Solving Complexity

“We have a long history of delivering enterprise technology solutions where others have failed.”

Bob Dorsey | Founder

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Our Listen In video series let’s you explore the way we think and work, both strengths central to designing solid options for solving your toughest technology challenges.

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About Us

Check out our deep-rooted values that spell project success for you. Like DNA, they’re building blocks for our work with you and your team, while ensuring an effective solution.

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Innovative Solutions Empowered by Diverse Points of View

 

Listen In on the different perspectives that enable innovative enterprise solutions that best serve our clients’ needs.

 

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Robert Dorsey | Founder

We infuse diverse points of view with our clients’ expertise to design solutions that solve complex technology challenges.

Sam Wooster | Senior Principal Consultant

Well-designed architecture is central to consistently developing and delivering robust, resilient and adaptable solutions. 

Scott Truslow | Senior Principal Consultant

C-suite support is vital to focusing program teams on enterprise-wide goals, building project buy-in, and enhancing work moral.

Mark Lesman | Senior Principal Consultant

In-depth understanding of business needs and requirements is key to a development team’s efficiency and on-time deliverables. 

Tim Cook | Senior Principal Consultant

Design-driven innovation helps simplify solutions, stay on schedule, and streamline work efforts, keeping project costs down.

Innovation demands proficiency in navigating enterprise culture and mastery of technology transformation.

 

Listen In on lessons learned by enabling enterprise transformations while delivering innovative solutions.

 

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About Us | What’s Unique

Risk Management | Embracing Risk

Software Systems | Keeping it Simple
Business Analysis | Essential Facts

Design Thinking | Empowering Minds

Inherent Trust | Trustworthy Teams

Risk Management

Embracing Risk

Risk comes with every complex software system we tackle. Helping a client find and embrace their risk-reality leverages our innovative thinking as a powerful mitigation tool.

Bob Dorsey | Founder

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Keeping it Simple

A complex problem benefits most from a simple solution. Being vendor-neutral, we’ve mastered keeping technology components simple, scalable, and reuseable. That’s our secret to saving you time and money with lasting, efficient solutions. 

Sam Wooster | Senior Principal Consultant

Software Systems

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Essential Facts

The better we decipher essential facts about your business requirements and technology constraints on the front-end, the more we save you on the solution’s back-end.

Mark Lesman | Senior Principal Consultant

Business Analysis 

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Empowering Minds

Enterprise-wide technology programs often face mindsets resistant to change. However, one innovative design idea can change many minds, empowering those seeking the best solution. 

Tim Cook | Senior Principal Consultant

Design Thinking

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Trustworthy Teams

Building trust is core to everything we do, how we work as teams, and foster collaboration with clients, partners, and peers. It’s the DNA driving our decades of solution success.

Scott Truslow | Principal Advisory Consultant

Inherent Trust

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We’re looking for clients who are looking for answers.

Is your team perplexed by problems going unanswered?

Are those problems complicating an enterprise program, bogging down a current project, keeping a new initiative from starting, or negatively impacting day-to-day operations, productivity, and customer satisfaction?

Bob Dorsey | Founder

R.DORSEY+COMPANY delivers IT solutions. We are vendor-neutral and as such we approach each situation with the freedom to create the optimal solution using the best blend of available technology and tools. We are recognized by our clients for innovation, thought leadership, enterprise program management, and transformative engineering solutions that drive growth and efficiency throughout complex enterprise systems.

OUR STORY

While much has changed in the tech-world since our founding nearly 30 years ago, the values that guide us have remained the same. Be curious, inquisitive and inventive. Find smart ways to solve problems. Respect clients like good friends. Work as a helpful, yet humble, expert. Deliver the right solution. These are the values that guide us, frame our relationships, and orient our work.

OUR CLIENTS

We work with the Department of Defense, Fortune 500 companies and selected small and mid-size enterprises. Our most successful clients have a strong internal leader, a clear sense of where and how they’ll improve, and a desire to engage with experts to help them get there.

CONSULTANCY PROFILE

Founded: 1996

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio

Distinction: Best-of-Class vendor on the GSA 8(a) STARS III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

Expertise: Smart Technology Consulting, Executive Thought Leadership, Enterprise Program Management, and Transformative Engineering Solutions

Industries Served: Department of Defense, Utilities, Healthcare, Legal, Financial Services, Insurance, Manufacturing

Notable Clients: US Air Force, US Army, NiSource, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Lexus Nexis, JP Morgan Chase, Nationwide Insurance, Crown Equipment Corporation  

Make The Right Call

We deliver results solving complex problems with innovative technology solutions – it’s what we’re called to do. In fact, that’s why our clients call us in in the first place.

If this kind of calling rings true for you, then let’s explore that more. It’s your call.

Astute. Proven. Trusted.

Decades of Great Work. Strong Reputation for Results.

 

R.DORSEY+COMPANY is a results-driven technology architecture and engineering consultancy. Innovative design solutions earned us our signature SOLVING COMPLEXITY reputation by solving complex enterprise problems, often considered too difficult for other firms.

 

Our high-performance teams have the resolve to solve complex mission critical problems. Those tough chronic issues deeply embedded in the complicated enterprise systems used by commercial and government organizations. In today’s complex world of promising technology solutions, we’re designed to deliver the results you want – tough problems solved. 

 

These client-proven success factors set us apart:

 

•  Technically Superior Talent
•   Lowest Project Cost
•   Lowest Project Risk
•   Proven Track Record
•   Fixed Cost Project Success

Government Services

Capabilities Statement

A Best-in-Class, GSA 8(a) STARS III software architecture and systems engineering IT consultancy delivering agile and innovative enterprise solutions to the government and private sectors for nearly 30-years. A project-proven small business prime contractor with multiyear contracts awarded by the United States Air Force, United States Army, Ohio Attorney General, along with clients such as JPMorgan Chase, NiSource, AEP, Lexis Nexis, CROWN, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

We’re a Best-in-class, 8(a) Stars III, Prime Contractor with Multiyear Contracts

R. DORSEY & COMPANY, INC. provides a unique blend of software architecture and systems engineering expertise backed by our decades of delivering innovative technology solutions.  The firm’s core competencies include agile development, cyber security, cloud computing/migration, transformative technologies, enterprise program leadership, and the operation, sustainment, and enhancement of legacy and enterprise systems. As a trusted solutions partner our depth and breadth of capabilities align with a wide spectrum of DoD’s mission readiness, security requirements, and operational support needs.

What makes us unique:

Enterprise Program Leadership
Software Architecture and Engineering Innovation
Agile Application Development
Cloud Migration and Emerging Technology SME
Legacy Systems Support and Modernization

Contract Vehicles

GSA 8(a) STARS III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

GSA 8(a) STARS III home: https://www.gsa.gov/stars3

GSA 8(a) STARS III Contract Number: 47QTCB22D0397

General Services Administration (GSA)

Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Schedule 70 – Information Technology (IT)

Multiple Award Schedule Contract GS-35F-0180Y

Period Covered: February 2, 2017, through February 1, 2027.

R.DORSEY & COMPANY, Inc. information reference source:

https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/contractor/contractor_detail.do?mapName=/s/search/&contractNumber=GS-35F-0180Y

Government Delivery Ratings

USAF: Excellent in all areas (CPARS on file)

USAF AFRL: Excellent (by reference)

Contact us for client references.

Core Strengths

R. DORSEY & COMPANY, INC. provides a unique blend of software architecture and systems engineering expertise backed by our decades of delivering innovative enterprise technology solutions. The firm’s core competencies include agile development, cyber security, cloud computing/migration, transformative technologies, enterprise program leadership, and the operation, sustainment, and enhancement of legacy and enterprise systems. As a trusted solutions partner our depth and breadth of capabilities align with a wide spectrum of DoD’s mission readiness and security requirements. More…

Technology Differentiators

The Speed of Iterative Development Methods: Agile, Scrum, RUP                                              

Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Edge Computing

Enterprise Program Management, Enterprise Transformation

Solution Architecture and Systems Engineering                                 

Cyber Security via Enterprise Architectural Enhancements

Oracle, Java, BI, Big Data, Fed Ramp

Emerging Technology R&D: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML)

Operation, Enhancement, and Sustainment of Essential Legacy and Enterprise Systems

Company Profile

A Best-in-Class, GSA 8(a) STARS III software architecture and systems engineering IT consultancy delivering agile and innovative enterprise solutions to the government and private sectors for over twenty-six years. A project-proven small business prime contractor with multiyear contracts awarded by the United States Air Force, United States Army, Ohio Attorney General, along with clients such as JPMorgan Chase, NiSource, AEP, Lexis Nexis, CROWN, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Corporate Designations

Founded:             1996

Cage Code:         1TBX3

DUNS:                  958567794

SAM UEI:             GMVDSJ46HEW4

Registration:      C Corporation

GSA 8(a) STARS III – 47QTCB22D0397 (July 1, 2026)

GSA Schedule 70 – GS-35F-0180Y

SBA 8(a) Certification – Woman Owned (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged (EDWOSB) Small Business (February 2024)

SIN Code: 54151S – IT Professional Services

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Past Performance

R. DORSEY & COMPANY, INC. is a results-driven information technology consultancy. We improve complex enterprise systems by designing solutions that deliver distinctly better performance, functionality, scalability, security, and cost savings. Our passion is to transform architectural insights into smartly engineered solutions. We partner with clients to deeply understand problems, anticipate future states, and advance viable solutions that deliver technology results by design. For nearly 30-years we’ve been solving mission critical problems; those tough chronic problems deeply embedded in the complex systems used by government and commercial enterprises alike. In a world of promising technology solutions, we’re committed to delivering the solution results you want – tough problems solved, and mission accomplished. More…

Performance Portfolio

Project: The Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS OBILL ETL)

Client: United States Air Force, AFLCMC/HIK

Project: Automated Project Order (APO)

Client: United States Air Force, AFLCMC/HIBK

Project: Education Training Management System (ETMS)

Client: United States Air Force, HQ AFMC/A1D

Project: Evidence Management Portal (EMP)

Client: United States Army, Criminal Investigations Command (USACIDC)

Solution Requirements and Deliverables

1. Enterprise Transformation and Emerging Technologies
2. Cloud Migration, Cloud Computing
3. Data Lakes, Data Analytics, BI, Edge Computing
4. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
5. Build Trusted Environments
6. Enhanced Readiness with Distributed Workforce Dynamics:
7. Operation, Enhancement, and Sustainment of Essential Legacy and Enterprise Systems

Contact us to explore your options for leveraging legacy systems with emerging technology solutions.

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Case Study Highlights More…

U.S. Air Force, Automated Project Ordering (APO)

U.S. Air Force, Education and Management System (ETMS)

U.S. Army, Evidence Management Portal (EMP)

U.S. Army, Evidence Management Portal (EMP)

The US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) is the chief proponent of a joint services initiative to prototype, develop and pilot the Defense Forensics Material Exchange (DFME). USACIDC partnered with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and the Navy Criminal Investigations Service (NCIS), collectively referred to as Military Criminal Investigative Organizations (MCIO), to sponsor and direct the prototype and pilot of the Evidence Management Portal (EMP) to support DFME program objectives. DORSEY provides IT services to enhance, maintain, and secure the EMP software application. Our support includes, but is not limited to, the design and integration of application upgrades and code modifications deemed necessary to the mission as well as day-to-day operation and maintenance of the EMP system.

 

U.S. Air Force, Automated Project Ordering (APO)

The Automated Project Order (APO) system automates the AFMC Project Order process (AFMC form 181). It establishes Cost Authority (CA) and is used by Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to validate funds availability to obligate Depot Purchased Equipment Maintenance (DPEM) appropriated funds. APO provides financial integrity and ensures work is not accepted at the ALCs unless sufficient budgetary authority and customer funding are available. APO runs with a web service maintained by the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). DORSEY provides enhancements and sustainment for APO. We are responsible for the design, development, test, implementation, and documentation of APO Software Change Requests (SCRs), Baseline Change Requests (BCRs) and Deficiency Reports (DR).

 

U.S. Air Force, Education Training Management System (ETMS)

The Force Development Division, Directorate of Manpower, Personnel, and Services, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), is responsible for the Automated Information Systems (AIS). The major component of AIS is the Education Training Management System (ETMS). DORSEY enhances and maintains ETMS in accordance with the emergent needs of USAF personnel. We provide the personnel to deliver the following services:

 

 • Application Services (define requirements, design & deploy mods, web & server admin)
 • Database Services (requirements definition, database design, management, admin, etc.)
 • Documentation Services (design & maintain help screens & manuals)
 • Training Services (design and conduct user training)
 • Testing Services (design, supervise and document user testing)
 • Systems Management and Administration (monitor, manage and advise)
 • Catalog Services (design, deploy & maintain the ETMS course catalog)
 • Project Management (design, implement and sustain the PM plan)
 • IT Compliance Services (ensure e AF/DoD IT Compliance)
 • Administrative Support (ensure that the USAF executives are fully informed)
 • Help Desk Support (establish, staff, and provide a help desk)
 

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Contract Vehicles

Capabilities Statement

A Best-in-Class, GSA 8(a) STARS III software architecture and systems engineering IT consultancy delivering agile and innovative enterprise solutions to the government and private sectors for nearly 30-years. A project-proven small business prime contractor with multiyear contracts awarded by the United States Air Force, United States Army, Ohio Attorney General, along with clients such as JPMorgan Chase, NiSource, AEP, Lexis Nexis, CROWN, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

We’re a Best-in-class, 8(a) Stars III, Prime Contractor with Multiyear Contracts

GSA 8(a) STARS III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

GSA 8(a) STARS III home: https://www.gsa.gov/stars3

GSA 8(a) STARS III Contract Number: 47QTCB22D0397

 

R.DORSEY & COMPANY, INC. (RD+) is an approved Best-in-Class innovative solutions contractor under the 8(a) STARS III GWAC. This small business set-aside contract vehicle provides flexible access to customized IT solutions and support from RD+ as a SBA certified 8(a) small, disadvantaged business. The STARS III contract has a ceiling of $50 billion, five-year base with one three-year option, and focus on customized IT solutions.

 

Under GSA 8(a) STARS III directed awards allowed for orders up to the 8(a) Competitive Threshold providing buyers with a simplified and shortened acquisition procedure. Task Order Performance can go 5-years beyond Contract ordering end date.

 

 There are no functional areas on STARS III so they should not be referenced, 8(a) STARS III was awarded under NAICS: 541512, Computer Systems Design Services. Requirements that align with other IT services NAICS codes are within the scope of the STARS III GWAC. These NAICS codes include, but are not limited to 541511, 541513, 541519, 518210.

 

DHS has added 8(a) STARS III to its Eagle NextGen Strategic Solutions portfolio. Click here 

[PDF – 297 KB] for more information.

 

Contractor’s STARS III Program Manager:

Robert J. Dorsey, President

(office) 614-486-8900

rjdorsey@dorseyplus.com

 

Dun Number:     958567794

SAM UEI:          GMVDSJ46HEW4

Cage Code:   1TBX3

 

Contract Ordering Period: July 2, 2021, through July 1, 2026, with one three-year option.

STARS 3 Email: stars3@dorseyplus.com

8(a) STARS III: Ordering Processes for Information Technology Solutions for Your Mission Requirements

 

The 8(a) STARS III team has updated the 8(a) STARS III brochure by adding an ordering processes graphic to help acquisition professionals understand how to place sole source and competitive task order awards. The 8(a) STARS III Brochure [PDF – 133 KB] provides a summary of the benefits and features of the contract, as well as links to GSA resources and tools.

General Services Administration (GSA)

Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Schedule 70 – Information Technology (IT)

Multiple Award Schedule Contract GS-35F-0180Y

Period Covered: February 2, 2017, through February 1, 2027.

R.DORSEY & COMPANY, Inc. information reference source:

https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/contractor/contractor_detail.do?mapName=/s/search/&contractNumber=GS-35F-0180Y

Government Delivery Ratings

USAF: Excellent in all areas (CPARS on file)

USAF AFRL: Excellent (by reference)

Contact us for client references.

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