

    • Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
    • Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Services
    • Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Services
    • Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Services
    • Computer Hardware Consulting Services
    • Computer Software Consulting Services
    • Computer Systems Integration Analysis and Design
    • Computer Systems Integration Design and Consulting
    • Configuration Management
    • Enterprise Architecture Development
    • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
    • IT Capital Planning Management
    • Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN) Design
    • Network Design and Installation
    • Network Systems Integration
    • Systems Analysis
    • Systems Integration
    • VoIP Design

    Functional Area 3 (CIFA3) – NAICS 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services

    Industry partners in this functional area are primarily engaged in providing onsite management and operation of clients' computer systems and/or data processing facilities, including providing computer systems or data processing support services.

    • Computer Operations/Support
    • Computer Systems Facilities Services
    • Data Processing Facilities Services
    • End User Support
    • Equipment Inventory and Maintenance
    • Hardware and Software Maintenance
    • Help Desk
    • IT Facilities Management, Operation, and Support
    • IT Facilities Planning
    • Network Management

    Functional Area 4 (CIFA4) – NAICS 541519 Other Computer Related Services

    Industry partners in this functional area are primarily engaged in providing computer related services, except for custom programming, systems integration design, and facilities management services. This area includes industry partners providing computer disaster recovery services or software installation services.

    • Computer Disaster Recovery
    • Contingency Planning
    • Disaster Preparedness/Recovery
    • Documentation
    • Information Assurance and Security
    • Independent Verification and Validation
    • Software Installation
    • Virus Detection/Recovery

    In addition, the 8(a) STARS II GWAC is structured with two tiers, known as constellations. The constellation design offers the following features and benefits.
    Constellation I includes prime contractors who are technically proficient and offer competitive pricing.
    Constellation II prime contractors provide the same strengths as Constellation I, plus the added benefit of either a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level II+ Services or Development credential, or an ISO 9001:2000 or 9001:2008 credential.


    Ordering from STARS II

    Prior to issuing orders under 8(a) STARS II, federal contracting officers are required to receive training on the use of the 8(a) STARS II contract and be granted a written delegation of procurement authority from the GSA Small Business GWAC Center. Training is offered at no cost via:

    • A self-paced, online course;
    • Onsite training conferences and events;
    • Web or video conferences; and
    • Conference calls

    For more ordering details, please visit: STARS II Delegation of Procurement Authority at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104043.


    Additional STARS II Contract and Contact Information

    GSA 8(a) STARS II Website: https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105243

    Basic Contract Website: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/209173

    8(a) STARS II Brochure: https://www.gsa.gov/graphics/fas/S2Brochure.pdf

    Intellix Solutions: Jeff Toole: (703) 801-0144 - jtoole@intellixs.com

    STARS II Contract Manager: Misty J. Claypole: (816) 823-3346 - misty.claypole@gsa.gov

    Contact Us

    Corporate Office

    Intellix Solutions, LLC
    2603 Camino Ramon
    Suite 274
    San Ramon, CA 94583
    +1 925-415-1053
    info@intellixs.com

    West Coast Office

    Greater Sacramento Area
    Intellix Solutions, LLC
    Duggan Way
    Orangevale, CA 95662
    +1 916-837-6858

    East Coast Office

    Greater DC Area
    Intellix Solutions, LLC
    6701 Democracy Blvd
    Suite 300
    Bethesda, MD 20817
    +1 301-841-7602

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