GPS Best Value Advantage
Over the years, our teams have supported hundred’s US DoD contracting companies on multiple OCONUS contracts employing over 10,000 employees. Our Services are designed to alleviate the strain and risk associated with project execution in the Middle East. Furthermore, our services improve the quality of life and safety of your personnel. We meet corporate interests of maximizing profit, transparency, strong ethics, adherence to all FAR regulations, local laws, CTIP concerns, OPSEC security protocol and cybersecurity data protection requirements.
We accomplish this with the following:
We accomplish this with the following:
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT
Our operational management is American expats with decades of collective work experience in the Middle East in conjunction with local military installations. This structure affords us a distinct advantage to understand and anticipate our Clients’ mission requirements from an American DoD perspective. We are experts in host nation and military installation policies and procedures.
STRONG LOCAL TEAM
Our team of local advisors and government relation officers are second to none in navigating the constantly changing labyrinth of business, immigration and labor laws. They are skilled at working with local authorities. Their mission is to ensure that our partner companies and their personnel remain compliant with all local laws.
EXTENSIVE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING EXPERIENCE
Our Leadership team has extensive experience working directly with US DoD contracting companies on a myriad of different types of projects. This enables us to clearly understand our clients’ compliance concerns in terms of FAR regulations, pricing structures, transparency, anti-corruption policies, cyber security regulations CTiP concerns and bid processes. We deeply understand the US Government contracting management systems involving CORs and COTRs and the challenges our clients must address to meet their objectives.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
We are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 45001:2018.
Our corporate culture fosters shared employee responsibility for continual improvement, increased efficiency, and systems thinking.
Our corporate culture fosters shared employee responsibility for continual improvement, increased efficiency, and systems thinking.
CONSOLIDATED REGIONAL SUPPORT
Our clients have regional coverage for their projects with one general service agreement, work with one purchase order office, make one scheduled payment, and vet all our office under one reps and certs process.
CYBER SECURITY
We are compliant with NIST SP 800-171 R1 under (DFARS) 252.204-7012: Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. Every employee is trained on US Department of Defense furnished Cyber Security Awareness training.
We are currently preparing for CMMC level 3 compliance.
We are currently preparing for CMMC level 3 compliance.
CTIP COMPLIANT
We highly condemn the recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for the purpose of exploitation. Our policies and practices in relation to human trafficking are derived from American and international guidelines and training aids. All employees are required to complete our annual CTIP training program.
ADVANCED TICKETING AND REPORTING SYSTEM
We have streamlined daily maintenance requests by creating an online ticketing system for reporting vehicle and accommodation issues. Each request is assigned a unique ticket number that can be used to track the progress and status updates online. The system also generates a complete archive of all support requests that can be provided in the form of a quarterly or annual report.
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
To meet the needs of our international client base we follow International Financial Reporting Standards. Our clients receive trusted and transparent services fully compliant with international best practice standards and FAR regulations. If required we are capable to offer a smooth and transparent US Government audit process.
SECURE ONLINE CLIENT DASHBOARD
We provides our clients with a web-based password protected portal to track the status of their procured GPS services. Through one easy access point clients can manage assets for multiple projects in multiple locations. Tracked information includes: status of work and business visas, vehicles, accommodations, worker protection system, purchase orders and invoices. The dashboard also includes convenient links to:
• Key process and timeline documents for work visas and driver licenses
• Communications plans
• Ticketing system for scheduling routine maintenance and reporting service issues
• Vehicle and accommodation service details
For further convenience, the system provides customized automated email notices and reports to designated client personnel.
• Key process and timeline documents for work visas and driver licenses
• Communications plans
• Ticketing system for scheduling routine maintenance and reporting service issues
• Vehicle and accommodation service details
For further convenience, the system provides customized automated email notices and reports to designated client personnel.
CLEAR, QUICK AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION
In addition to our online dashboard, during the onboarding process we install detailed communication plans. We set up regularly scheduled reporting to track the progress project deliverables and milestones. We diligently explain all local laws and process in writing along with process flowcharts. We issue early warning notices and newsletters informing our clients of changes in local laws that may have potential effects on their contracts. Our response times to local communication is same day usually within hours and oversees within 24 hours. For time-sensitive issues as well as general convenience we have stateside employees to handle inquires on US time.
ETHICS - ANTI-BRIBERY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES
It is important to recognize that due to culture differences “ethics” are not universally defined the same way. Each culture has different values and interpretations of ethical behavior. Due to our American management, we clearly understand the meaning and implications of “ethics” as determined by American companies and the US Government. All of our policies in relation to honest and fair business practices are devised from an American perspective. Every employee is annually trained and evaluated on Business Conduct and Ethics Awareness, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Anti-Human Trafficking Policy and Procurement Integrity. We are TRACE Anti-Bribery Specialist Accredited (TASA).
SECURITY
We provide our employees with US DoD provided OPSEC training as well have an evacuation plan for employees that can be adapted as required for our Clients. Every employee is trained on DoD provided Cyber Security Awareness training.
SAFETY
We are ISO OHSAS 18001:2007 certified. We place a very high importance on worker safety. We provide information, instruction, training, supervision as well as a good equipment and working environment to reduce risk and ensure a healthy and safe working environment for all employees.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS
We are ISO 14001:2015 certified – Environmental Management Systems. Protecting the environment is the responsibility of every staff in the organization. We are committed to minimizing any adverse impact on the environment resulting from our business activities.