Prosidian Consulting Awarded A Navy Seaport Enhanced (Seaport-E) Prime Contract

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - April 9, 2015 - PRLog -- ProSidian has been awarded a Navy SeaPort-e Prime Contract.  This is a Navy SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) Multiple Award Contract (N00178-15-D-8378) issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center.  SeaPort-e provides a standardized means of soliciting, awarding, and managing offers among a group of pre-selected businesses.

The Navy awarded this indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract to contractors like Prosidian (www.Prosidian.com) that will provide for their competition for service requirements in support of 22 Functional Service Areas for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Strategic Systems Programs, Office of Naval Research, and the Marine Corps.  The contracting activity is the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va.  The government estimates a maximum of $5.3 billion of services will be procured per year via orders issued under the SeaPort-e Multiple Award Contracts.

"This award strengthens our competitive positioning, broadens ProSidian's service capabilities across 22 Functional Service Areas and reinforces our capabilities to serve Private Companies, Fortune 1,000 Enterprises, and Government Agencies of all sizes." stated Adrian Woolcock, Managing Principal of ProSidian.

The 22 Functional Service Areas within the scope of the contracts include: 1) research and development support; 2) engineering system engineering and process engineering support; 3) modeling, simulation, stimulation and analysis support; 4) prototyping, pre-production, model-making and fabric support; 5) system design documentation and technical data support; 6) software engineering, development, programming and network support; 7) reliability, maintainability and availability support; 8) human factors, performance and usability engineering support; 9) system safety engineering support; 10) configuration management support; 11) quality assurance support; 12) information system development, information assurance and information technology support; 13) ship inactivation and disposal support; 14) interoperability, test and evaluation, trials support; 15) measurement facilities, range and instrumentation support; 16) acquisition logistics support; 17) supply and provisioning support; 18) training support; 19) in-service engineering, fleet introduction, installation and checkout support; 20) program support; 21) functional and administrative support; and 22) public affairs and multimedia support.

The Seaport-e divides its service areas into Seven (7) Geographic / Regional Zones, of which Prosidian has been selected based on a physical presence in all Seven (7) Regional Zones.  Task orders will be competed based upon the principal place of performance.  As a contractor on the Seaport-e, Prosidian would provide the management, supervision, manpower, and supplies necessary to provide quality and value-driven services in Sixteen (16) of the Twenty-Two (22) Functional Areas.  These contracts were competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, and awards contain provisions to set aside requirements for Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, The 8(A) Business Development Program, and Historically Under-Utilized Business Zone Small Businesses.  Contract funds will be obligated at the time of task order award and, multiple funding types with varying expiration dates may be used, consistent with the purpose for which the funds were appropriated.

Through a rigorous vetting process, Prosidian was selected by ProSidian as an ideal partner for The Naval Surface Warfare Center affiliated entities based on our reputation and track record of success.  ProSidian operates in the Tier 2 and Tier 3 category for Advisory, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting (NAICS 541611).  Launched by former Big 4 Management Consultants; our multidisciplinary teams bring together the talents of nearly 190 professionals nationally to complete a wide variety of engagements for Private Companies, Fortune 1,000 Enterprises, and Government Agencies of all sizes.

ProSidian's Industry Leading Partners (including Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS), V1 Analytical Solutions, Intrinsic Technologies Consulting, LLC, DNV GL (KEMA), and COMNet Group, Inc.) ensure expertise across Sixteen (16) of the Twenty-Two (22) Functional Areas.  ProSidian employs an on-demand business model—a flexible, results-driven approach anchored in industry best practices, tailored to your business needs that combines the subject matter expertise of Engagement Teams with the project management and quality oversight of our principals and practice leaders.

Procurements on SeaPort-e are streamlined; SeaPort-e Clients decide what the procurement timeline will be, and most favored companies generally can respond to quick, 10 day or less RFP response times.  SeaPort-e Clients do not have to create standard contract clauses, terms and conditions, or solicitation data such as Section K (Reps & Certs) because these contract items are covered by the all-encompassing SeaPort-e contract.  SeaPort-e procurements occur electronically through a single NAVSEA portal.ProSidian SeaPort-e's Program Office is the only authorized ProSidian Seller, and therefore all Navy Seaport-E Enhanced proposals are submitted through The ProSidian SeaPort-e PMO.

The Prosidian (www.ProSidian.com) Navy SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) Prime Multiple Award Contract (N00178-15-D-8378) begins on Start Date: 04.05.2015 and ends on End Date: 04.04.2019 when the contracts become up for review.  Learn more about Navy SeaPort SeaPort-e at www.seaport.navy.mil/.  This accomplishment will enhance The Growth Opportunity for Prosidian to create sustainable advantage and serve as a Key Success Factor by building an engagement ecosystem that 1) develops and maintains a sustainable government client base (60% share of our intended target market), 2) grows a strategic presence in other market areas (Texas, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Virginia), 3) increases service contracts for clients in the private sector (35% share of our intended target market) and other applicable sectors (i.e.  Non-Profit -5% share of our intended target market).