FOX offers services in four SINs covered in the GSA MOBIS Federal Supply Schedule, including the following:
874-1:
Consulting Services
874-2: Facilitation Services
874-6: Privatization Support Services and Documentation
(A-76)
874-7: Program Integration and Project Management Services
DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED
SIN 874-1: CONSULTING SERVICES
FOX provides expert advice, assistance, guidance, or counseling in support of agencies’ management, organizational, and business improvement efforts. FOX also provides studies, analyses, and reports documenting any proposed development, consultative, or implementation efforts. Our consultants are content experts with senior-level experience in both operations and consulting, and have been involved in such innovative projects as:
Specifically, our consulting services are focused in these areas:
Strategic Systems Planning
Information system strategies
Analysis of system requirements and specifications
Facilitation of Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
Systems procurement support – RFP development, proposal evaluation
Independent verification and validation (IV&V)
Business Process Improvement
Management Consulting & Strategic Planning
Strategic systems planning
Program development and evaluation
Facilitation
Feasibility studies
Cost-benefit analysis
HIPAA Compliance Solutions
Post-compliance assurance
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Services
FOX performs Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for its clients who are implementing new systems or programs using comprehensive and robust methodologies that help ensure complete, accurate, timely, and cost-effective outcomes. Our internal methodologies are compatible with the IEEE Std 1012-1998 “Standard for Software Verification and Validation.” We have applied our methodology to the development and implementation of Medicaid, managed care, public health, and mental health information systems, including custom-developed systems as well as Commercial Off-the-Shelf Systems (COTS) products.
Our services include the following activities:
Development of an implementation work plan including identification of tasks, start dates, duration, dependencies and resource requirements
Review and validation of system requirements including functionality, interfaces, data model, documentation, testing, operations and maintenance
Review and validation of various system design documents
Review and validation of test plans and results
Review and validation of implementation activities
FOX provides facilitation and related decision support services to agencies engaging in collaborative efforts, working groups, or integrated product, process, or self-directed teams. Examples of our extensive facilitation services include, but are not limited to:
Conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and documenting resulting in automated tools and software (e.g., CASE tools)
Consensus modeling and building
Group voting activities
Assisting in procurement processes
Development of draft and final reports for dissemination
Strategic planning workshops
Logistical meeting/conference support when performing IT consulting services
Evaluation of decision support systems
Facilitation of technical proposal evaluation sessions
Extensive user interviews and workgroup facilitation to establish system requirements Our facilitation services have been used to identify new system requirements, develop new programs, evaluate vendor proposals, and other functions within organizations.
SIN 874-6: PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND DOCUMENTATION (A-76)
FOX provides expert advice, consultation,
assistance, and documentation in support of studies conducted under
privatization or commercial activities, studies, projects, or efforts. Examples
of our privatization support and documentation services include, but are not
limited to:
SIN 874-7: PROGRAM INTEGRATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
FOX provides services in the management, integration, programs, and projects. Our consultants have proven skills and experience that encompasses all elements of the Systems Development Lifecycle including, but not limited to, the following service activities:
Consultants available for this category have demonstrated project management skills with both internal and external project teams and extensive experience in project team management, interacting with client department heads, agency secretaries and officials, and state control agencies.
This service category includes the full range of industry standard project management services including project plan development, using a variety of automated project planning tools (e.g., Microsoft Project and Project Managers Workbench). This service is provided by FOX consultants that possess skills and knowledge of industry accepted current Project Management Methodologies that conform to the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
We have provided this support to internal client as well as “mixed” client and consultant project teams and been able to achieve complex project objectives. Our project managers have been able to manage, lead and motivate these types of project teams successfully.
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