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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

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United States Corrections: UNICOR 

Looking Ahead

Eager to share the new FPI story

 Your support is needed to carry on

Unique Corporation: UNICOR