Government Solution Initiative (GSI)

We have recently expanded our bandwidth to offer a dedicated solution tailored to address the technical personal needs of our Government’s agencies.

Overview of LoDo Networks

Headquartered in Colorado, LoDo Networks provides end-to-end solutions to meet the IT and Telecommunications needs of expanding businesses on a local and national level. Our services, which include on-site workforce augmentation complete or client-managed outsourcing, technical training and consulting solutions, are designed specifically to meet the needs of our clients. Our client base is comprised of companies in Government, Telecommunications and Information Technology sectors.

Our proven ability to deliver cost effective staffing solutions in a timely manner allows our clients to maintain a clear focus on their business while avoiding the administrative, scheduling, and training efforts involved in making new hires. Through strategic alliances with select equipment and service providers LoDo Networks has the ability to rapidly assemble the team and tools necessary to successfully place, manage and implement our client’s projects.

In response to the Government’s challenges, LoDo Networks has developed a solution tailored to address the technical personnel needs of our Government’s information Technology Departments

Government Information Technology Challenge

• Slow Turn-Around Time on Technical Hires
• Limited Internal Recruiting Resources
• Exorbitant Consulting Fees
• Investment in Internal Training
• Employing Citizens of Respective Region
• Internal employee bench time
• Centralized vs. Decentralized Support Structure
• In-sourcing vs. Outsourcing
• Antiquated Systems and Equipment
• Budgetary Restraints on Headcount
• Department and facility Consolidations

Government Challenge:	Slow Turn-Around on Technical Hires
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks specializes in identifying and retaining Information Technology and Telecommunication Professionals.
	We eliminate the need to put your project on hold; you wait for the ideal candidate to be presented. LoDo Network Professionals posses the specific training and skills necessary for the position as required. Government Agencies will not have to invest in employees who often leave for private sector companies where the compensation and technology may be more attractive.

Government Challenge:	Limited Internal Recruiting Resources
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks offers access to broader scope of talent.
	The typical recruitment process for the Government involves posting the position internally and then opening up a wider recruitment to the general public. This process is time consuming, and rarely produces the required talent for the specified need. LoDo Networks has over 50 technical recruiters, specializing in the areas of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

Government Challenge:	Exorbitant Consulting Fees
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks provides the right talent at a fraction of our competitor’s rates.
	Consulting companies typically hand off the recruitment process to a staffing agency, which results in a significant mark-up in labor rates. Because our core business is providing technical personnel, the recruitment, placement and payroll for our professionals are completed internally. As a result, we do not pass this responsibility to a third party, or apply this added cost to our client

Government Challenge:	Investment in Internal Training
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks can provide Government Agencies with training and certified technical personnel within 48 hours
	Our ability to identify technicians to meet the specific needs of our clients saves the time and money typically spent to train an internal employee for any given project.

Government Challenge:	Employing Citizens of Respective Region
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks will guarantee local talent is utilized, ensuring the project benefits the respective economy and job market.
	We are committed to working with local, State and Federal agencies in an effort to provide their citizens with employment opportunities.

Government Challenge:	Internal Employee Bench Time
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks eliminates internal bench-time.
	LoDo Networks Professionals are typically hired to work specific project and removed upon completion. In the event the candidate fits a permanent role within the organization, upon completion of their contract they will be converted to a permanent government employee with no conversion fee.

Government Challenge:	Centralized vs. Decentralized Support Structure
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks is poised to support both a centralized and decentralized IT environment.
	In working directly and indirectly with various public sector departments we have developed a thorough understanding of the technical and soft-skills necessary for each position within a specific department

Government Challenge:	In-Sourcing vs. Outsourcing
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks has the proven ability to provide both staff augmentation and turnkey outsourced solutions.
	Government agencies looking to maintain operations internally can utilize LoDo’s staffing resources and quickly expand or retract their existing infrastructure. When outsourcing is the required solutions, our strategic partnerships allow us to leverage our combined resources to provide the outsourcing services required by Government agencies.

Government Challenge:	Antiquated Systems and Equipment
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks can perform the necessary installs, move adds and changes required in modernizing Government networks.
	Because our technicians are recruited to meet the specific requirements of our clients, we ensure they have the needed expertise to complete the given project. Our technicians will work during non-business hours and weekends to make this integration seamless for our client.

Government Challenge:	Budgetary Restraints on Headcount
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks makes it possible for IT manages to complete projects while staying within budgetary and headcount restraints.
	Our ability to transition our consultants to full time Government employees at no conversion fee allows manages the necessary flexibility to bring in additional resources in the short-term with the knowledge that the technician can become an internal technician when headcount becomes available.

Government Challenge:	Department and Facility Consolidations
GSI Response:	LoDo Networks will work with Government agencies to structure the most efficient and cost effective model to support department or facility consolidations.
	By utilizing LoDo Network contractors, managers can maintain service levels while assessing the need of their departments moving forward.

Additional GSI Benefits

LoDo Networks Commitment to Actively Seek and Partner with Minority and Women Owned Businesses: LoDo Networks is committed to promoting participation of small, minority, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses in our contracts. In response to the growing demand to utilize small disadvantaged and small women-owned business enterprises, LoDo Networks has developed a unique, exclusive Joint Venture with Express Personnel Services, a WMBE company. LoDo Networks has the ability to meet Government needs by customizing exactly the necessary percentage of business Government Agencies would like to have allocated to WMBE companies.