Federal civilian agencies and state and local governments running public programs, public services, and the buildings they operate from.
Administrative government is where most public services actually happen — benefits and licensing offices, courts, laboratories, service centers, and city halls, often with a different generation of technology in each building. Modernizing them is less one large project than many coordinated ones.
The rules differ by level but the expectations are alike. Federal agencies work under FISMA and NIST controls, PIV-based identity, and Interagency Security Committee standards for their buildings; state and local bodies answer to open procurement, public budgets, and audit. Either way, security has to be documented as well as installed.
Buying leans on vehicles that already exist. Federal agencies favor established contracts and small-business programs, while state and local bodies often use cooperative purchasing — in Pennsylvania, COSTARS lets registered public entities buy from contracts the state has already competed, without running their own solicitation.
Three needs that come up again and again in this sector, and the part of Syntax that answers each one.
Network and end-user technology standardized so that each office stops being a special case.
Access control and video for public facilities — integrated with PIV at federal sites, and sized to the staff who will run it everywhere else.
Program management that keeps scope, schedule, and reporting consistent across every location.
The routes that fit how this sector buys. Each links to the details.
Registered COSTARS members buy directly from our COSTARS 3 and 40 contracts.
Contract detailsSDVOSB set-asides at federal agencies, and our New York and Pennsylvania veteran-business certifications toward state and local goals.
Contract details