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Two major initiatives, focused on overhauling the government's temporary duty travel processes and the government charge card program, are illustrative of the assistance HYJEK & FIX, INC. provides to its clients in the privatization and out-sourcing area.
With three million employees and $3.5 billion per year in travel charges, the Department of Defense (DOD) is the country's largest single consumer of travel and related services. In the mid-1990s DOD embarked on a series of actions to out-source the development and implementation of a new travel management program. The program, known as the Defense Travel System (DTS), was designed to be supported by a combination of commercial off-the-shelf software and a co-developed system for incorporating the full spectrum of travel management services, to include the related financial transaction recording data and disbursement of funds. DTS is a paperless travel system that is estimated to save the government approximately $500 million per year.
The DTS Team currently consists of three major contractors: one of the country's largest systems integrators; a world-wide travel service provider; and a firm noted for its expertise in developing state-of-the-art travel and expense reporting software systems. They were selected to receive this eight-year, $267 million contract in May 1998. HYJEK & FIX, INC. has been involved with the DTS industrial team members in making this program a reality.
Another major government initiative involved the implementation of a government credit card program for all federal agency travel, procurement, and fleet transactions. This program is known as the GSA Smartpay program and involves a number of major banks and commercial credit card companies. HYJEK & FIX, INC. worked closely with nationally-known credit card companies and a major national banking entity in implementing this program with the largest federal agency, the Defense Department.
Specific tasks performed by HYJEK & FIX, INC. in support of these privatization initiatives included:
Analysis: The firm analyzed the government's Statement of Work and the responding bid to ensure comprehensive and effective compliance by the prime contractor.
Program Management: HYJEK & FIX, INC. developed program management tools to ensure the timely implementation of all required tasks by the bidders.
Training Support: The company recommended appropriate resourcing and programs of instruction for required training to include "train-the-trainer" taskings.
Coordination: The firm ensured there was constant and effective coordination between the client and the DOD customers to ensure the contractor's solutions complied with the government's desire and that the federal customer was fully satisfied with the solution for which it had contracted. The firm also ensured the clients kept their Congressional advocates fully informed as to the status of the programs to ensure continued program funding and policy support.
HYJEK & FIX, INC. looks forward to discussing with you how your company can offer management solutions and "commercial-off-the-shelf" products and services to both the Congress and the federal departments and agencies. This "win-win" scenario will provide new markets for your products and services while providing the government with cost-effective alternatives.
