Certified staffing for state agencies.
Public sector
Oceanblue Solutions supplies IT staff augmentation, managed services and cybersecurity to state agencies. We are a minority-owned and women-owned business headquartered in Powell, Ohio, certified by the State of Ohio (MBE and WBE), the City of Columbus (MBE) and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (MBE), so work placed with us counts toward an agency's supplier-diversity goals.
Where clients in this sector usually start
- IT Staffing & Talent
Engineers who join your team and own the work.
When you need skilled people faster than you can hire them, we supply them. Vetted engineers, developers, analysts and architects join your team and take ownership of the work, and we stay accountable for them for the length of the engagement.
- Managed Services
One team responsible. One number to call.
Once systems are live, someone has to look after them. Our managed services team monitors infrastructure and applications around the clock, runs the helpdesk, applies patches and manages the infrastructure, all to one service level agreement.
- Cybersecurity
Protection that starts with the gaps an attacker would use.
Our cybersecurity team protects cloud environments, identity and applications. We start with the gaps an attacker would actually use, and map every control to the frameworks you must report against, so audits run on evidence instead of scrambles.
Clients in this sector include Ohio Department of Development.
Certified supplier
Minority-owned and women-owned, with the certifications agencies count. All certifications
- NMSDC certified MBE
- National Minority Supplier Development Council
- The national body that certifies minority-owned businesses for corporate supplier-diversity programs. Enterprise procurement teams use it to find and count minority-owned suppliers, so work with us counts toward diverse spend.
- State of Ohio MBE
- State of Ohio
- State agencies in Ohio set aside contracts and spending goals for certified minority businesses. This makes us eligible for that work and countable toward those goals.
- State of Ohio WBE
- State of Ohio
- Certified as a women-owned business. Agencies and companies with women-owned business goals can count work placed with us toward them.
- City of Columbus MBE
- City of Columbus, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Makes us eligible for the City's minority business participation goals on city contracts in Columbus, our home region.
Common questions
Does work with Oceanblue count toward supplier-diversity goals?
Yes. State agencies in Ohio set aside contracts and spending goals for certified minority businesses, and we hold State of Ohio MBE and WBE certifications, City of Columbus MBE and NMSDC MBE. Work placed with us counts toward those goals.
Read moreWhat do you provide to state agencies?
Most agencies start with IT staff augmentation, managed services or cybersecurity. All of our services are open to the public sector, from cloud and ERP to training.
Read moreWhere is agency data stored?
Application data is stored and processed in Amazon Web Services in the US East (Ohio) region, us-east-2, encrypted in transit and at rest.
Read moreCan we require US-only personnel?
Yes. Named staff in our India and United Kingdom delivery centres can access client data only where their role requires it. If you need US-only personnel, say so during scoping.
Read moreAre you SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified?
No. We are not SOC 2 audited and do not hold ISO 27001. If your procurement process requires either, raise it early and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet the timeline.
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