OVERVIEW AQUAS, Inc. was established in 1990 to provide excellence and innovation in technical services to the public and private sector. Through its 3 divisions, the company delivers consulting, assessments, and technical services in support of (1) business process streamlining, facilitation, process and policy compliance, enterprise architecture design and technical assessments; (2) software and systems engineering, information and data management solutions, case or event tracking, inspection data collection and reporting; (3) engineering and field technician staffing in electrical systems, telecommunications, water and air flow systems. In 2006, AQUAS received recognition from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) at the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) for outstanding contractor in the woman-owned business and small disadvantaged business (SDB) categories. The company was recognized as one of Maryland's Top100 MBEs in 2007, and its president, Carmen Larsen, was cited as one of 25 CEOs "You Need to Know" in Montgomery County by the Gazette Newspaper, and by the Girl Scouts as a 2009 Distinguished Woman. She was recently selected as an awardee by SmartCEO magazine. AQUAS, Inc. was selected as the State of Maryland Blue Chip Award recipient in 2000. AQUAS, Inc. is a Hispanic American woman-owned small business headquartered in Montgomery County, Maryland, with offices in Maryland, Virginia, South America and Europe.We are a minority woman-owned firm certified by the Maryland Department of Transportation as a Minority Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MBE/DBE), by the VA Department of Minority Business Enterprise as a Small, Woman and Minority-owned Business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SWaM/DBE), by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) as an LDBE, by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as a DBE and by Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) as an SLBE, and by the National Minority Suppplier council as a Bonafide Minority Business Enterprise. In addition, AQUAS is also certified in the State of Maryland as an MBE and in Montgomery County as a small business enterprise.