The Department of Homeland Security presented ISHPI Information Technologies Inc. with the Small Business Achievement Award at the 11th Annual Small Business Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.

ISHPI was one of only two companies to receive this prestigious award in 2015 for its support for the United States Coast Guard.

The annual DHS Small Business Achievement Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the homeland security mission by a select group of small business firms from across the country. The award is sponsored by the DHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and includes nominations and substantial participation of the broader DHS procurement community and program offices in DHS components.

“ISHPI has shown tremendous professionalism and dedication in their support of the United States Coast Guard, Aviation Logistics Center,” the award nomination stated.

“ISHPI was instrumental in helping the USCG, ALC, Short Range Recovery Division set up its first firm-fixed price contract for Aircraft Mechanic Services. Since contract award, they have met or exceeded all contract deliverable schedules, have required minimal government oversight to accomplish tasks and have consistently demonstrated outstanding quality performance.”

ISHPI was able to reduce the total number of hours it took to disassemble an aircraft by 29.62 percent, according to the nomination. The company also reduced the average cost of disassembly by 32.38 percent, saving nearly $6,000 per aircraft.

ISHPI also provides training to Department of Homeland Security employees, USCG military and government employees at various USCG locations around the country and on USCG cutters.

“This contract was completed during transformation of the USCG to a new business model,” the nomination stated.

“This required all training material to be completed (and continuously updated), a training plan to be established and the instructors to perform training on site throughout the United States with a very aggressive roll out timeline. As with any change to processes and procedures there was pushback from the user community. The contractor provided highly qualified instructors that were able to complete tasks in a rapidly changing environment.

“ISHPI excelled with not only keeping all training material up to date but by also being nimble and adapting to changes in training locations with less than 24 hours’ notice.”

ISHPI Information Technologies Inc. specializes in information and cyber dominance and C5ISR Engineering and Technical Services.

The company has a location in the Harbour View community in Suffolk.