Synergistics was responsible for supporting all aspects of cost estimate development for the proposal, including documentation, training, implementation, and execution of an activity-based cost estimating system. This process provided the basis for price reasonableness and realism for the $7.1 billion proposal cost estimate. The proposal cost volume exceeded 3,000 pages and included company-specific technical approaches to various work breakdown structures (WBS) requiring detailed activity-based, parametric, and final design cost estimates, and basis of estimates. This billion dollar estimate had hundreds of resources with varying labor rates, classifications, and complex burdening structures. The estimate used several different types of software, including MCACES II (MII), Primavera, Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word. This cost estimating effort demonstrated that Synergistics has the estimating and programming capability needed to quickly and efficiently mass manipulate billions of dollars of information in MII from a pricing, integration, and traceability standpoint with the highest quality of data integrity.

Project Value: $7,100,000,000

Additional tasks in support of this work include reviewing and commenting on draft DOE-EM headquarters (HQ) guidance documents related to risk management, and converting HQ guidance and policy into DOE Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) guidance documents. Synergistics has also worked closely with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to aid in the design of software that assists in the performance of risk management tasks at DOE-RL.

Best-in-Class, Project Management Contract
 Risk Management and Analysis Contract
 Application of risk models on multiple projects at the DOE Hanford site valued at more than $1 bil-lion dollars

Synergistics designed and implemented an Enterprise Planning/Estimating System called Plan.net, which integrated PNNL’s cost estimating, budget, and scheduling departments. Plan.net enabled cost estimating data to be entered into the cost estimating module and automatically update and build the labor, resources, and activities in the budget and schedule modules. Plan.net increased efficiency in Battelle’s planning process, while increasing data traceability and integrity. This system was identified by the Department of Energy as a key reason for Battelle’s earned value management system being approved during their initial review, which had never before occurred. This system is currently being used on most PNNL projects, including the $200+ million Campus of the Future.

PNNL EVMS Interface Development
 Developed by Syner-gistics
 Directly related to Battelle’s EVMS sys-tem being approved by the DOE during initial review

Synergistics implemented our proven cost estimate development process and system to develop this well documented and defensible cost estimate. Synergistics was responsible for all aspects of cost estimate development, including documentation, training, implementation, and execution of this activity-based cost estimating system. The process provided the basis for price reasonableness and realism for the $1dollar cost estimate. This cost estimate exceeded 900 pages and included company-specific technical approaches to various work breakdown structures requiring detailed estimates, methodology, and basis of estimates. This billion dollar estimate had hundreds of resources with varying labor rates, classifications, and complex burdening structures. The estimate used various cost estimating methods, including parametric, unit cost, and bottoms-up.

Project Value: $1,000,000,000

EVMS System Development
 ANSI Compliant  DoD Compiant  Deltek Costpoint  Deltek wInsight  Deltek Cobra  Primavera 6.1

Synergistics was responsible for the development of cost estimates for key personnel compensation, including burdened rates, and also assisted in developing labor rate estimation for transition cost estimates. Additionally, Synergistics played a key role on the corporate Green Team review of the cost estimate, project schedule, and risk analysis.

Project Value: $2,500,000,000

Synergistics is providing project controls, cost estimating, critical path method scheduling, baseline schedule development, cost and schedule variance analysis, schedule and cost contingencies, control account managers training and assistance, monthly reports, cost schedule performance measurement, and change control services for the project.

Project Value: $13,000,000

Synergistics developed the proposal cost estimates for key personnel compensation, including burdened rates, and developed labor rate estimates for transition activities for the NREL Management and Operations Contract. These estimates included basis of estimate documentation to provide accurate and defensible cost estimates.

Project Value: $1,100,000,000

NREL M&O Contract Cost Estimate
Developed Estimates For:
 Key Personnel Com-pensation, including burdened rates
 Transition Costs related to labor rates

Synergistics developed a narrative explaining how an earned value management system (EVMS) would be created and operated in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) 748-A Standard, which provides a set of best business practices for establishing and applying an integrated management system with coordination of work scope, schedule, and cost objectives and application of earned value methods for program or enterprise planning and control.

Additionally, Synergistics developed the Project Management Plan section of the proposal. This section stated the processes that would be undertaken once a task order was received, to include coordination between contractors and key personnel, augmentation of vital resources, and cooperation with Army and U.S. and foreign government officials; the quality management plan that would be implemented to guarantee excellent performance, and the quality assurance plan.

Project Value: $5,000,000,000

LOGCAP Contract Proposal
 Developed Earned Value Management System narrative and implementation methodology
 Authored Project Management Plan Section

Synergistics supported WRPS during the transition of the Tank Operations Contract, providing programming services to create a computer program to convert an old work breakdown structure (WBS) into a new, more functional version. This conversion was created in Primavera 6.0 and included SQL server procedures and a Visual Basic-created program. This program automatically made the conversion in Primavera using a mapping table.

Synergistics also provided project scheduling support to WRPS during transition. This effort included personnel determining where activities should be created in the project WBS, referencing cost estimation sheets to determine whether resources were properly assigned to activities in the schedule, assigning proper logic ties to the activities to allow for proper cost schedule performance measurement and risk analysis, and printing of schedules to allow for estimate reviews by project managers.

A computer program was also prepared by Synergistics that created an interface between the cost estimate sheets (created in Microsoft Excel) and Primavera 6.0. This program allowed cost data and schedule dates in Primavera to instantly populate cost estimate sheets in Microsoft Excel and also enabled the cost estimate sheets to automatically attach resources to activities created in Primavera without requiring any function from a scheduler.

Project Value: $7,100,000,000

Mission Support Contract Cost Estimate
 586 Square Miles  1,450 Facilities  2600 FTE  2000+ pgs  10 yrs  $3 Billion