A Power Platform engagement for government work should help a program decide where a Power App, a flow, or a Dataverse table is the right fit, and where it is not. The licenses are often already paid for. The failure is usually that the application does not match the workflow, is not accessible, or is too hard for staff to maintain after the contractor leaves.

This article is a practical guide to choosing a Power Platform or Power Apps partner for a government program. The service offering is on our Power Platform consulting services page. The award path and government practice sit on our government digital transformation page. To walk through a specific form or workflow, book a Government Discovery Call with Lina Silva.

What a Power Platform engagement should include

A useful Power Platform consulting engagement starts with the mission function, not with a list of connectors. It should name what a first application will replace, who will own it, and how a contracting officer can award the work. It should also include architecture and governance conversations with your IT stakeholders, so the app does not become another unsanctioned system.

Power Apps development is the build of that application: canvas or model-driven, tested with the people who will use it, including on a phone when the work happens in the field, and built with Section 508 in mind. Power Automate consulting covers the handoffs around the app: approvals, notifications, and data movement that today live in inboxes, documented so they do not become invisible risk after launch.

Questions to ask a Power Platform partner

  • Have they delivered government work, and can they talk about the award path as well as the build?
  • Will they sit with the people who use the current form or spreadsheet, or only build from a requirements document?
  • How will Section 508 be tested, not only promised?
  • Who owns the application and the flows after go-live, and what training is included?
  • When is Power Platform the wrong path, and will they say so?

If the partner cannot name a case where a low-code path was the wrong fit, they may be stretching the tool. Some work belongs in SharePoint, in a custom application, or in a later increment.

How WANDR approaches the work

WANDR is a certified WOSB and minority-owned digital transformation studio with a government practice since 2019, including the U.S. Air Force, Space Force, AFIMSC, and local government. Members of our team hold Confidential clearances. We do not claim a Secret clearance or Microsoft Partner status. We do not claim GCC or GCC High delivery.

We deliver this work with the same four phases as our other government work: align on the function and the award path, research the current workflow, design and build the app or flow, then deploy with owners and stay through the first cycle of real use.

When the starting point is a legacy form or internal tool, Power Apps can be the replacement path. When the need is a broader program, start on the government digital transformation partners page. SharePoint consulting and Microsoft 365 work that sits around the app is covered on the same Microsoft services page.

How to start

Bring the current form, the spreadsheet, or the workflow that is stalling. We will tell you whether Power Platform is the right first award. Book a Government Discovery Call with Lina Silva: lina@wandr.studio, (323) 690-7705.