Phoenix Group Seaport-e team member, LPI Technical Services, provides corporate management and consulting services.

LPI is a women-owned certified 8(a) small business and has experienced an annual average growth of over 237% in revenues and 60% in staff growth over the last six corporate fiscal years. As our customer base has grown, we have assembled a cadre of skilled managers with experience in managing small, growing companies (or divisions of small companies) supporting many U.S. Government activities. Our management team is in-place and our procedures have been fine-tuned through our recent experience and the assimilation of best practices brought to LPI by our management team members. As a participant in this Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program, LPI was awarded the prestigious Nunn-Perry Award in both 2003 and 2005 that is presented to recognize and highlight successful Mentor-Protégé relationships. Criteria for this award includes: the cost of the agreement to DoD versus its beneficial value to the U.S. economy (the DoD investment was 25% of the total return on investment (ROI)); the quality of the technical assistance of the Mentor; and technical capabilities realized, certifications received, business infrastructure gained and new business and/or subcontracting realized by the Protégé. LPI’s Quality Assurance system is ISO 9001:2000 compliant. LPI was awarded an Agreement for Boat Repair (ABR) certification, N00024-04-H-8768 dated 23 March 2004. LPI has grown into an efficient and viable contractor with the U.S. Navy and counts NSWCCD-SSES, NSWC Dahlgren, MARMC (the former SUPSHIP Portsmouth and RSG organizations) and ACU-4 as customers.

As a premier woman-owned certified 8(a) small business, LPI has applied the benefits of the Small Business Administrations' 8(a) Program to build a growing, professional, profitable company. As such, it is very important for the reviewer to understand that we have earned many follow-on contracts through:

• Our highly proficient personnel who continually upgrade their credentials to ensure a diverse and cross-trained workforce
• Fair and reasonable pricing
• Application of cost-savings measures
• Continual process improvement initiatives