Scaling Operations with Compliance Confidence

The Challenge: Navigating Complexity After a Major Acquisition

A large enterprise in high-stakes, government-regulated sectors faced a critical turning point after acquiring a company using Unanet for financials. The result? A fragmented ERP landscape, manual processes, and heightened compliance risk.

In federal contracting, inefficiencies aren’t just risky, they are dangerous. Operating without proper controls can increase exposure to audit findings, billing disallowances, and the potential loss of eligibility to pursue or retain mission-critical government contracts.

Critical workflows, including finance, project management, and reporting, were heavily dependent on manual intervention, leading to delays, increased error rates, and reduced agility in responding to regulatory changes. Meeting stringent federal standards such as FAR, DFARS, and CAS was essential, but Unanet lacked the depth, controls, and compliance features required to support a large government contractor operating under constant audit scrutiny.

The Solution: Reimagining ERP with Deltek Costpoint

To restore compliance confidence and operational efficiency, the organization partnered with Lexell Blue and BDO — Deltek Premier Partners — to reimplement Deltek Costpoint as its unified, intelligent ERP platform.

What changed:

• Strategic Reset: More than a technical upgrade, this was a complete redesign of the Costpoint environment to protect the organization’s federal business, restore compliance confidence, and establish a secure, audit-ready ERP environment following a complex acquisition.
• Expert Partnership: Lexell Blue delivered end-to-end project planning, configuration, reconciliation, and testing services. BDO contributed tailored solutions for federal contractors, helping unlock growth, mitigate risks, and accelerate digital transformation.
• Unified Platform: The team restructured core components, automated complex workflows, and delivered an integrated environment supporting 6,000+ employees and subcontractors.

For an enterprise supporting sensitive federal programs, this transformation ensured data integrity, financial accuracy, and regulatory compliance — critical for maintaining trust and delivering high-stakes missions.

The Results: Measurable Impact

The transition to Costpoint delivered immediate and measurable improvements:

• Boosted Productivity: Reduced errors and accelerated project, finance, and reporting processes through automated workflows.
• Lower Costs: Eliminated redundant systems and simplified integration maintenance, reducing IT overhead.
• Better Decisions: Modernized data structure and real-time analytics empowered leadership with timely, data-driven insights.
• Compliance Confidence: Embedded controls aligned with FAR, DFARS, and CAS, reducing audit risk and strengthening eligibility for complex federal contracts.
• Scalability & Resilience: A flexible platform ready for strategic growth, continuity, and disaster recovery.

Looking Ahead: Positioned for Growth

With a reliable, scalable Costpoint foundation in place, the organization is preparing for its next phase of modernization, including:

• Cloud Transition: Migration to Deltek Costpoint GovCon Cloud Moderate (GCCM) FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent SaaS environment, designed to support the cybersecurity and data protection requirements necessary to remain eligible for future federal and Department of Defense contracts.
• Cybersecurity Compliance: GCCM supports FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency and CMMC Level 2 & 3 compliance, ensuring continued readiness for federal requirements.
• Ongoing Partnership: Lexell Blue and BDO continue to support readiness efforts, integration validation, and future modernization.

The organization is now well-positioned for long-term success, supported by a modern, platform that can support federal compliance requirements and scale with the complexity, regulatory scrutiny, and mission-critical nature of the federal work it supports.