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SBA Awards Innovate 8(a) Status through June 2019

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that Innovate!, Inc (Innovate), a leader in Information Technology Consulting, has been certified as a participant in its coveted 8(a) Business Development program for a nine-year period. Innovate can now receive sole-source contracts up to $3M and can bid for set-aside contracts of any size in competition with other participants in the 8(a) Program.

Companies that participate in the SBA 8(a) program receive business development assistance from the SBA and other government agencies. Innovate plans to work closely with the SBA and agency OSDBUs to take the fullest advantage of their 8(a) certification and continue to develop excellent long-term business relationships by helping its customers offer accessible solutions.
“We feel honored to have been accepted into the SBA 8(a) program” said Lily Thomas, President and Founder of Innovate. “We are grateful to our large business partners for giving us the opportunities to demonstrate how a small business can deliver services on par with industry-leading (and much more expensive) firms. We’ve worked hard to build a successful business and this certification will provide us with the extra push needed to be even more competitive and make our services available to even more federal clients.”

Through a slim operating profile, practice of hiring highly qualified personnel, and an impartial and business focused culture, Innovate has provided clients with tremendous value by delivering measurable results. The quality of Innovate’s work is best summarized by the numerous awards and recognitions Innovate’s clients have won for projects Innovate delivered. The 8(a) certification puts Innovate in a better position to continue to bring high quality services to the Federal Government and to achieve Innovate’s ultimate mission of making long term impact in our clients’ organizations.

About Innovate, Inc.
Innovate is a “green” consulting firm founded in 2002 and we are passionate about pursuing environmentally sustainable solutions for our clients and about having our business be a demonstration of how these environmentally sustainable solutions can be implemented in a cost-effective manner. We provide our clients with cost effective access to highly qualified personnel by keeping operating costs low while hiring staff with a wide range of skills and experience. As our name implies, we pride ourselves on innovation not only within our work but also within our approach to client partnerships. Our goal is to provide the best long-term service and solutions for the lowest price. For further information about Innovate, please call us: (703) 922-9090, e-mail pthomas@innovateteam.com, or visit us at www.innovateteam.com.

Posted on July 7th, 2010. Leave a Comment »

EPA Awards Innovate!, Inc. Key ITIM Program Management/IESD Division Support Contract

EPA announced on September 29, 2009 that it was awarding Innovate!, Inc. a four-year, $4.5M ITIM Program Management contract to support the Information Exchange Services Division (IESD) with the Office of Environmental Information (OEI). This contract covers a scope of business strategy, business planning, financial planning, facilitation, geospatial and metadata policy, architecture, and development.

Posted on October 25th, 2009. Leave a Comment »

Key Innovate Project Wins 2008 GCN Award for Agency IT Achievement

Innovate personnel have been key players in the development of EPA’s GeoData Gateway (GDG) and EPA Metadata Editor (EME). These two projects are cornerstones of EPA’s comprehensive metadata sharing and management framework. On October 20, 2008, Government Computer News honored EPA’s geospatial metadata framework as one of the top 10 government agencies whose information technology initiatives are being recognized as the best of 2008. For more information, please see the full article: http://www.gcn.com/print/27_26/47379-1.html

Posted on November 12th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

2008 Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) Second Place Embedded GIS Application

DSAS 4.0: An Extension for Computing Shoreline Change with Dynamic Topology and MATLAB Interface won second place for Best Embedded GIS Application at the 2008 ESRI International User Software Applications Fair. Innovate personnel were the primary developers for DSAS. For additional information, please see http://www.esri.com/events/uc/results/app_fair.html

Posted on September 11th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

Innovate work wins client EPA CIO Award for Innovation

Innovate’s successful work on the Exchange Network (EN) Performance Measurement Program has won our client the prestigious EPA CIO Award for Innovation.  This award is given out to the project teams for program excellence. The Performance Measurement Program has become a demand driven product sought out by top executives, tribes, and EPA.   The project team is praised for working collaboratively with the large number of stakeholders involved as well as for consistently keeping the stakeholders fully engaged.  Innovate has had a hand in all aspects of this program from its inception and has helped to make the program the success it is today.

Posted on August 6th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

Innovate wins NSDI CAP Grant for Metadata Training

Innovate was awarded a grant for providing comprehensive metadata training and instruction for EPA’s geospatial community (personnel, contractors, and grantees), other (non-EPA) federal agencies, state agencies, tribes, and additional groups (e.g., organizations, academia, local government agencies, and/or private companies).  This training will be conducted between August and October 2008.  For more information on the training, please see our project description.  Or, learn more about our win at the FGDC website.

Posted on July 16th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

Awarded LDBE Certification

Awarded LDBE Certification through Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Local Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (LDBE)

Posted on May 13th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

Awarded WBENC Certification

Awarded WBENC certification through Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

Posted on January 29th, 2008. Leave a Comment »

Awarded SWAM Certification

Awarded SWAM certification through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Minority Enterprise (DMBE)

Posted on September 28th, 2007. 1 Comment »