Avanco International News

Avanco Awarded $1.9 Billion Small Business IDIQ Contract by U.S. Air Force

McLean, Virginia, November 30, 2011 – Avanco International, Inc. of McLean, Virginia today announced the award of a Small Business IDIQ contract to the company by the U.S. Air Force to provide Contract Advisory and Assistance Services for the Air Combat Command (ACC) and the Air Force District of Washington. The CAAS IV contract is a worldwide contracting vehicle used throughout the Air Force for technical assistance in the areas of software engineering, logistics, engineering, program, budget, subject matter, scientific, and advisory support. The program has a total ceiling of $4.7 Billion, with the small business competitive contractor pool eligible for $1.9 billion in contract awards.

“Avanco has a firm corporate commitment to the Department of Defense to provide solid and consistent support for our service men and women,” said Steve Vandivier, CEO of Avanco International. “This contract is a wonderful opportunity for Avanco International and our partners L.R. Kimball, Abacus Solutions Group, and CDI Corporation to support the Air Force with quality services at a reasonable cost as our nation draws down our forces overseas and looks for innovative approaches to support changing missions.”

In business since 1982, Avanco is a CMMI Level 2 certified service provider specializing in Department of Defense consulting, Information Technology solutions, systems integration, and training. Avanco is an Oracle Gold partner and has structured business relationships with Actuate and IBM. The company provides full life cycle support including business process reengineering, database design, Business Intelligence design and development, web-based software development, software conversions, database administration, network administration, documentation, training and end user support. Avanco’s staff includes published authors, many of them certified in their field of expertise. The firm was recently awarded the U.S. Army Five Star Certificate of excellence for support of our Avanco Army Reserve and National Guard employees serving deployment tours overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

For more information about Avanco International, call (703) 749-7749, or browse Avanco’s home Page on the Web at www.avanco.com.

Avanco Awarded 16 Month $7.4 Million IDIQ Contract by U.S. Army

McLean, Virginia, May 14, 2010 – Avanco International, Inc. of McLean Virginia was awarded a 16 month $7.4 million IDIQ contract by the U.S. Army to continue to perform Systems Integration and development support for the U.S. Army Enterprise Management Decision Support (EMDS) System. Avanco, a leading Oracle software systems Integrator specializing in Decision Support solutions, will complete the development of the EMDS application to provide Senior Army leaders with a multi-functional decision support tool to support the U.S. Army Force Validation mission. The Business Intelligence application, to be developed for Army G-3/5/7 DAMO-FM, will realize the Army’s goal of developing and providing tools to enhance enterprise-wide situational awareness and decision support for a Common Operating Picture (COP) of Army Force readiness.

“We are very pleased that the Army continues to have confidence in our ability to provide a world class Decision Support tool for the Army Force Validation process and ultimately for our service men and women serving in harms way, “said Steve Vandivier, Avanco CEO. “Integrating multiple Army enterprise data sources into a cohesive EMDS situational awareness tool has been a complex and challenging task since its inception. Avanco is fortunate that we have a lot of bright and talented individuals working on the project that are up to the challenge. We intend to deploy a final EMDS Business Intelligence dashboard that the Army will use strategically for years to come.”

In business since 1982, Avanco is a CMMI Level 2 Certified IT services provider with a Top Secret Facility Security Clearance, specializing in the customization of Oracle products to fit individual customer requirements. As president of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Oracle Professionals, a 1,000 person Oracle User Group based in the Washington D.C. area and serving Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C., Mr. Vandivier is very focused on fostering an academic team oriented environment within the company. Avanco’s consultants and sales personnel are highly technical and understand the leading-edge approaches required to solve customer business problems. The company supports Business Intelligence activities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Army, Fairfax County Public Schools, multiple counties in the State of Pennsylvania, and for commercial entities in the insurance and medical field. Avanco provides full life cycle support including business process analysis, database design, Business Intelligence design and development, web-based software development, software and database conversions, database administration, Internet services, network administration, documentation, training and end user support. Avanco’s staff includes Oracle developers and published authors, many of them certified as Oracle DBA’s and Developers.

As a DoD Services vendor, Avanco was recently awarded the U.S. Army Five Star Certificate for excellence in our support of our Avanco Army Reserve and National Guard employees that are currently serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Carnegie Mellon University Rating Validates Avanco Best Practices for Systems and Software Development

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 21, 2009 -- Avanco International, Inc. today announced that it has achieved the Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration(R) for Development (CMMI-DEV) Level 2 rating. This rating for benchmarking commercial and defense industry best practices and mature processes for systems engineering and software design and development was applied to Avanco’s U.S. Army Enterprise Management Decision Support (EMDS) project. The repeatable processes developed for the EMDS effort reduce risk, manage cost, improve technical delivery, and support rapid development, and demanding task schedules.

The comprehensive appraisal assessed systems engineering and integration, software development, and maintenance disciplines within the EMDS project. “This is the first in a series of steps our company intends to take towards ensuring that we follow rigorous, adaptable, and repeatable processes to ensure the success of our client’s technical projects,” said Avanco International CEO, Steve Vandivier. “Achieving quality results and a high rate of return is the instant benefit our clients receive when we apply CMMI best practices to our customer’s system development requirements.” The Level 2 rating was earned using the Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI(SM)). Avanco’s appraisal was led by an SEI-authorized lead appraiser and included review of seven process areas that Avanco manages for its’ U.S. Army EMDS development effort.

"Achieving this CMMI Level 2 rating positions Avanco to institutionalize the same methods that we have utilized for the Army on all of our projects and it is a testament to our corporate commitment to providing superior services and solutions to our clients,” said EMDS Program Manager, Manish Khera.

About Avanco International Inc:

Avanco International, Inc. is a small business, based in McLean, Virginia with offices in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We provide full life cycle support including business process analysis, Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse development, database design, SOA implementation and development, web-based software design and development, software and database conversion, database administration, Java development, network administration, documentation, training and end user support. Visit www.avanco.com for additional information.

Avanco Awarded $1.4 Million Army Corps of Engineers Logistics Management Contract

McLean, Virginia, November 4, 2009 - Avanco International. Inc., a leading small business information technology company located in McLean, VA, today announced the award of a new two year Information Technology Support Services contract with the Army Corps of Engineers to support the Automated Personal Property Management System (APPMS) and the USACE Vehicle Information Management System (VIMS). Avanco will provide lifecycle software development services and Logistics Management support to the Corps of Engineers worldwide utilizing Oracle-based products for these two mission critical property management systems. Avanco has supported the US Army Corps of Engineers Logistics Management Division with technical consulting services since 1997.

“We are very pleased to continue our long association with the Army Corps of Engineers and to provide support for the complex and important Logistics Management missions that the Corps is conducting worldwide", said Steve Vandivier, CEO of Avanco International, Inc. "We take pride in our daily support of Corps of Engineers missions everywhere and we are particularly proud of what we have accomplished during emergency situations that included immediate stand up of Logistics functions for Corps missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. We have a very dedicated staff that understands the Corps of Engineers and always finds innovative solutions to complex technical and operational problems."

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Avanco Awarded $4.5 Million Federal Election Commission Sub-Contract

McLean, Virginia, February 4, 2009 - Avanco International a leading small business information technology company located in McLean VA today announced the award of a new 5 Year Information Technology Support Services contract with the Federal Election Commission valued at 4.5 Million. As a subcontractor to Advanced Technology Systems Corporation, Avanco will provide lifecycle software development services utilizing Oracle Workflow, Oracle Developer , and BPEL for several mission critical FEC Systems. These systems are crucial to accomplishing the FEC mission which is to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)- the statue which governs the financing of federal elections by disclosing campaign finance information, enforcing the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions and overseeing the public funding of Presidential elections.

“We are very pleased to provide Oracle support for this very important federal oversight mission that governs our campaign contribution process and to continue our close association with ATSC”, said Steve Vandivier, CEO of Avanco International. Inc. Avanco provides full life cycle support including business process analysis, database design, SOA development, web-based software design and development, software and database conversion, database administration, Java development, network administration, documentation, training and end user support. Avanco’s staff includes Oracle developers and published authors, many of them certified as Oracle DBA’s and Developers.

About Avanco International Inc:

Avanco International, Inc. is a premier technology solutions provider with over 20 years of experience serving our clients in government and commercial organizations. We look forward to providing our creativity, expertise and experience in helping our client's achieve real and sustainable improvements in their organizations and their results. Visit www.avanco.com for additional information.

Avanco Supports Pennsylvania Counties with Hosted Business Intelligence Portal Services

August 2008 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Avanco International provides business intelligence portal services to support Pennsylvania counties that are hosted at our Harrisburg, Pennsylvania offices. These services enable to counties and their employees to focus their efforts on supporting their citizens while Avanco International provides the economical and efficient access to their data.

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