The Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (SPEC) was formed in 1993 to advance the art and science of proposal development by applying systems engineering techniques and to use proposal techniques to better communicate the results of systems engineering and architecture work.

SPEC has started a number of leading edge systems engineering efforts for Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations and C4ISR architecture programs. This combination of technical expertise and the ability to communicate results provides cost-effective proposals and programs for all our clients. In addition, as part of SPEC’s proposal services, we have developed architectures as part of the RFP response, in the short-time frames of a proposal development project.

SPEC provides quality proposal services, including proposal management, RFP analysis and technical consulting, to a variety of commercial companies and government contractors. In addition, SPEC has started a number of leading edge systems engineering efforts for Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations and C4ISR architecture programs. This combination of technical expertise and ability to communicate results in cost-effective proposals and programs for all our clients.

Our clients include a large number of the aerospace companies that must respond to Federal Government requests for proposals. SPEC has helped these clients win billions of dollars since the beginning of the company.

We also provided the system engineering leadership for the development of the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office’s Vision Architecture, Counterproliferation ACTD architecture, Financial Management Enterprise Architecture (FMEA), Net Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) architecture, and the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) using the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF). This work was performed using tailored commercial-off-the-shelf system engineering tools and techniques, with our “middle-out” process to meet the requirements of the Framework, while keeping costs low.

SPEC, working with the SPEC Software, has developed a family of proposal support tools. The first two of these tools, AnalyZer™ and OutLiner™, were released in November 2001, with the 2.0 updates provided in October 2002. Version 3.0 of AnalyZer and OutLiner were released in December 2003. Version 3.5 of these products is anticipated for release in September 2006.

A book on DoDAF, entitled “DOD Architecture Framework – A Guide To Applying System Engineering To Develop Integrated, Executable Architectures,” written by Dr. Steven H. Dam, is currently available on www.amazon.com. This book is based on SPEC’s proven architecture development methodology, which is also the basis for its training courses.

SPEC is a woman-owned small business.