Texas Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS)

Overview

This DIR Cooperative Contracts Program allows customers to purchase items directly from a DIR-contracted vendor. Customers contact the vendor for product and pricing information. They also send their purchase orders, with the DIR contract number, and payments directly to the DIR Cooperative Contracts Program vendor, not to DIR. This streamlines the order process so customers receive their products/services quickly. DBITS is a DIR Cooperative Contracts Program contract, so you can go directly to us for your turn-key projects.

As a subcontractor to Aroha Technologies, Squared Compass supports the DIR DBITS contract in the following areas:

Application Development, Maintenance, and Support, Technology Upgrade, Migration, and Transformation; and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, Analytics, and Automation, including Data Warehousing

IT Assessments, Planning, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), and Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services

Project and Program Management* (Core Competency)

Our project and program management approach blends the adaptability of Agile with the discipline and scalability of SAFe, ensuring every engagement is both efficient and results-driven. We ensure our methods and tools align with the PMI PMBOK® Guide and the Texas Project Delivery Framework. This balance allows us to deliver consulting solutions that are not only high-quality but also tailored to meet and exceed your organization’s goals.

We design our program management services to provide integrated, end-to-end solutions that strengthen organizational performance and position you ahead of the competition. By embedding industry best practices into your operations and strategic initiatives, we enable you to drive measurable improvements while enhancing service to your stakeholders.

Collaboration is at the heart of our methodology. From kickoff through completion, we maintain transparent communication, provide consistent status updates, and respond quickly to evolving needs. Our team leverages proven project management tools to track progress, manage timelines, and ensure seamless coordination across stakeholders.

Our Project and Program Management services include, but are not limited to:

  • Business case development

  • Statewide impact analysis

  • Cost-benefit analysis

  • Risk assessment

  • Stakeholder management

  • Organizational change management

  • Strategic planning

  • Program assessment

  • Agile development, training, and coaching

Our team includes certified PMPs, CSMs, CSPs, PSPOs, and other project management certifications.

Project and Program Management

DBITS CONTACTS & ORDERING

To obtain quotes or place purchase orders, please contact Aroha Technologies or Squared Compass through:

Sandeep Mehra, Director of Government Sales Aroha Technologies, Inc. www.arohatechnologies.com 

Joshua Lawton, Managing Director
Squared Compass jlawton@squaredcompass.com

Rodney Lee, Director, Business Advisory
Squared Compass
rlee@squaredcompass.com

Obtaining Services/Procurement Execution

Please review the following process for executing a procurement from the DIR DBITS contract.

DIR Guidelines for submitting SOWs, obtaining quotes, and placing Purchase Orders.

In order to be awarded a Purchase Order hereunder, SAIC (Vendor) will respond, in writing, to a Statement of Work (SOW) for services as issued by Customers (State Agencies, Government Entities) consistent with the Terms and Conditions of this Contract.

Resulting Purchase Order must reference DIR contract number: DIR-CPO-

Vendor shall only respond to SOWs for Technology Categories which Vendor has been awarded in this Contract.

Customer SOWs must be complete, signed by an authorized representative of Customer and must be in the form specified SOW template.

Vendor understands that no work under any SOW issued by Customer shall commence until receipt of the Purchase Order.

Customers purchasing services under the DIR DBITS Contract shall negotiate pricing directly with the Vendor in accordance with the Customer's SOW.

Customers may negotiate the terms and conditions of an SOW to suit their business needs, so long as the SOW terms and conditions do not conflict with or weaken the terms of the DIR DBITs Contract. Vendor shall perform its work in compliance with the DIR DBITS Contract and the agreed-upon SOW with Customer.