QSS earned the distinction of being the only new large business to be awarded the Total Information Processing Support Services-III (TIPSS-3) contract. Moreover, QSS won in all three principal areas, as listed below. QSS and our team members provide customers with complete solutions and a single point of contact across all areas of the TIPSS-3 scope. This provides our customers with the means to reach new levels of capability, efficiency and competitiveness.

TIPSS-3 is a Multiple Agency Contract (MAC) that is available to the IRS, Department of the Treasury, Treasury Bureaus and other federal agencies to acquire a wide array of IT and related services. It has a 5-year period of performance through 2010, a $3 billion ceiling, and entails no user fees for the Department of Treasury and its Agencies. TIPSS-3 may be used to fulfill short- and long-term requirements in the following functional areas:

Information Support Services (ISS)
• Systems Design, Development, Implementation, and Customization
• Database Design, Development, Implementation, and Customization
• Requirements Analysis Support
• Web-Site Development and Support
• Optimization Support
• Software Engineering and Integration Support
• System Integration and Integration Testing Support
• Object Oriented Methodology, Analysis, Design and Programming Support
• Configuration Management
• System Administration
• Office Automation Support/Help Desk Support
• Operations Management Support
• Installation Support
• Computer Operations
• Personal Computer (PC) Technical Support
• Technical Support
• Hardware Support
• Security Planning and Analysis Support
• Analytical Support (Network Traffic and Trend Analysis)
• System Design, Development, Implementation, Customization,
   and Maintenance
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Support
• Telecommunications Software Development Support
• Voice Mail Support (Support and Development)
• Voice Recognition Systems Support
• Interactive Voice Systems (Development and Support)
• Local Area Network Design
• Telecommunication Systems/Software Testing
• Engineering and Integration Support
• Local Area/Intranet Design Support
• Internet Support
• Call Center Support

Strategic Business Services (SBS)
• Work System Design and Implementation
• Independent Validation and Verification Support
• Technical Support for the Disabled
• Configuration Management Support
• Metrics Support, Including Quality Measures and Functional Point Analysis
• Workload Analysis and Concept of Operation Support
• Project Evaluation Support
• Change Management and Transition Management Support
• Business Process Re-Engineering Support
• Project Management Support
• Automated Tracking and Evaluation Tools Support
• Process Analysis Support
• Work System Design and Usability Labs Support
• Performance Engineering
• Quality Management
• Risk and Threat Analysis
• Privacy Planning and Analysis Support
• Disaster Recovery, Continuity of Operation and Contingency Planning
• Relocation, Installation and other Hardware Related Support

System Security Services (SSS)
• Computer Security Awareness and Training
• Computer Security Incident Response
• Computer Security Planning
• Crypto Systems
• Digital Signatures
• Disaster Recovery, Continuity of Operations, and Contingency Planning
• Hot-site and Cold-site Support Services including Hardware and Software
• Independent Verification and Validation
• Mainframe Automated Information Security Support
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Quantitative Risk Analysis of Large Sensitive Systems
• Security Certification and Accreditation
• Security for Small Systems, Telecommunications, and Client Service
• Software/Hardware Maintenance and /or Licensing
• Systems Vulnerability Analysis/Assessment and Risk Assessment

For more information about the TIPSS-3, please contact our TIPSS-3 Program Manager at TIPSS-3@QSSGroupInc.com.