Scaling Operations with Compliance Confidence

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.

Beyond immediate compliance risk, the organization also recognized that its fragmented environment limited its ability to modernize infrastructure, reduce long-term IT burden, and confidently prepare for increasingly stringent federal and Department of Defense requirements. Left unaddressed, this fragmented and highly customized environment would have increased audit exposure, slowed regulatory response, and jeopardized long-term eligibility for sensitive Department of Defense (DoD )contracts. The organization recognized that incremental fixes would not be sufficient. A structural reset was required to eliminate technical debt and prepare for a governed transition to SaaS.

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—eliminating technical debt and dramatically increasing processing speed, accuracy, and organizational agility.

“We came up with a new account, organization, and project structure that was compliant but also scalable for growth. We made it all work seamlessly.”
— Paul Whiteman, Partner Lexell Blue

For an enterprise supporting sensitive federal programs, this transformation ensured data integrity, financial accuracy, and regulatory compliance while establishing a structured roadmap to the cloud that minimized operational disruption. This approach protected mission continuity, reduced transition risk, and reinforced long-term eligibility for high-stakes federal work.

The Results: Measurable Impact

The transition to Costpoint delivered immediate and measurable improvements, demonstrating the organization’s ability to operate with greater speed, accuracy, and control—capabilities essential for future cloud adoption.

• Boosted Productivity: Reduced errors and accelerated project, finance, and reporting processes through automated workflows, enabling faster close cycles and more reliable execution.
• Lower Costs and IT Burden: Reduced dependency on legacy integrations, simplified infrastructure complexity, and created a cleaner cost profile to support future SaaS total cost of ownership.
• 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

Building on a strong foundation of modernized processes, high user adoption, and robust compliance controls, the organization is well positioned to advance its cloud strategy across the following areas:

• 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. These results highlight meaningful gains in execution velocity and data accuracy—two outcomes that directly support cloud readiness and continuous innovation.