WHAT EXACTLY DO WE DO?
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE, MIGRATION, AND TRANSFORMATION; AND ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)
Application Development is the development of new applications which may be mainframe, server, network-based, web-based or a combination and may require interfaces to existing applications. Application Maintenance and Support includes troubleshooting, modifying, maintaining, improving security, and enhancing legacy systems and applications which may be running in a production environment.
Technology upgrade, migration, and transformation may be accomplished by converting/migrating legacy applications to new technology, either with or without new business functionality. It may also include introducing new technology into the enterprise and managing any changes as a result of the introduction.
Transformation may include assessments of the current application portfolio, evaluation of the technology assets before beginning technology transformation and Business Case development for justification of an initiative. Part of the transformation journey may include planning, analysis, requirements development, proof of concept, deployment, implementation, integration, remediation, data migration, documentation, application programming and support services, and training support.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI), DATA MANAGEMENT, ANALYTICS, AND AUTOMATION, INCLUDING DATA WAREHOUSING
BI enables an organization to perform in-depth analysis and includes, where required, data mining of detailed business data providing real and significant information to business users. BI may include an integrated group of operational and decision support applications and databases. BI makes use of tools designed to easily access data warehouse data. A data warehouse collects, organizes and makes data available for the purpose of analysis and gives organizations the ability to access and analyze information about its business. The function of the data warehouse is to consolidate and reconcile information from across disparate business units and IT systems and provide a context for reporting and analysis
Road mapping for a data warehouse initiative may include assessment of technology and infrastructure, as-is documentation, business requirements gathering, use case development, and reporting requirements analysis.
This includes solutioning data warehouse architectural design, data warehouse processes and sourcing, extraction, transformation, analytics, and loading of data sources; planning, assessment, product installation and tuning; prototype development, deployment, data cleansing, data mart development and support; data migration, integration with data mining; integration with business intelligence tools, artificial intelligence, and/or systems; data scrubbing; data transformation; training and knowledge transfer.
IT ASSESSMENTS, PLANNING, INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V), AND MARKET RESEARCH, PROCUREMENT ADVISORY, AND CONTRACT IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
IT Assessments and Planning may include IT effectiveness, maturity, governance, and architecture. Strategic planning activities may include mission statement development, visioning and goals, objectives, and strategy development. Assessment of staff knowledge, skills and abilities, bandwidth, time and motion studies, and succession planning are included in this category. Strategic planning development and tactical planning may require the provision of actionable plans and roadmaps. Organization change management, enterprise architecture, cloud assessments, and network performance assessments are within scope as well.
Our third-party verification and validation processes focus on prevention—not costly, inefficient remediation and rework—to provide project stakeholders with confidence while giving implementation teams the support they need to reach objectives on time and on budget. Our experienced staff will help you identify and respond to risks, providing practical recommendations to reduce the likelihood and impact of preventable complications. We review vendor deliverables with fresh eyes—and an agenda strictly focused on providing clear, objective, and high-quality assessments. We operate as trusted advisors to our clients and are invested in ensuring your project’s success.
Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services activities may include requirements gathering, facilitation activities, scoring criteria development, evaluation criteria development, negotiation guidance and assistance, and contract transition assistance.
PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Project and Program management services include any or all the project management processes identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as published in the most recent edition of the PMBOK® Guide, including practice guides such as Agile and Managing Change in Organizations.
Services can include:
i. Business case development;
ii. Statewide impact analysis;
iii. Cost-to-benefit analysis;
iv. Risk assessment;
v. Stakeholder management;
vi. Organizational change management;
vii. Strategic planning;
viii. Program assessment; and
ix. Agile development, training, and coaching.
Dept. of Information Resources / RESPEC
Effective October 2025, RESPEC was awarded the Texas Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS) Contract.
Contract # DIR-CPO-5874
Read the DIR Cooperative Contracts Overview.
View the DIR Contracts page (DIR-CPO-5874).
Under the DBITS Contract DIR-CPO-5874, RESPEC can offer services related to:
Application Development, Maintenance, and Support,
Technology Upgrade, Migration, and Transformation;
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Business Intelligence (BI)
Data Management, Analytics, and Automation, including Data Warehousing
IT Assessments, Planning,
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
Market Research
Procurement Advisory
Contract Implementation Services
Project and Program Management
Instructions for Obtaining Quotes and Placing Purchase Orders
To obtain a quote from RESPEC, please contact our sales representative (listed below), with the authorized DBITS Statement of Work. Once our representative receives and reviews the Statement of Work, she will contact you to discuss the project. After RESPEC and the client agree that this is a project we can execute together, RESPEC will provide a timely quote.
For purchase orders,
Generate a purchase order made payable to RESPEC and you must reference the DIR Contract Number DIR-CPO-5874 on your purchase order.
E-mail or fax your purchase order and quote form to your designated vendor sales representative.
ALYSSA DETORRICE - CONTACT INFORMATION
Alyssa.DeTorrice@respec.com
972.707.8690 x1510 (office)
700 International Parkway, Suite 100, Richardson, TX 75081