WOSB JOINT VENTURE · GSA POLARIS PRIME

Build the system.
Prove the outcome.

Ariel-BCT Partners modernizes the systems behind health, human services, justice, and workforce programs, then measures whether those programs work. Ariel Partners brings the engineering. BCT Partners brings the evaluation science.

BUILD · MEASURE · IMPROVE


Build

Ariel Partners

Agile delivery, DevSecOps, cloud, and legacy modernization.


Measure

BCT Partners

Research, evaluation, and Precision Analytics™.


UEI

XSQ6SZGAFCA4


CAGE

XSQ6SZGAFCA4


GSA POLARIS WOSB

47QTCC26DW007


BUSINESS SIZE

Small Business


SOCIOECONOMIC

WOSB

HOW WE WORK

From
requirement
to results,
in one loop.

Engineers and evaluators work from one plan.
Every release ships with the data to show what it changed.

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1

Build  

ARIEL PARTNERS

Short, governed releases on modern infrastructure. Seatbelt for Jira keeps the delivery data clean enough to report up the chain.

2

Measure  

BCT PARTNERS

Outcomes get defined before the build starts. Precision Analytics™ shows what works, for whom, and under what circumstances.

3

Improve  

BOTH FIRMS

Findings become backlog items. We ship them, measure again, and train program staff to keep the gains.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

30%

Lower program cost on the FBI CODIS modernization

50+

Projects supported in the HHS ACL digital portfolio

200+

Combined consultants across both firms

30+

Years of combined federal experience

FEATURED WORK

Work agencies can point to.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

CODIS Modernization

Challenge
A 20-year-old, 3-million-line legacy system central to national forensic identification needed modernization without disrupting mission operations.

Result
Program costs fell 30% while quality rose, with CODIS moved to Agile/Scrum delivery and the AWS cloud.


ARIEL PARTNERS

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Automated Evaluation & Recommender Engine

Challenge
Maryland needed to know which human services interventions work, for whom, and under what circumstances, across SNAP, TANF, and HCBS.

Result
An evaluation and recommender engine built on Precision Analytics™ and machine learning now advances poverty reduction and violence prevention statewide.

BCT PARTNERS

CONTRACT VEHICLES

Order through
GSA POLARIS.

We hold a prime contract in the POLARIS women-owned small business pool, GSA's governmentwide contract for IT services and IT services-based solutions. The ordering period runs through March 8, 2031.

THREE STEPS TO AN AWARD


1
Get a POLARIS delegation of procurement authority  

Take FAC 181 on DAU, then sign the DPA with GSA.

2
Send a fair opportunity request to the WOSB pool

GSA recommends eBuy for the request.

3
Award the task order

Fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, labor-hour, or T&M.

THE PARTNERS

Engineering and evaluation, side by side.

About the venture  →


Ariel Partners  

MANAGING VENTURER · WOMAN-OWNED · NEW YORK · FOUNDED 2010

Mission Critical Agile: software development, DevSecOps, cloud migration, and Agile governance for the FBI, SSA, the U.S. Air Force, and New York City agencies.


BCT Partners

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION · NEWARK · FOUNDED 2000

Research, evaluation, grants management, and data analytics for HHS, DOL, DOJ, and state human services agencies. Named to Forbes' list of America's Best Management Consulting Firms.

Have a requirement in mind?

Tell us the requirement. We will tell you whether a POLARIS task order, a member-firm vehicle, or a teaming arrangement is the fastest path to award.

sales@ap-bct.com · 646-467-7394

A woman-owned small business joint venture of Ariel Partners and BCT Partners.

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UEI XSQ6SZGAFCA4

CAGE 9HJN4

POLARIS WOSB 47QTCC26DW007

Small business · WOSB joint venture

CONTACT

sales@ap-bct.com

646-467-7394

New York, NY · Washington, DC