IT consultantancy B-Three Solutions, Inc., gained approval as a pre-qualified Information Technology vendor under Pennsylvania’s Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) program.
The ITQ program is a significant enhancement to the commonwealth’s procurement practices. Vendors apply to be pre-qualified by the state to provide specific categories of Information Technology services. Commonwealth agencies can then secure IT services from these pre-qualified vendors without going through an RFP process.
B-Three Solutions initially applied in the service categories of Software Development and Software Maintenance. For each category, an applicant must submit descriptions and client references for three projects. The projects submitted by B-Three included:
- Mobile Workforce Solution for Major Metropolitan Police Department
- Image Repository for Insurance Documents
- Maintenance Upgrade for Crime Data Plotting Application
B-Three won ITQ approval in both service categories. The company subsequently applied in an additional category: Modified Off-the-Shelf Software Services (MOTS). To be qualified in this category, an applicant must demonstrate its competence and experience by having executed projects that involved customized modifications to off‑the-shelf commercial software. Officials of the ITQ program evaluated B-Three’s application and approved its qualifications in the MOTS category.
Michael Walton, President of B-Three Solutions, reflected on the company’s successful application to the ITQ program: “In order to gain pre-qualified status, we had to secure favorable evaluations from state officials and a number of clients. The ITQ approval represents a vote of confidence in our work.”
