WOMAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) | CAGE: 202K1 | UEI: V9GBX3R6QCF9
FEDERAL OPERATIONS, GOVERNANCE, & COMPLIANCE ADVISORY
Untangling Complex Federal Operations Behind the Scenes
With 23+ years of experience in the Federal workspace, culminating in senior advisory roles, Aviz Consulting partners with federal programs and prime contractors to simplify administrative complexity, reduce operational bottlenecks, and ensure regulatory compliance is a natural byproduct of well-designed procedures.
My Operating Philosophy
I design procedures to minimize "paper-shuffling" and bureaucratic bottlenecks, reduce staff cognitive fatigue, and seamlessly integrate compliance into daily routines—allowing your team to focus on their mission.
As an independent investigator, advisor, and thought partner, I operate quietly behind the scenes. I combine deep, objective analysis with brief, targeted touchpoints designed to respect your schedule.
The Low-Friction Collaboration Model
Aviz Consulting reduces overhead through a structured, asynchronous-first engagement model designed to preserve your program's valuable time and budget.
Step 1: Asynchronous Background Review
Zero team disruption. I analyze your existing documentation, policies, organizational structures, and risk inventories quietly behind the scenes. Your team stays focused on their mission-critical daily work while I handle the heavy analytical lifting.
Step 2: Targeted Diagnostics
Low-overhead touchpoints. I conduct brief, informal, 1-on-1 conversations with key staff. I ask targeted, non-threatening questions to map exactly where workflows break down and locate hidden bottlenecks or compliance vulnerabilities.
Step 3: Dynamic Implementation
Feedback-driven refinement. Each project concludes with dedicated, interactive office hours to answer questions.
Highly Targeted, Fixed-Price Deliverables
Aviz Consulting packages its specialized operations and compliance expertise into clear, transparently scoped, and fixed-price projects. I do not believe in rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions; each project is customized around the exact requirements of your program.
Operational Diagnostics
The Focus: A rigorous forensic analysis of internal procedures, administrative backlogs, and operational bottlenecks to uncover why simple tasks require multi-layered approvals and where systems are stalling.
Primary Deliverables (Tailored to your program's exact scope):
The Process Diagnostic Map: A clean, visual representation of your current operations, pinpointing the exact nodes where delays, redundancies, and hand-off bottlenecks occur.
The Alternative Operational Blueprint: Streamlined options to restructure approval loops, reduce hand-off delays, and speed up turnaround times without sacrificing regulatory oversight.
STANDARD DURATION
Typically structured as a 30-Day Diagnostic Assessment.
IDEAL FOR
Programs experiencing chronic backlogs, systemic delays, or preparing for high-stakes federal or institutional reviews.
Decision Authority & Delegations Alignment
The Focus: Aligning organizational decision rights to secure legal sign-off boundaries, clarify signing authority, and minimize administrative routing delays across program levels.
Primary Deliverables (Tailored to your program's exact scope):
The Consolidated Signing Authority Registry: A single, clean, digital register mapping key operational decisions, who holds the delegable authority, and the exact legal boundary of that sign-off.
The Delegation Alignment Procedures: Streamlined routing templates and verification checklists to simplify the drafting, routing, and approval of internal agreements, memoranda of understanding, and delegation memos.
STANDARD DURATION
Custom-scoped based on program complexity (typically 3 to 5 weeks)
IDEAL FOR
Research centers, joint ventures, or federal programs undergoing rapid leadership transitions, scaling, or restructuring.
Cognitive Load & Workforce Friction Assessment
The Focus: Translating dense, complex federal regulations and policy rules into elegant, highly scannable, and practical daily tools that protect your staff from mental fatigue.
Primary Deliverables (Customized to your program's exact scope):
The 1-Page "Quick-Guide" Suite: Visually structured, action-oriented daily operating checklists and flowcharts. These replace dense textual standard operating procedures, translating intricate requirements into scannable, staff-adoptable guides.
Interactive Decision Aids: Custom-built tool layouts designed with intuitive visual hierarchy and built-in logic to simplify complex eligibility criteria and timing rules.
The Human-Systems Alignment Review: A focused diagnostic identifying cognitive bottlenecks and recommending right-sized internal controls.
STANDARD DURATION
Scoped by procedure count.
IDEAL FOR
Teams implementing new programs, onboarding rapid waves of new staff, or experiencing elevated administrative errors.
Federal Past Performance
My human-systems approach is backed by over two decades of highly successful operations, risk management, and policy alignment within prominent federal health research ecosystems.
Operational Diagnostics
Administrative Selection Architecture: Designed and implemented objective selection criteria and review process for the office’s student loan repayment program to streamline application review and approval.
Program Management & Strategic Planning: Coordinated and co-facilitated the development and implementation of the office's strategic plan, aligning operations to long-term goals.
Decision Authority & Delegations Advisory
Signing Authority Realignment: Served as the trusted advisor for institutional signing rights, reviewing and restructuring 42 core delegations of authority to minimize approval delays and protect decision-making integrity.
Cognitive Load & Workforce Friction Assessment
Custom Decision Aids: Developed interactive decision aids to automate intricate administrative and personnel eligibility criteria.
Workflow Optimization & Standard Operating Procedure Refinement: Refined daily standard operating procedures and updated internal intranet pages to increase staff understanding and consistency.
“Organizations seeking expertise in risk, governance, compliance, policy, and SOP development will find in Tricia a trusted advisor and an exceptional leader.”
-Former Branch Chief, Federal Health Research Agency
Business Information
📋LEGAL ENTITY DETAILS
Aviz Consulting, LLC
Certifications: Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Business Structure: Single Member LLC
🔑 CORE IDENTIFIERS
CAGE Code: 202K1
Unique Entity ID (UEI): V9GBX3R6QCF9
SAM.gov Registration: Active
⚙️ NAICS CLASSIFICATIONS
Primary: 541611 (Administrative & General Management Consulting Services)
Secondary: 541612, 541618, 611430
✉️ DIRECT CONTACT
Contact: Tricia Zarfoss, Principal
Email: info@avizconsulting.com
Location: Columbia, MD (D.C. Metro Area)
Streamlined Procurement Pathways
Federal acquisitions are simplified when you contract with Aviz Consulting. As a certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), I offer rapid, low-friction pathways to secure my advisory services:
Direct Awards (FAR Part 13): Federal agencies can partner with Aviz Consulting through simplified sole-source acquisitions under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (FAR Part 13), bypassing lengthy and complex competitive bidding.
Prime Teaming & Subcontracting: Aviz is fully registered and ready to team with prime contractors as a subcontractor, helping partners meet strict agency small-business participation quotas and set-aside goals.