"CTA is a true partner in
delivering performance-based results."


If you don’t manage the acquisition risks of cost, schedule and performance, how do you meet the capability delivery needs? CTA’s experts develop acquisition strategies that support the delivery of capabilities that meet or exceed the users’ requirements.  They manage acquisition projects, specifically targeting the risk areas associated with cost, schedule and performance.  CTA works with vendors and subcontractors to ensure that optimal solutions are delivered to the customer.

CTA has 25 years of acquisition and subcontractor management experience for large scale, complex and mission-critical systems. From imagination to implementation, CTA’s engineers are experienced in every aspect and phase of the acquisition process:

  • Mission need definition
  • Operational concepts
  • Defined requirements and system specification
  • Acquisition strategy
  • Trade Studies/Proof of Concept
  • Investment Analysis

Once the acquisition has been made, CTA has experience in acquisition management functions:

  • Contract management
  • Risk management
  • Technical interchange facilitation
  • Operational test and evaluation
  • Verification
  • User assessment

CTA focuses on the development of agreed requirements with the customer and then ensures that the acquisition meets both the requirements and the level of investment that the customer seeks to make.

CTA’s experts develop deliverable schedules and implementation dates with realistic revenue streams to support the overall acquisition decision. Big picture thinking and flexibility inform their work.

Experience

CTA provides senior healthcare and system engineering consultants to support the ongoing acquisition of the DoD’s multi-billion dollar health care automation initiatives. CTA developed the complete Major Automated Information System Review Council documentation set for the Composite Health Care System and the Health Standard Resources System.