User:Catapult Consultants

Based in Arlington, Virginia, Catapult Consultants, LLC, has served the Washington, D.C., business, nonprofit, and government communities since 2001. The company provides information technology and financial management expertise in assisting civilian, defense, health care, and homeland security-related agencies. Catapult Consultants also offers complex civilian program management solutions and can integrate new software systems into organizational structures to generate enhanced capabilities. Its past large-scale projects have involved a number of parallel efforts, with Catapult Consultants providing integrative management to ensure strong performance.

Catapult Consultants offers support during the pre-award, award, and post-award phases of the acquisition life cycle through services encompassing procurement and contracting using a best-value approach. The company also undertakes financial consultancy roles with government agencies, increasing regulatory accountability and compliance while improving process efficiency and accuracy.

In assisting defense agencies, Catapult Consultants reviews operational planning at regular intervals to help them with their procurement reform efforts. The company utilizes industry-best practices in providing financial operations support, incorporating standards from the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Office of Management and Budget circulars and forms, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s United States Standard General Ledger, the Federal Information Systems Controls Audit Manual, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Financial Management Regulation. Through its dedication to accountability and transparency, Catapult Consultants helps improve overall mission effectiveness in its defense clients.

Catapult Consultants also offers support to several organizations with health care focuses. The company has designed audit protocols for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services designed to identify waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicaid system. The company’s team of experts helps protect the integrity of taxpayers’ health care system contributions through investigations and audits as well as medical necessity review.

Catapult Consultants’ rapid growth has led to its inclusion on Inc.’s 500|5000 2011 list of national and regional industry leaders. Its high ranking reflects annual sales growth of more than 300 percent from 2007 to 2010. The firm also achieved recognition from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce in 2011 as the 11th fastest-growing small business in Virginia. Catapult Consultants maintains active affiliations with the National Defense Industrial Association, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA International), and the National Contract Management Association.