IT Custom SolutionFour Practices, One Firm · Est. MMXXI
§ Education · Higher ed and K-12

IT that moves on the
academic calendar,

not the fiscal one.

SUNY units, community colleges, and K-12 districts. Hardware procurement at distribution pricing, network refreshes scheduled around the semester, and managed services billed per FTE rather than per ticket.

§ 01

Services in this vertical

Scoped to what a campus IT director, dean, or district superintendent actually needs to budget for.

§ Training

Computer training

Faculty and staff training on Microsoft 365, Google Workspace for Education, and the productivity tools your campus actually deploys. Cohort or self-paced.

§ Hardware

Procurement + refresh

Student labs, faculty laptops, AV refresh, classroom carts. TD SYNNEX channel pricing. Imaging and asset-tagging on receiving.

§ Network

Refresh around the semester

Switch and AP upgrades scheduled across winter and summer breaks so the dorm Wi-Fi works on move-in day, not the Monday after.

§ Microsoft

Licensing optimization

EES, A1/A3/A5 review, license-true-up audits scoped to surface recoverable licensing spend. Partner Center enrollment in progress.

§ 02

Why a campus CIO picks us

§ MBE

NYC MBE

Certified through 2027-05-31. NMSDC-certified MBE through 2027-06-30. Eligible for supplier-diversity sourcing across F500-affiliated boards and foundations.

§ NMSDC

National MBE

NMSDC MBE certified (#NY100001102) through 2027-06-30. Recognized by corporate and institutional supplier-diversity programs nationwide.

§ Channels

Microsoft · Dell · TD SYNNEX

Direct channel relationships. EDU pricing tiers honored. Microsoft Partner Center enrollment in progress.

§ Cooperative

NCPA · OMNIA · NASPO

Sub-tier eligible via partner primes on the cooperative master agreements your purchasing office already uses.

§ 03

Reference engagements

EDU references available on engagement scope · pipeline includes SUNY procurement opportunities. See SLED for verified PPQs.

§ Ref · 01Higher ed

Available on engagement scope

Education references provided after engagement scope is defined. Sanitized summary available on request.

Pipeline
SUNY procurement opportunities
Verification
NYC MBE and NMSDC MBE certified
Turnaround
One business day to scope
§ Ref · 02Verified PPQ

Named public-sector references

Rensselaer County, New York and City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. Documented engagements. Detail under mutual NDA.

Reference 1
Rensselaer County, NY
Reference 2
City Utilities of Springfield, MO
Detail
See /industries/sled
§ 04

Education FAQ

FERPA?

FERPA-compliant data handling on engagement; specific controls outlined per project. We do not access or process student education records outside the scope authorized by the engagement.

E-Rate?

Not currently a USAC-registered service provider; available on engagement scope. We can structure delivery to align with E-Rate eligibility windows where a registered prime is on the engagement.

Cooperative purchasing for EDU?

Eligible via NCPA, OMNIA Partners, and NASPO ValuePoint sub-tier through partner primes. The cooperatives your purchasing office is already on are likely already a path to us.

§ Tooling

Built with our own GovCon SaaS

Three live products. Same engineers who deliver the consulting practice ship the tooling that documents it. Free to evaluate.

§ Capture

Winrove

Solicitation analysis, capture intel, and first-draft proposal automation.

Open ↗
§ Onboard

OnboardIQ

Subcontractor and key-personnel onboarding for awarded contracts.

Open ↗
§ Hire

OpsTicket

IT skills assessment and recruiting CRM. Real terminals, structured evaluation, verified certificates.

Open ↗

§ Procurement index: NAICS codes · PSC codes · Contract vehicles

§ 05

Built around the semester.

Quote returned within one business day. EDU pricing tiers honored across Microsoft, Dell, and TD SYNNEX channels.

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