Impact Innovations Selected as Approved ITQ Vendor in PA; Successful ITQ Program Pre-Qualifies...

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001

Impact Innovations Group announced today its selection by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a pre-approved ITQ service provider of both Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) consulting and

"We are excited about this opportunity, as our pre-approved status will allow us to extend our rapidly growing, all-inclusive document management services to a state in which there are many IT business opportunities," said Vin Seibert, Impact Innovations' senior vice president of government business solutions. According to Federal Sources Inc., 55 percent of state and local government IT spending comes from 10 states - Pennsylvania is ranked as number seven.

To supplement the traditional Request-for-Proposal (RFP) process for procuring IT services, the state Office of Administration and Department of General Services introduced an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) process in 1996.

Under the ITQ process, vendors are pre-qualified to provide IT services, and state agencies can then choose from the list of pre-approved IT service providers to meet their procurement and business needs.

"Agencies and vendors alike have been extremely pleased with our ITQ program," said Paul Bluhm, ITQ project manager. "The ITQ program allows agencies to contract for technology services in days rather than weeks or months, as often occurred with the traditional RFP process. We recognized that if the Commonwealth was going to be an IT leader, we needed a faster mechanism for procuring technology services, and the ITQ program really fits the bill."

Vendors applying for approval must prove their strength in a particular technology area by undergoing a comprehensive evaluation process. According to Vin Seibert, Impact Innovations backed up its technically sound proposal submission with impressive client references from several nationally based companies - including a major shipping company that serves customers in more than 100 countries.

Impact Innovations will now extend EDMS consulting and programming services to Pennsylvania, including imaging/digitizing, workflow, risk assessment, project management, security consulting, systems analysis, and document tracking. An information technology services provider, Impact Innovations delivers customized solutions to its clients, encompassing a wide range of services from requirements gathering to deployment and follow-on support and training. Serving commercial, federal, state and local government clients, the company has been profitable every year since its founding, and recently ranked as the fourth fastest growing, privately held company headquartered in the Atlanta area.

About Impact Innovations Group

Impact Innovations Group provides IT consulting solutions ("Technology Solutions") and IT staffing services ("Talent Solutions"). The Technology Solutions division provides customers with project-managed consulting solutions specializing particularly in PeopleSoft, content/document management, mobile computing, custom development and IT services.

The Talent Solutions division provides contract staffing and full-time hire recruiting services. Privately held and VC-backed with consistent profitability, Impact Innovations is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with offices in Dallas, Texas; Richmond, Va.; Columbia, Md.; and the Washington D.C. metro area. For more information, please visit: http://www.impactinnovations.com.