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LIMITED RESIDENTIAL “FURNITURE” POOL

LIMITED RESIDENTIAL “FURNITURE” POOL. Introduction What is it? How does it operate? What does it include? How are costs determined? How much will it cost? How it is funded? What are the benefits?. What does Limited Residential Furniture Pool mean?.

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LIMITED RESIDENTIAL “FURNITURE” POOL

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  1. LIMITED RESIDENTIAL “FURNITURE” POOL • Introduction • What is it? • How does it operate? • What does it include? • How are costs determined? • How much will it cost? • How it is funded? • What are the benefits?

  2. What does Limited Residential Furniture Pool mean? Limited residential furniture pool means appliances and limited common items. Agency members share use of furniture. All furniture is treated as common property. Furniture pool operations are consolidated. GSO develops an annual replacement “Limited Residential Furniture Pool Schedule” and costs it out. LIMITED RESIDENTIAL FURNITURE POOL

  3. A Government Partnership How does it operate ? • Agencies form a Committee to establish agreement, set policy and determine the “Standard Kit”, (i.e. appliances). • Policy and decisions made by group consensus; Policies and decisions published. • ICASS Service Provider does operations and support functions

  4. KITS CURRENTLY INCLUDE: If needed, kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, mirror, towel racks, lighting fixtures (not lamps)

  5. HOW ARE COSTS DETERMINED ? A Sample Standard Kit would cost • The Furniture kit would be funded each fiscal year based on replacement schedule. • Replacement cost will be based on number of households and life cycle (currently 6 years). • Other costs are determined using ICASS factors (e.g., sq. ft. occupied for warehouse space). $12,600

  6. HOW DO WE PAY ? Part 1 - The ICASS Funding Alternative: i) ICASS = excellent budgeting and cost distribution mechanism. ii) Agencies costs charged under separate cost center and location code. iii) Existing Furniture converted to ICASS property. iv) For some agencies budget transfer of funds from Program to ICASS may be required.

  7. HOW DO WE PAY ? Part 2 - The Non-ICASS Alternative Each Agency participating in the program provides fiscal data for their share, based on the annual GSO replacement schedule. Fiscal Data

  8. AGENCY NUMBER OF ESTIMATED HOUSING ANNUAL UNITS COST Agri-FAS 1 $2,100 Agri-FODAG 1 $2,100.00 AID-FODAG 2 $4,200.00 APHIS 1 $2,100.00 Customs 7 $14,700.00 DAO 14 $29,400.00 DCSG 6 $12,600.00 DEA 9 $18,900.00 DOJ 2 $4,200.00 FAA 6 $12,600.00 FBI 9 $18,900.00 FBO 3 $6,300.00 FBU 1 $2,100.00 FCS 2 $8,400.00 AGENCY NUMBER OF ESTIMATED HOUSING ANNUAL UNITS COST INS 10 $21,000.00 IRS 1 $2,100.00 MLO 1 $2,100.00 NCIS 1 $2,100.00 ODC 3 $6,300.00 USIA 9 $18,900.00 USSS 8 $16,800.00 State PROGRAM: 65 $136,500.00 ICASS: (*) 14 $29,400.00 State VATICAN 5 $10,500.00 State FODAG 3 $6,300.00 TOTAL: 233 $489,300.00 WHAT WILL IT COST YOU ?

  9. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES ? • Reduces inventory and warehouse space • Housing assignments will be faster and less influenced by whose inventory is in the property. • It will reduce workload and increase everyone's efficiency by having one agency doing the work rather than all agencies (procurement, shipping, receiving, storage and transportation of furniture).

  10. Plus Plus Plus . . . . . Can reduce procurement costs since items will be purchased in greater quantities. Reduces transportation and set-up costs. Eliminates movement of furniture to/from warehouse and different properties.

  11. “… there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the oldinstitutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones. The hesitation of the latter arises in part from the fear of their adversaries who have the laws on their side, and in part from the general skepticism of mankind which does not really believe in an innovation until experience proves its value. So it happens that whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans while the others defend him sluggishly, so that the innovator and his party are alike vulnerable.” The Prince, 1513 - Niccolo` Machiavelli

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