Consulting and Technical Services+ (CATS+)
The State of Maryland Consulting and Technical Services+ (CATS+) Master Contract provides State agencies with a flexible vehicle for obtaining information technology consulting, technical services, and qualified IT resources through task orders tailored to specific agency requirements.
A&T Systems, Inc. is a CATS+ Master Contractor qualified in 14 Functional Areas. Through CATS+, A&T supports Maryland agencies with technology consulting, software engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, infrastructure, business process improvement, project management, documentation, training, and related information technology services.
A&T Qualified CATS+ Functional Areas
| Functional Area 1 – Enterprise Service Provider (ESP) | Services supporting the design and implementation of information systems aligned with agency architectures and State IT standards, including interoperability, reliability, maintainability, and effective use of commercial off-the-shelf technologies and enterprise resources. |
| Functional Area 2 – Web and Internet Systems | Design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of websites, portals, web applications, web services, and associated hardware, software, networking, and security components. |
| Functional Area 3 – Electronic Document Management | Services supporting electronic document imaging, document management, workflow, records processing, and associated technologies. |
| Functional Area 4 – Geographical Information Systems | Services for integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information within client/server or web-based environments. |
| Functional Area 5 – Software Engineering | Full software development life cycle services including requirements management, project planning, quality assurance, software architecture, software security, validation and verification, software reengineering, component-based development, configuration management, and related engineering activities. |
| Functional Area 6 – Systems/Facilities Management and Maintenance | Systems and facilities management services including data center technical support, operations, infrastructure maintenance, and help desk services. |
| Functional Area 7 – Information System Security | Information and computing security services including application and data security, risk assessment, security support, and disaster recovery planning. |
| Functional Area 8 – Application Service Provider | Hosted and service-based application solutions combining software, hardware, networking, and supporting technologies. |
| Functional Area 9 – IT and Telecommunications Financial and Auditing Consulting Services | IT and telecommunications consulting services including cost and financial analysis, information systems auditing, quality assurance, and telecommunications systems management. |
| Functional Area 10 – IT Management Consulting Services | IT management consulting including enterprise architecture, architectural reviews, strategic planning, project management, contractor assessments, and risk analysis. |
| Functional Area 11 – Business Process Consulting Services | Business process analysis and improvement services designed to reduce redundancy, improve productivity, streamline operations, and reduce cost. |
| Functional Area 15 – Electronic Benefits Transfer | Technical infrastructure and related services supporting the development, enhancement, or modernization of Electronic Benefits Transfer systems. |
| Functional Area 16 – Media and Training Center Support | Support for multimedia and training environments including planning, analysis, integration, implementation, operations, maintenance, training, documentation, administration, and instructional systems design. |
| Functional Area 17 – Documentation/Technical Writing | Development and maintenance of system documentation, user manuals, operations and maintenance documentation, training plans, test plans, quality assurance plans, contingency procedures, standard operating procedures, policies, presentations, and other technical documentation. |