Category Capabilities

Tri-Annual Review

The Columbia Group performs Tri-Annual Obligation Validation Reviews on behalf of our customers, who are required to do so by DOD FMR Volume 3 Chapter 8. Our support includes contacting performing activity contracting and/or budget offices regarding obligation balances on reimbursable documents and contracts. Additional Tri-Annual Review support includes commitment reviews, aged accounts payable, accounts receivable, and unfilled customer orders. The reviews incorporate data from STARS and Navy ERP.

The Columbia Group also provides a custom database application used to manage the tri-annual reviews. Our Smart Tri-Annual Tool (STAT) provides an email-enabled workflow framework for performing tri-annual reviews and establishes a baseline of outstanding obligations at the beginning of a review period. Administrators send emails requesting the status or validity of obligations, monitor results, and gener­ate audit-ready reports for submission. STAT also provides a web form for POCs and field financial personnel to submit their responses.

Ballast Water Solutions

Our Rosenblatt Marine Technical Division (RMTD) provides cost-effective and fully-integrated solutions to Ballast Water Management. Experienced with regulatory requirements, treatment technologies, and all aspects of shipboard design and integration, RMTD can find the solution that effectively meets your needs and requirements for ballast water. At RMTD, we understand that the ballast water management problem does not have a “one size fits all ships” solution. Start to finish, RMTD will determine the best-fit solution to your needs. RMTD brings a 60+ year legacy of providing naval architecture and marine engineering support for ships of every class, as well as quality program management and support services for shipyards, ship owners and operators, governments, and commercial clients.

Our Comprehensive Services for Your Ballast Water Management Solution Involve:

• Analysis: Evaluation of Treatment Systems and Appraisal of Your Needs
• Selection: Review of Applicable Technologies
• Integration: Ship Alteration Design Packages For All Ship Systems
• Sustainment: Training and Life Cycle Product Support
• Compliance: Existing And Future Requirements

The RMTD has developed an extensive database of ballast water management systems (BWMS) to assist shipowners and operators in identifying BWMS. The database includes technical specifications and performance data for over 60 BWMS – including all the Type Approved systems.