Department of Homeland Security

Quasars was selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to receive the 2011 DHS Small Business Achievement Award for its outstanding work in support of the DHS mission.

Quasars provides the Department of Homeland Security a full range of engineering and technical support services. Quasars experience includes support throughout the entire systems engineering and capital planning and investment control lifecycles. On multiple engagements, Quasars has provided:

• •Professional Engineering Support
• •Acquisition Lifecycle Engineering Support
• •Concepts of Operations
• •Analysis of Alternatives
• •Operational and Functional Requirements Documentation
• •Test and Evaluation Master Plans
• •Reliability, Availability & Maintenance Support
• •Human factors Engineering Support
• •Integrated Logistics Support
• •Modeling and Simulation Support
• •Technology Assessments
• •Data and Document Management
• •Risk Assessments
• •Independent Validation and Verification Support
• •Independent Government Cost Estimate Support for Information technology Investments
• •Earned Value Management and OMB Support
• •Logistics Capability assessments and Gap Analyses
• •User Acceptance Testing
• •Quality Assurance for Cyber Threat Data Repositories

Within the DHS Acquisition Lifecycle Framework, Quasars supports the Acquisition Management Directive 102 process with design, development, and deployment support for assets, processes, and systems improved by or related to engineering and technology. Quasars also supports the implementation of AD-102 by providing support for planning and administering programs and projects within program office infrastructures.