CONCEPT SOLUTIONS ADVANCES TO CMMI® V2.0 MATURITY LEVEL 3: A TESTAMENT TO CONTINUOUS EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES

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We’re excited to announce that Concept Solutions, LLC (CS) has successfully renewed and upgraded to the enhanced Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® v2.0 Maturity Level 3 for Development. This is our fifth CMMI maturity level accomplishment—a testament to our unwavering dedication to upholding and exceeding industry standards of quality and excellence.

Phong Mai, President and CEO of Concept Solutions, had this to say about the achievement, “Our upgrade to CMMI v2.0 Level 3 marks a significant milestone for Concept Solutions. It underscores our unwavering commitment to providing consistent, high-quality services to our Federal customers. By aligning ourselves with the highest standards of operational excellence, we ensure that we are well-equipped to tackle the complex, evolving challenges our clients face. This achievement is a testament to the tireless work of our team and our relentless pursuit of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.”

The transition to CMMI® v2.0 enhances the rigorous criteria of its predecessor, offering a sharp focus on vital business capabilities, performance optimization, and organizational resilience. It introduces refined practices that foster improved process repeatability and superior performance.

**About CMMI Institute**

The CMMI® Institute, a subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, is dedicated to boosting organizational performance through best-in-class solutions to meet real-world challenges. It is home to the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Development, Services, and Acquisition, the People Capability Maturity Model, and the Data Management Maturity Model (DMM)SM. These performance enhancement models foster high-performance, high-maturity cultures and are used by thousands of organizations globally to drive business results that distinguish them in the international market.

Concept Solutions Renews ISO Certifications

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Reston, Va. — August 25, 2022, — Concept Solutions, LLC continues our commitment to quality, IT service, and information security management processes with a successful Integrated Management System (IMS) certification based on the following values from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 (IT Service Management) and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information Security).

ISO 9001 is a set of standards for quality management systems based on principles such as strong customer focus, support and involvement from top management, continuous improvement for process maturity, and a foundation for risk management.

ISO/IEC 20000-1 is a service management system (SMS) standard that specifies requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain, and improve an SMS.

ISO/IEC 27000 is a family of standards that helps organizations keep information assets secure. Using these standards help organizations manage the security of assets such as customer data, financial information, intellectual property, employee details, and information entrusted by third parties.

About ISO and IEC

ISO is the world’s largest independent standards-setting organization, having promoted more than 21,000 standards serving almost all aspects of technology and business worldwide. Learn more at: https://www.iso.org/home.html/

IEC is an international organization that prepares standards for electrical, electronic, and related technologies. Learn more at: https://www.iec.ch/

In 1987, the two formed the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) to develop worldwide information and communication technology standards for business and consumer applications. Learn more at:  https://www.iso.org/isoiec-jtc-1.html/

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a management, systems engineering, and information technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe in the areas of Aerospace, Space, Defense, and Homeland Security.

CONCEPT SOLUTIONS WINS FAA SETIS IDIQ AWARD

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Reston, Va. — October 24, 2022, — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Concept Solutions, LLC (CS) the Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions (SETIS), which is a $2.27 billion shared ceiling, ten-year, indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery (IDIQ), multiple-award contract.

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SETIS replaces the FAA’s SE2020 and SE2025 contract portfolios. With 11 current awards across the large and small business tracks, CS is one of the few non-incumbent awardees. This vehicle will support the FAA in further transforming the National Airspace System (NAS) through the implementation of NextGen and related programs. CS will lead a team of small and large business partners to provide a broad range of research/service analysis and innovative systems engineering support services.

About the award, Jason Cunha, Vice President, Aerospace Division stated, “Concept Solutions is humbled and honored that the FAA has entrusted our SETIS team to help further their vision and deliver sustained value across a broad range of capabilities, with both innovation and safety as key tenets. This is an exciting time for our evolving airspace system and the people, engineering, and technology driving it forward. Our team is ready to deliver on SETIS.”

As technology is being continuously developed in new ways, the capabilities that our team brings to the SETIS contract blend innovation and modern technology practices to deliver better solutions that are more safe, usable, and secure for the FAA. Our approach provides transparent leadership and guidance, innovation, and best practices with the primary goal of developing and delivering operational excellence.

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a management, systems engineering, and information technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe in the areas of Aerospace, Space, Defense, and Homeland Security. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

CONCEPT SOLUTIONS, LLC ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, BILL WRIGHT

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Reston, VA – October 13, 2021 – Concept Solutions, LLC (CS) announces the hiring of industry technology veteran, Bill Wright, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mr. Wright will support strategic growth initiatives, as well as help guide our technology approach and innovation for CS. Mr. Wright has over 25 years of information technology experience, across roles expanding software development, task leadership, project management, Technical Director, small business Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Solution Architect. Additionally, Mike Shields, who has served as our CTO since 2005, will be transitioning his leadership role to Chief Software Engineer.

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Prior to joining Concept Solutions, Mr. Wright held the position of Senior Director, Principal Solutions Architect at 1901 Group where he supported program and corporate level capture and proposal activities and provided technical support to projects advancing into new areas. He also previously worked as both Program Manager and Technical Director at SRA International.

Before starting CS, our own COO & Executive VP, John Krahulec worked with Mr. Wright at SRA International approximately 23 years ago. Upon his hiring, Mr. Krahulec stated, “Even after all this time, I still remember his impressive technical prowess and I’m excited by the opportunity to work with him again; he will be a great addition to the CS team.”

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Human Factors Option from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, and Commerce. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through advanced software development, systems engineering, and management. Our business conforms to CMMI-DEV ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

Concept Solutions WINS 2021 ATCA Annual Outstanding Achievement Award for Small Business

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Reston, VA. — September 27, 2021 — The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) has awarded Concept Solutions, LLC (CS) with the 2021 Small Business Outstanding Achievement Award. Our Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Command and Control Communications (C3) Emergency Operations Network (EON) Team was selected for demonstrating outstanding achievement and contribution, which has added to the quality, safety, or efficiency of air traffic control.

“Concept Solutions is extremely proud to be recognized by the Air Traffic Control Association,” said Phong Mai, Concept Solutions’ President and CEO. “We strive to provide our clients with the safest, most efficient, and highest quality solutions, and this award reflects the hard work from all of our staff to successfully meet our clients’ needs.”

As the spread of COVID-19 proliferated throughout the United States in late April 2020, FAA leadership had a critical need for a system with scoped COVID-19 case data to support the FAA’s operations and transparent decision-making. CS played a key role in recognizing the urgency and criticality of the Administrator’s directive. The technical expertise and contributions of our EON Team was key in successfully developing the COVID-19 Operations Dashboard in just 48 hours and, subsequently, maintaining availability to FAA leadership and employees throughout the pandemic.

The Dashboard continues to play a critical role in the effectiveness and transparency of FAA decision-making throughout the pandemic. The FAA COVID-19 Incident Management Team and the Office of Aerospace Medicine rely almost exclusively on the dashboard when making critical travel and Recovery Phasing recommendations to senior agency leaders.

ATCA award recipients will be honored at the ATCA Annual Conference & Exposition on Tuesday February 8th, 2022. Learn more about the ATCA Awards Program at: https://www.atca.org/atca-awards-program

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, and Commerce. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through advanced software development, systems engineering, and management. Our business conforms to CMMI-DEV ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

CONCEPT SOLUTIONS RENEWS ISO CERTIFICATIONS

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Reston, Va. — September 8, 2021, — Concept Solutions, LLC has reaffirmed its commitment to quality, IT service, and information security management processes with a successful Integrated Management System (IMS) certification based on the following standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 (IT Service Management) and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information Security).

These standards are based on principles that inform our solutions and drive our approach using our quality tools, procedures, and expertise. This includes a strong customer focus, the motivation and involvement of top management, our process approach, and continual improvement. These principles help ensure that our customers get consistent, good-quality products and services, which, in turn, brings many business benefits. “The ISO certification is a significant milestone in Concept Solutions’ ongoing pursuit of high quality and customer satisfaction through continual process improvement,” said Phong Mai, CEO.

ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for quality management systems and is based on principles including a strong customer focus, the support and involvement from top management, the continuous improvement approach for process maturity, and a foundation for risk management. ISO/IEC 20000-1 is a service management system (SMS) standard that specifies requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain, and improve an SMS. ISO/IEC 27000 is a family of standards that helps organizations keep information assets secure. Using these standards will help an organization manage the security of assets such as customer data, financial information, intellectual property, employee details, or information entrusted by third parties.

About ISO and IEC

ISO is the world’s largest independent standards-setting organization, having promoted more than 21,000 standards serving almost all aspects of technology and business worldwide. Learn more at: https://www.iso.org/home.html/

IEC is an international organization that prepares standards for electrical, electronic, and related technologies. https://www.iec.ch/

In 1987, the two formed the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) to develop worldwide information and communication technology standards for business and consumer applications. Learn more at:  https://www.iso.org/isoiec-jtc-1.html/

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, and Commerce. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through advanced software development, systems engineering, and management. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

SETSS IDIQ Award

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Reston, Va. — February 22, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded Concept Solutions, LLC (CS) a systems engineering and technical support services contract with a focus on integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS).

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Under the terms of the $33 million, five-year, indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery (IDIQ), single award contract, CS will lead a team of small and large business partners in helping the FAA Air Traffic Organization’s (ATO) Mission Support Services (AJV) Strategy Directorate (AJV-S) mature concepts and requirements to advance the state of UAS integration in the NAS and enable a range of envisioned use cases including but not limited to: linear infrastructure inspection, agricultural surveillance, small package delivery, on-airport surface inspection, Class A airspace operations, and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) passenger operations.

To achieve these goals, CS will support AJV-S with identifying and confirming NAS system and service enhancements necessary to enable routine UAS operations in the NAS by conducting operational needs assessments; concept exploration, development, and verification; and requirements continuity efforts. CS will mature concepts associated with the adaptation of existing and planned enabling systems, decision support tools, and services; identify corresponding operations, functions, and performance requirements for the concepts; reduce technical risk, quantify benefits, support alternatives development, and identify safety concerns; and arrive at and evaluate program-specific operational shortfalls and proposed solutions addressing those shortfalls. Task activities will include detailed, structured technical analyses of the solution areas to evolve concepts and requirements while ensuring traceability to validated air traffic-related operational needs, as well as prepare for formal acquisition milestones for systems and services necessary to support UAS integration.

“We are proud to continue to leverage our engineering and technology expertise to provide the FAA ATO’s Strategy Directorate with world-class expertise focused on bridging the gap between emerging operational needs and concepts with future air traffic changes,” said Jason Cunha, CS’ aerospace division vice president.

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Northern Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense and Homeland Security. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through information technology, systems engineering and management. Our business conforms to Agile, Scrum, CMMI ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000-1 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

ABMS IDIQ Award

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Reston, Va. — January 14, 2021 — Concept Solutions, LLC has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This contract is part of a multiple award multi-level security effort to provide development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum) in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms.

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Phong Mai, President and CEO said, “Concept Solutions is excited to win a contract to support the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). This expands our DevSecOps CI/CD services and fits into our U.S. Air Force portfolio along with supporting the Kessel Run software factory.”

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Northern Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, Finance and Weather. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through information technology, engineering and management. Our business conforms to Agile, Scrum, CMMI ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000-1 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

Concept Solutions Renews ISO Certifications

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Reston, Va. — November 3, 2020 — Concept Solutions, LLC has reaffirmed its commitment to quality, IT service and information security management processes with a successful Integrated Management System (IMS) certification based on the following standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013.

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ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for quality management systems and is based on principles including a strong customer focus, the support and involvement from top management, the continuous improvement approach for process maturity and a foundation for risk management. Using ISO 9001:2015 ensures that customers receive consistent, high-quality products and services, which in turn brings many business benefits. CS passed its ISO 9001:2015 Triennial Audit on Aug. 12, proving its continued adherence to ISO standards since initial certification in August 2017.

ISO/IEC 20000-1 is a service management system (SMS) standard that specifies requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve an SMS. The requirements include the design, transition, delivery and improvement of services to fulfil agreed service requirements. By passing its ISO/IEC 20000-1 Upgrade Audit on Aug. 13, CS has certified to the latest ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 standard, which saw the revision of two guidance documents in the series and publication of another since the previous 2011 standard.

ISO/IEC 27000 is a family of standards that helps organizations keep information assets secure. Using these standards will help an organization manage the security of assets such as customer data, financial information, intellectual property, employee details or information entrusted by third parties. ISO/IEC 27001 is the best-known standard in the family, providing requirements for an information security management system (ISMS) based on a continuous risk management framework. Passing its ISO/IEC 27001 Surveillance Audit on Aug. 13 verifies that CS is continuing to uphold its ISMS requirements.

About ISO and IEC

ISO is the world’s largest independent standards-setting organization, having promoted more than 21,000 standards serving almost all aspects of technology and business worldwide. Learn more at: https://www.iso.org/home.html/

IEC is an international organization that prepares standards for electrical, electronic and related technologies. https://www.iec.ch/

In 1987, the two formed the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) to develop worldwide information and communication technology standards for business and consumer applications. Learn more at:  https://www.iso.org/isoiec-jtc-1.html/

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Northern Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, Finance and Weather. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through information technology, engineering and management. Our business conforms to Agile, Scrum, CMMI ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000-1 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

Concept Solutions Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3

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Reston, Va. — September 9, 2020 — Concept Solutions, LLC today announced that it has been appraised at maturity level 3 for the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Development. The appraisal was performed by Norman Hammock of A1 Independent Consulting. The first appraisal for maturity level 2 was achieved in October 2009. Then in January of 2012, the company continued its process improvement strategy with an appraisal and rating at maturity level 3. This latest appraisal marks the 5th time Concept Solutions has acquired a CMMI maturity level rating and clearly demonstrates the company’s focus and dedication to its quality program.

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Phong Mai, President and CEO stated, “Concept Solutions, LLC is a proud partner of the CMMI Institute. We have been using CMMI to help elevate performance for 10 years and have seen the value of the models to deliver measurable results for our clients as well as our own internal processes. We look forward to working with the CMMI Institute to extend the reach of the CMMI frameworks to enable our team and our customers to reach their goals.”

CMMI is a capability improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve their performance.

An appraisal at maturity level 3 indicates the organization is performing at a “defined” level. At this level, processes are well characterized and understood, and are described in standards, procedures, tools and methods. The organization’s set of standard processes, which is the basis for maturity level 3, is established and improved over time.

About CMMI Institute

CMMI Institute (https://cmmiinstitute.com/) is the global leader in the advancement of best practices in people process, and technology. CMMI Institute’s promise is to inspire cultures of continuous improvement that elevate performance and create sustainable competitive advantage.

CMMI Institute offers market-driven solutions that provide insights for baselining and optimizing key organizational capabilities, cybermaturity and data assets to elevate business performance. For over 25 years, thousands of high-performing organizations in a variety of industries, including aerospace, finance, healthcare, information technology, software, defense, transportation and telecommunications have achieved sustainable business success through adopting the CMMI and proved they are capable business partners and suppliers. To learn more about how CMMI can help your organization elevate performance, visit https://cmmiinstitute.com/.

About Concept Solutions, LLC

Founded in 1999, Concept Solutions, LLC, headquartered in Northern Virginia, is a management and technology consulting company committed to providing strategic solutions enabling organizations to operate more efficiently. At Concept Solutions, we create and support Mission-Critical solutions that keep our country safe, in the areas of Aerospace, Defense, Law Enforcement, Finance and Weather. We are experts in delivering innovative solutions through information technology, engineering and management. Our business conforms to Agile, Scrum, CMMI ML3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000-1 quality standards. Learn more at: https://www.concept-solutions.com/

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