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FPI: Clothing & Textiles
Marie France Vareilles
General ManagerNovember 2005
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FPI UNICOR
Established in 1934
FPI is a Program not a Business
– Real output: inmates less likely to return to crime
– Products and Services are by-products
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FPI UNICOR
More new inmates
Longer sentences
Significant challenges
BOP Inmate Population Trends
24,00017,000
1930 1980 2004
182,000 650%
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What Has Not Changed
Nearly 20,000 inmate workers in program; moreto employ every day
50% of earnings paid toward court-orderedfines, victim restitution & inmate family support;$3 million in annual inmate deductions
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FPI UNICOR
Sales = 1/5 of 1% of government purchases
“Negligible” private sector impact
Operates at no cost to taxpayers
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UNICOR Today
New realities require a new way of doingbusiness
Price/Quality/Delivery-focused
Focus on non-mandatory opportunities toincrease sales
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100+ factories offering products & services
Over 95 Federal Supply Classes
Ventures emphasize repatriation of work
Security cleared staff, solutions provider/
turnkey project management
UNICOR Today
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UNICOR Today
We get it right!
– ISO 9001 registration
– Test product lab/prototypedevelopment
– State-of-the-art mfg. (SAP)
– Same performance testingas private sector
20 Factories- Nov 2004
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Major customers: Defense Support Center,Philadelphia (DSCP), General Services
Administration (GSA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP),U.S. Postal Service, Veterans Administration
Varied Products: Battle dress uniforms, physicalfitness uniforms, shirts, jackets, pajamas, sheets,towels, mattresses, inmate clothing, tarps, canteencovers, body armor, gloves, Postal inserts
C&T Business Overview
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Clothing & Textiles
Major Customers
VA
2%
BOP
6%
DOD
79%
OTHER
3%
GSA
8%POSTAL
2%
DOD VA BOP POSTAL GSA OTHER
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Assignment of TextilesProducts by Factory
FACTORY ITEM MANUFACTURED Atlanta C&S Battle Dress Uniform Pants Atlanta Mailbag Mailbag Repair Atlanta Mattress Mattresses/Box Springs
Beaumont Battle Dress Uniform Pants
Big Sandy ECWS Trousers Army Combat Uniforms
Butner Military Dress ShirtsMilitary Utility ShirtsSwim TrunksIPFU T-Shirts
Cumberland Promotional ProductsSheets
Neck Gaiters
Dublin C&S Mailbag RepairCubicle Curtains, DrapesBedspreadsWeather ParachutesDisaster Blankets
FACTORY ITEM MANUFACTURED Edgefield Textile Repairs
Radio Carrying CaseMilitary Utility ShirtsTarpsBody Armor CoverGP Trunks
Fort Dix C&S IPFU PantsMedical Gowns/SmocksHospital Dress UniformPantsMailbag Repair
Greenville Battle Dress Uniform Jackets
Jesup C&S T-Shirts, Brown
IPFU T-Shirts/PFU T-ShirtsJesup Specialty Silk Screen Apparel
Embroidered Apparel
Lee IPFU JacketsOTV CoversDAPs Covers
Manchester ECWS Trousers Army Combat Uniform Coats
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Assignment of Textiles Products
by Factory (continued)FACTORY ITEM MANUFACTURED Seagoville Battle Dress Uniform
Pants/Jackets
Terre Haute C&S USPS Postal Inserts, 1075, 1046Mailbag RepairGSA Tool BagsDisaster Blankets
Mechanic Tool Bags Ammo PouchInmate ClothingDiplomatic BagsNavy Tool BagsDrop Cloths
Terre Haute Mill Towels/WashclothsTerry ClothCotton Blankets
Waseca IPFU Trunk PTU Trunk
Yazoo City Body Armor/Stab VestsInterceptor CoversBody Armor CoversLaw Enforcement BagsPajamas/Robes
Yazoo City II Army Combat Uniform Pants
FACTORY ITEM MANUFACTURED Miami Navy Utility Jackets
Coast Guard JacketsInmate JacketsHelmet Bags Aircrew Cold Weather CoatSheets/Pillowcases/NapkinsTablecloths
Oakdale Inmate Clothing
Pollock Inmate ClothingIPFU Liner/TrunksMailbag Repair
Raybrook Cotton GlovesLeather Combo GlovesCanteen CoversCorrectional Belts Ammo Pouch
Safford Cold Weather Coat Liner Aircrew Coat LinerCommissary Bags
Sandstone Gloves, Forest WorkerLeather Combo Gloves
Mint Leather Gloves
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Business Overview
In one year, C&T has awarded contractsvalued at over $ 257 million for military
related items.
About 40% of those funds have beenawarded to firms which are providing cutfabric.
Over 70% of awards have been to small
business
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Areas of Concentration
Vendor Relations
Technology
Methods Engineering Product Engineering
Best Practices
Procedures & Policies
Work Flow Analysis Materials
Continuity
Economies of Scale
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Key Concepts
Production Control
Inventory Control
Waste Control
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Contracting Officer Duties
and Responsibilities Work with the Industrial Specialist to ensure all
raw materials are ordered as required
Work to enhance vendor relations Follow up on vendor deliveries to ensure they are
timely to support production
Document performance of vendor for all contracts
managed Monitor vendor contracts for expirations dates
and mods.
Research possible alternative vendors for itemsmanaged
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CTG is seeking partnerships
With firms producing items outside theU.S. for the Federal Government
With firms with limited sewing capacity
With fabric vendors interested in biddingfor sewn finished items
Business Opportunities
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Looking Ahead
Visit a factory of your choice; we’ll arrange it!
UNICOR Factories