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1REI Systems, Inc.
A leading provider of web-enabled,
database-driven knowledge management and
performance support solutions for federal
agencies, state and local governments, and the
commercial and industrial sector.
Corporate Capabilities
200 Fairbrook Drive, Suite 104Herndon VA 20170
2Corporate Overview
- Minority-owned business with over 15 years of
sustained growth in the IT industry - Recognized three times (2003, 2001, 2000) by Inc.
500 as one of the fastest growing private
companies - Ranked 33 for dedication innovation in
improving government IT by Washington Technology
Fast 50 in 2003 - Financially stable with excellent DB credit
rating (DUNS 60-899-9520) - ISO 90012000 Re-certified in the design,
installation, and service of IT solutions and
products (July 25, 2007) - Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Level 3, Staged Representation, V1.2 May 16,
2008 - 200 Experienced and highly diverse staff with
leading edge skills and professional
certifications - Headquartered in DC Metro area with multiple
locations
3REI Vision, Mission and Goals
- Vision
- Become the most sought after IT Solutions and
Services Company in North - America, bringing customer delight with
exceptional results that are delivered in - an unparalleled manner.
- Mission
- Deliver solutions and services that empower
people and make a difference. - Goals
- Achieve 50 million in annual revenues and have
a team of 200 professional employees by 2010 - Continue to meet or exceed expectations of our
customers and stakeholders - Establish domestic as well as global partnerships
in new technology areas - Strive for technological excellence to develop
solutions that save money, time, and lives - Promote an environment of teamwork, leadership,
diversity, and continual learning
4Core Values
- The core beliefs and attitudes that shape the
fundamental - approach to all aspects of our business are
- Build and deliver value
- Give people more than they expect to get and
autograph your work with excellence - Teamwork coming together, sharing together,
working together, and succeeding together - Service to the customer above all else
- Entrepreneurial culture that fosters initiative,
hard work, creativity and self improvement - Be sincere, committed and passionate about what
you do - Honesty and integrity keep your promises a
reputation built over many years can be impacted
by the conduct of one hour - Focus on quality and continuous process
improvement
5REI Practice Areas
- Citizen Centric Services
- End-to-end grants process management
- End-to-end contracts process management
- Business Transformation and Business Process
Reengineering - Electronic Forms Workflow Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- IT Services
- Technology Implementation, Systems Development,
and Engineering - System-to-system interfaces, Product Integration
- Web site design, implementation, and maintenance
- Data Center Operations and IT security
- E-Gov initiatives
- Data migration and conversion
- E-Forms
- Operations Support Services
- Customer contact center technical support
- Outreach, and training
6Significant Accomplishments
- Fourteen different web-enabled enterprise
applications deployed in the last three years for
7 federal agencies involving requirements
analysis, design, implementation, deployment and
ongoing maintenance - Types of Business Processes
- RD Management, Grants Management, Needs
Assessment, Pest Control and Eradication,
Maintenance, Excess Property Utilization - User Communities
- Small business Scientists and Research
Institutions Students,Teachers, and Educational
Institutions Health Care OrganizationsFinancial
Institutions State and Local Agencies Law
enforcementAgencies Fire Departments Program
Managers Enterprise Managers - Transaction Volumes
- More than 60,000 users with over 6.0B in
financial transactions per year
7REIs Federal Customer Base
8Commercial Clients Base
- Hallmark
- Informa USA, Inc.
- Inland Management
- Johnson Dugan
- Kauffman Hall
- LendLease
- Lowes Home Improvement
- NewMarket
- Oxword University Press
- Parexel
- Pearson Education
- Stellent
- UGS
- Verde Energy
- 3H Technology
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Alltel Corporation, Inc.
- American Water Heater Company
- Assurant
- Bristol West Insurance
- Callahan Associates, Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- CommVault
- Corporate Synergies Group, Inc.
- Cox Media
- ESI International
- Gartner, Inc.
- Genworth
- Gevity HR, Inc
9REI Key Differentiators
- Provider of cost-effective solutions tailored to
customers requirements and business processes - Proven track record and expertise in
- Planning, development, and implementation of
web-based applications - Enabling business processes and facilitating
continuous process improvement - Streamlining processes for greater operational
efficiency - Providing highly responsive customer support
- Consistent Performance Excellence
- DB overall past performance evaluation rating of
92 after surveying more than 20 REI customers - USDA APHIS Small Business Contractor of the Year
Award - 2005 , NASA GSFC Contractor Excellence
Award finalist 2005 2003, NASA Group
Achievement Award (2002), DOJ Certificate of
Excellence Award (1998- 2001), SBA National
Tibbetts Award (1999), FGIPC Inter-governmental
Open System Solutions (IOSS) Gold Award (1999),
and NASA Space Act award (1999)
10Design and Development Practices
- Design Approach
- Data captured at source during the execution of
process steps - No redundant data entry ensuring better quality
- Robust implementation as requirements are
captured more thoroughly with built-in
iterative design reviews at each process stage - Cross-platform compatibility
- Unique role-based security features
- Allows more flexibility in commitment of program
resources - Portable, flexible, reliable, and scalable
- Incremental implementation of software
components/modules
11Design and Development Practices
- Development Practices
- Object oriented designs that are robust to
changes and easier to maintain - Development based on reusable components
- Extensive use of design patterns
- Use of XML to support exchange of structured data
and documents - Use of CASE tools such as Visual Studio,
IntelliJ, ERWIN, Oracle Designer, PVCS to support
development - Integrated Environment with Real Time Support
- End-to-end processes
- Participation across geographically distributed
sites - Participation across different levels of
management and staff
12Staff Expertise
- Process Areas
- Integrated project management
- Enterprise system architecture design
- Requirements management
- Web-enabled application design, development and
integration - Application service development, hosting, and
delivery - IT security
- Data analysis, modeling and database design
- Data migration and conversion
- Solution Areas
- Business Process Management solutions
- Workflow Management solutions
- Project and Portfolio Management solutions
- Electronic Performance Support solutions
- Customer Relationship Management solutions
- Content Management solutions
- Portal Solutions
- Business Intelligence Analytics solutions
13Customer Checklist Why REI?
Business Drivers
Technical Drivers
- Best Value
- Strong customer focus
- Excellence in technical/cost objectives
- Proven results
- Reduced risk
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Higher productivity per person
- Improved quality / fewer errors
- Open easy to integrate into IT infrastructure
XML service-oriented architecture
standards-based - Latest technologies .NET, BPEL, web services,
Windows Server 2003, J2EE applications diverse
application servers JSP, Servlets, JDBC, EJB
JMS - Oracle SQL Server DB2 RDB, and PC database
systems - SharePoint, Plumtree, Websphere) e-Work,
LiquidOffice, BizFlow Weblogic, iBolt
14Web-based IT Solutions Deployed for Various
Federal Agencies
15REIs Web Enabled Solutions Portfolio
16NASA SBIR/STTR Programs
- Characteristics
- Successfully transformed different processes and
center specific information systems into a single
web based system that is being used by all
participants including procurement staff, program
staff, enterprise representatives and small
businesses - Comprises roughly thirty-five percent of NASAs
new contracts - Development of Electronic Handbooks supported via
operational cost savings without any increase in
program support budget - Results
- Enhanced Quality and effectiveness real-time
tracking of progress, information available at
one place for all to review - Savings in time and cost eliminates delays in
distribution of paper, comprehensive data
analysis and reporting features, auto generation
of debriefs, letters, and forms - 2,866 Phase 1 proposals received and processed in
2003, over 2300 reviewers evaluated proposals
online. More than 500 Phase 1 and Phase 2
contracts were negotiated and administered for a
total award value of approximately 112 million
17NASA SBIR/STTR Programs
- Technologies
- Linux Server Farm, Apache Web Server with SSL
- Oracle Parallel Database Server
- JRUN Application Server, J2EE application
- Customer Feedback
- For any of you that haven't looked or used the
Contract Administration and Closeout system, it
is awesome! This is a giant step to what we need
in becoming even more paperless and having the
ability to really manage the program. Great job,
THANKS! - Jane Fox, NASA JSC Program Manager - Overall, this Handbook is one of the best
designed tools I've run into at NASA. Since my
job is designing and evaluating human interfaces,
I tend to notice little problems and report
them. But the organization and intuitive
interface on this handbook is really a pleasure
to work with. Barbara Woolford, Subtopic
Manager, JSC
18NASA SBIR/STTR Programs
19FEMA - Assistance to Firefighters Program System
- Characteristics
- End to end solution that accepts and processes
applications from fire departments across the
country - Provides support for both external users and FEMA
internal users from the Program, Grants,
Congressional, and Finance Offices - Results
- In use by applicants/grantees and FEMA staff
since 2002 - System supports 58,752 registered users and 153
FEMA administrative users - Received 20,136 electronic applications
requesting 2.47 billion during a period of 5
weeks in FY03 14,800 applications underwent
panel review 8,630 awards were released for a
total of 695 million
20FEMA - Assistance to Firefighters Program System
- Technologies
- Windows 2000 Server Farm, Apache Web Server with
SSL - Oracle Database Server
- Oracle 9iAS Application Server, J2EE application
- Customer Feedback
- This system is producing results that set a very
high bar for other systems not only in FEMA but
also throughout the Federal sector. B.A.
Cowen, Chief FA-FP-GP, FEMA - Thanks! The form worked very well and the
process was very clear and easy to follow. Your
customer support personnel were very friendly and
helpful. You folks have done a great job with the
program! - Ken Dubuc, Assistant Chief/Fire
Marshal, Port Angeles Fire Department
21FEMA - Assistance to Firefighters Program System
22HRSA - Grants Electronic Management System
- Characteristics
- Integrates and coordinates grants administration
across all HRSA programs - Provides support for over 300 different grant
programs and cooperative agreements - Designed to support more than 10, 000 grantees
and 1,500 HRSA employees including simultaneous
login by 1000 users. - Supports XML web service for system to system
interface with FedGrants and also Bureau specific
performance data collection systems - Results
- System successfully handled end of FY 03 peak
loads without any downtime affecting working
schedule - More than 7500 awards processed for a total award
amount of over 3.32 billion since deployment in
July 2003
23HRSA - Grants Electronic Management System
- Technologies
- Windows 2000 Server Farm, IIS Web Server with SSL
- SQL Server Database
- VB, COM, and .NET application
- Customer Feedback
- Although REI is a "Class A" organization and I
am sure all of its employees excel in what they
do, I just don't think HRSA's project would be
where it is today without the oversight and
commitment of Subhash! - Libby Hartnett, COTR,
Office of Information Technology, HRSA - I want to express my thanks to all of you at REI
for your hard work and support to help us
successful conclude the end for FY 2003. OGM had
an exhausting 6 weeks to get there, but we did
get all of the obligations into CORE yesterday by
630 pm - Pamela M. Hilton, Division of Grants
Management Operations, HRSA
24HRSA - Grants Electronic Management System
25DOJ - Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
- Characteristics
- Launched the program nationwide within six months
after congressional appropriations were committed
for this new program - Streamlined the entire process from eligibility
requirements through application submission and
review, and payment request - Results
- Significant reductions achieved in resources
required to process applications and requests for
payment. Real time progress tracking and status
reporting - Enhanced Communications between Program Staff and
Jurisdictions as well as among jurisdictions - In FY2004, over 4,750 jurisdictions registered
from states, territories, municipalities and
tribal governments. Total applications for over
98 million and 180,000 vests were received and
are being processed.
26DOJ - Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
- Technologies
- Linux Server Farm, Apache Web Server with SSL
- Oracle Database Server
- JRUN Application Server, J2EE application
- Customer Feedback
- REI places a high premium on customer service
and satisfaction, and are without equal in terms
of delivering successful technical solutions on
time and within budget- Robert Watkins, BJA
Program Manager, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ - You guys are so good. I cant believe how well
you run this program. Cant we clone you and put
you in some other Government-based programs?-
Randy Willer, Community Policing Officer, Leawood
Police Department
27DOJ - Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
28National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth Science
Technology Office E-Books
- Objectives
- Analysis and design for the ESTO web-based
e-books for NRA life cycle management and
document management - Develop rapid prototypes for the various e-books
for review and feedback from ESTO management
staff - Discuss process and sub-process activities to
capture the system needs, detailing NRA
submission and evaluation processes - Implement initial award administration handbook
covering submission of monthly financial and
bimonthly technical reports - Capture requirements for ESTO Quick Response
System (QRS) proposal submission, evaluation and
reporting for EHB mock-ups
-
- Accomplishments
- Implemented Award Administration e-book based on
iterative design reviews - Designed example mock-ups of the proposal
submission e-book in response to the NRAs - Implemented and deployed proposal submission
e-book for the Instrument Incubator Program
developed after iterative design reviews of the
mock-up screens - Developed award administration e-book for the
Quick Response System and provided on-going
support for uploading progress reports and quad
charts
- Functional Areas
- Requirements analysis to support processes and
sub-processes/NRA life cycle management - Development of example mock-ups (E-Books) and
electronic forms - E-books hosting and deployment and database
design and administration system engineering,
analysis, development, support and training for
online internet-based systems - Online interactive systems
29National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Education Program Data
Collection Evaluation System E-books
- Objectives
- To develop and implement an Internet-based data
collection and reporting system for program
managers and participants online feedback and
analysis - To significantly enhance the collection, analysis
and reporting of a full range of statistics and
performance indicators, including end-of-program
and follow-up data - To enable participants with system tools to
support analysis at several levels - To provide report formssummary, comments and
ad-hocfor program specific data - To enable NASA-wide or field center data analysis
through the generation of rollup reports across
programs
- Accomplishments
- Developed procedures and automated tools to
facilitate addition of new programs, forms, and
reports within an integrated framework - Established system as a vital component of the
NASA Implementation Plan for Education - Integrated new hardware and software technologies
for web-based applications - Enhanced user interface, functionality, online
support, Help Desk support, and on-site training
to facilitate comprehensive agency-wide data
collection, analysis, and reporting
- Functional Areas
- Development phases, including outline, online
mock-up, mock-up review, implementation plan,
schedule and online implementation - Data collection, synthesis, and reporting in
support of the evaluation of NASA Education
programs and products - Fiscal year archiving and transition
- Help Desk functionsboth with and without human
interventionto manage inquiries about the EDCATS
System - Training workshops for NASA Center and
headquarters staff - Data back-up and recovery, security, server
upgrade and maintenance
30Department of Justice
Office
for Domestic Preparedness Online Data Collection
Tool
- Objectives
- To develop user handbooks that will enable first
responders to assess vulnerabilities, threats,
risks, capabilities and needs nationwide - To assist states and territories in collecting
data from local public health personnel - To assist states and territories in prioritizing
jurisdictions for funding and in submitting their
assessments and strategies to the Office of
Domestic Preparedness (ODP) - To allow evaluators to access critical
information in order to develop reports for ODP
data analysis
- Accomplishments
- Customized view and separation of data for all
stakeholders, including state and local first
responders, Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Center for Disease Control (CDC), state
and local public health jurisdictions - Presented large and complex data collection
instruments for all participants in
easy-to-navigate user handbooks - Implemented role-based security by categorizing
users in the database and logically separating
data - Created a practice module that allows users to
familiarize themselves with the handbooks without
requiring them to sign on
- Functional Areas
- Requirements analysis and rapid prototyping of
business processes and data collection
instruments into user handbooks using iterative
design reviews - Development using Java Servlets and Oracle 8i
database as the data repository - Multi-tiered role-based security system enabling
different access views for several categories of
users - Integration with Oracle Discoverer Report Tools
and Prioritization Tools
31Department of Justice Bureau of Justice
Assistance Local Law Enforcement Block Grants
Program EHBs
- Objectives
- To create a user-friendly web-based grant
management system for the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA), using Electronic Handbooks
(EHBs), that will allow online application - To administer LLEBG grants online, including
reviewing and approving awards and requesting
draw downs, effectively eliminating all
paper-based business processes - To innovatively re-engineer current business
processes in order to increase efficiency in the
entire process, ensuring timely and accurate data
collection - To integrate new web technologies and tools that
will further facilitate the process
- Accomplishments
- Developed EHBs for a web-based online system that
will allow a grantee to apply for funding, accept
an award, print the award document and submit a
request for a draw down - Developed a web-based interface for program
administrators, allowing them to approve
applications, make awards and request draw downs
in real time - Created comprehensive reports to track progress
with extensive budget information - Presented complex business logic to users in
simple user handbook format
- Functional Areas
- All programming done using the Oracle Application
Servers PL/SQL cartridge - Database design and development using Oracle
Tools - Continuous enhancements in user functionality and
design - Handbook interface design for all aspects of the
web-based system
32Office of Justice Programs Information Technology
Interactive Online Reference
- Objectives
- To construct a comprehensive portal to the most
current information sites of interest to law
enforcement professionals - To design an easy-to-navigate website that will
facilitate information-sharing between local,
state, and federal law enforcement agencies and
other related interest groups - To create features, such as the calendar and
bulletin board, that enable the OJP IT website to
publicize events, funding sources, and
organizational efforts that facilitate justice
integration and the development of new programs - To provide secure access through role-based
security
- Accomplishments
- Compiled an easy-to-use encyclopedic portal,
indexing local, state, and national justice
integration sources - Created online calendar with links to specific
information on upcoming events - Implemented a bulletin board that offers
participants an open forum for communication and
information-sharing - Provided secure website hosting
- Functional Areas
- Information architecture
- Hosting server and Internet connection
- Application development search engine,
interactive bulletin board and calendar - Website interface design
33Department of the Interior
Screening
Available and Exchange Sales Electronic Handbook
- Objectives
- To develop and implement an Internet-based data
collection and reporting system, facilitating a
paperless property management and disposal
process for the Department of the Interior (DOI),
other participating agencies, and authorized
users - To design online interactive forms that simplify
report production, while increasing accuracy and
eliminating redundant data entry - To facilitate system efficiency through the
immediacy of web-based transmissions and email
notifications - To provide secure access through role-based
security
- Accomplishments
- Created online documents compliant with GSA
reporting format - Designed features that enable multiple reporting
offices within each bureau to enter their
specific report information - Provided secure, role-based access, ensuring
confidentiality of information and accountability
of participants while streamlining procedures for
different types of user - Developed a system documentation manual for
administrators and other users
- Functional Areas
- Business process integration through database
retrieval and role-based forms - Crisis mitigation SAVES acts as a back-up server
for the program - Maintenance, updates, and ongoing system support
- Role-based security
34Community Development Financial Institution Fund
Automated Grants
Management System EHBs
- Objectives
- To analyze the business process and support the
implementation of the Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program using the
Electronic Handbook approach - To develop example handbooks for applicant and
administrator roles under the program - To convert existing paper-based business
processes to paperless electronic processing for
all aspects of the program - To provide secure access through software, such
as role-based security and secure socket layer - To develop a website prototype that will
integrate new web technologies for enhanced user
interface and search capabilities
- Accomplishments
- Developed prototypes for applicant and
administrative handbook - Designed the administrative handbook, including
selection functions for awards and reports - Integrated and deployed application, including
the software components and libraries at REI
facilities - Designed and developed a full-fledged Application
Review Module for the CDE Certification Program - Designed and developed an EHB for the New Markets
Allocation Program
- Functional Areas
- Requirements analysis and rapid prototyping of
process and handbooks - Development, documentation, and testing of
web-based system (Microsoft Windows-2000, IIS,
MS-SQL Server) - Rapid Application and Development (RAD) and
interactive design/code reviews - Database development and administration (MS-SQL
Server) - Hardware/Software configuration and validation
35USDA Programs
- Emergency Response Information System (Asian
Longhorn Beetle Eradication Program), Plant
Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service - Web-based relational database system (Sun V480,
Oracle, Oracle 9iAS, ArcIMS, Java, JRUN and XML) - End-to-end program processes support for data
collection, tracking, quality assurance, and
management - Integrated user interface for federal, state, and
local organizations and representatives - Comprehensive reporting tools/canned reports
including ad-hoc report capability - Integrated graphics capability using ESRI
products for mapping and map generation - Integrated with optional input device (HP IPAQ
5555) for field data collection - Compliance with agency standards including 508
requirements
36USDA Programs
- Inspection and Compliance Access Database System,
Biotechnology Regulatory Services, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service - Stand-alone configuration with Microsoft Access
database (Data migrated from Paradox Database) - Permits management including tracking,
amendments and notifications - Comprehensive data reporting (by crop, applicant,
phenotype, location and gene) for pending, issued
and executed permits - Karnal Bunt Information System, Plant Protection
and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service - Lotus Notes-based (Domino Server Release 5)
emergency response data collection and management
system - Data tracking, updating results of seed and grain
samples including compliance agreements,
certificates and permits - Role-based access with an integrated interface
with National Agriculture Pest Information System - Comprehensive reporting capabilities and reports
viewable via the web-based browsers
37USDA Programs
- Integrated Item Tracking System (Phase II),
Reagents Ordering Shipping System, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service - Web-based system to support the Biological Agents
and Chemical Inventory Process for National
Veterinary Services Laboratory and Center for
Veterinary Biologics - J2EE Development framework with JSPs, Struts,
Servlets and Metastorm e-Work workflow
management system - Reporting capability using Oracle Discoverer Tool
and PLSQL - System will be integrated with Symbol
Technologies Bar Code Scanner PDT 8100
38Contacts
- Contact Information
- Shyam Salona
- salona_at_reisys.com, (703) 480-9100
- Veer Bhartiya
- veer_at_reisys.com, (703) 230-0011
- Scott Fletcher
- sfletcher_at_reisys.com, (703) 480-9100
- Website http//www.reisys.com