Pimp my IT staff as consultants to add challenges and generate revenue

All,

My organization has several required seats in IT Operations. Unfortunately, Dev and QA are under-staffed and create time/project bottle-necks. This leaves my staff idle and restless. I have great people with former consulting backgrounds, and am considering packaging the crew as a full-service Cisco and M$-based consultancy for area small businesses. This would create challenges for the staff and generate revenue for the company. I’m curious to learn opinions of others regarding this proposal.

Regards,
PDO2000