Tecolote Research, Inc. was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1973. We are a small, employee-owned firm that is nationally known for providing specialized analysis and engineering services for clients within the U.S. Government and private industry. The company has grown from an original staff of two to a current staff of 490 technical, management, and support personnel located nationwide. Tecolote’s steady growth results from a record of integrity, customer satisfaction, and our commitment to high-quality service.

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 PES-related services summarized in Section 3, Tecolote provides a broad spectrum of program 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 450 contracts and supported over 2,100 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. 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 established a reputation for performing quality cost, schedule, financial, risk, and logistics analysis for the DoD acquisition and sustainment community. We have a unique ability to effectively research, understand, document, and model the electrical and mechanical engineering aspects of program weapon systems. Our company logo contains the words "Bridging Engineering and Economics" – this perspective reflects in the composition of our staff and the way we approach our work. The engineering and analysis services we provide under the Professional Engineering Services (PES) Schedule are identified in the table below in relation to Special Item Numbers (SINs) 871-1, 871-2, 871-5, and 871-6.