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OCS NAMES 2005 OUTSTANDING
HHS Know Net Small Business Site
www.knownet.hhs.gov/ CONTRACTOR
smallbus LCG, Inc. Saves Federal Agency $1.3 Million
Federal Business Opportunities
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Community Ser-
www.fedbizopps.gov
vices (OCS) awarded its 2005 Outstanding Contractor Award to Laurel Consult-
General Services Administration ing Group, Inc. (LCG) of Laurel, MD.
www.gsa.gov
OCS selected LCG from a pool of 17 other government contractors nominated
SBA Government Contracting and for the award. Previous winners include Booz Allen, Stanley Associates, and
Business Development BAE System.
www.sba.gov/gcbd/
LCG used new technologies and innovative foresight to re-engineer the 2005
Small Business Administration Office of Community Services’ discretionary competitive grant review process.
www.sbaonline.sba.gov This led to an annual savings of $1.3 million for ACF, helping it address the
operational efficiency goals of the President’s Management Agenda.
Central Contractor Registration
www.ccr.gov
Government Blue Pages Online
Directory
www.usbluepages.gov
Excluded Parties List System
epls.arnet.gov
Women-Owned Businesses
Links:
National Association of
“The award has served as a validation of LCG’s value-added service to our
Women Business Owners
customers, in this case OCS. Our employees are pumped,” said LCG President
www.nawbo.org
and CEO Conrad Kenley.
Small Business Administration:
Contract Assistance for Women ACF is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Business Owners It funds state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family
www.sba.gov/GC/ assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and
indexprograms-cawbo.html other programs relating to children and families. Actual services are provided
by state, county, city, tribal governments, and private local agencies. ACF
Women's Business Center, Inc. assists these organizations through funding, policy direction, and information
www.womensbusinesscenter.org services.
Women Impacting Public Policy LCG streamlined the process to review funding grants through its Grants
www.wipp.org Application Management and Evaluation System (GAMES) technology. LCG
eliminated traditional panel review costs associated with on-site competitive
grant reviews. LCG’s GAMES remote review electronic approach utilizes a
real-time data collection and competition monitoring program instead of bring-
ing reviewers together at a central location to read and evaluate grant applica-
tions. This provides the OCS with high-quality electronic reviews at half the on-
site review cost.
For more information about LCG visit www.LCGnet.com.
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