Tecolote Research, Inc. was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1973 and is nationally known for providing specialized financial management, budgeting, and analysis services for various clients within the US Government. The company has grown to a current staff of over 440 technical and support personnel located in over 25 offices across the US. At the core of our success is our continual aim to provide high quality service, value-added products, and cost-effective solutions.

Many of the challenges set down by our clients require that we take an engineering or management problem and turn it into an economic solution. Tecolote embraces these challenges and has always maintained a reputation in the industry for excellence. We take the time to understand and thoroughly define the problem at hand, and always strive to apply the best available professional expertise, management principles, and analytical methods.

In addition to the specific financial and business solutions-related services summarized in Section 3, Tecolote provides a broad spectrum of program/project management services:

• Cost Estimating
• Cost Research
• Management Analysis
• Technical Baselining/Cost Engineering
• System Acquisition and Sustainment
• Financial Management
• Risk Analysis

Our support to Government programs and headquarters organizations ranges in form from large-scale multi-disciplined, multi-functional task order contracts to more singular efforts that are focused on a particular defined objective. We have performed on over 400 contracts and supported over 2,000 separate projects for clients from all areas of the Government and Department of Defense. The quality of our work and the credibility we offer clients have been instrumental to our success—85% of our business is represented by repeat clients.

Tecolote’s staff has grown along the lines of our philosophy: “Bridging Engineering and Economics.” Staff members have educational backgrounds in engineering, physical science, computer science/MIS, business, accounting, finance, mathematics, operations research, statistics and economics. Our retention rate is one of the highest in our industry – 94% over the past year. Our staff spans a wide range of experience allowing us to provide best-value labor mixes by teaming our seasoned analyst/mentors with our up-and-coming analyst core.

In a service-oriented company, the quality of the people is what allows the company to make claims of demonstrated credibility, high quality, dedication to mission, and depth of experience. Tecolote has recognized this since our inception as a company. We believe that the environment we create for our employees, combined with the long-term financial rewards, helps us retain the best and brightest talent in the industry.

Tecolote has no ties to any defense contractor. Our reputation for integrity has enabled us to handle and analyze extensive amounts of sensitive financial information from Government and industry. At the core of our success is our continual aim to provide high quality service, value-added products, and cost-effective solutions.

Tecolote has a reputation for quality based on 26 years of supporting cost/schedule analysis, financial management, budgeting, funds management, and automated system development for the DoD acquisition, sustainment, and accounting communities. Tecolote provides integrated tools and services that encompass the full spectrum of financial management requirements. Not only do we assist our clients in devising new or updated financial management systems, we are well experienced in supporting budget analysis (formulation) and operations (execution). The range of support services that we provide under the Financial and Business Solutions (FABS) Schedule are identified in the table below in relation to Special Item Numbers (SINs) 520-12 and 520-13.