Category Lead: Electrical, UPS, Generators, Fire/Life Safety
Brett Triantafilou
Global Sourcing Programs Manager
brett.triantafilou@cbre.com
Milestone Governance Report - Stage Gate 3
Fire Life Safety
dave.barbee@cbre.com
Dave Barbee
Category
Introduction
- Fire Life Safety is critical to the safety of all inhabitants of a building, yet is often overlooked since it’s ranked #12 in spend and contains 15+ sub-components
- The Fire Life Safety category includes the systems and equipment in place to prevent, detect, and alert occupants to fires and other critical incidents. A good Fire Life Safety system's goal is to minimize risk and help prevent loss, injuries, and death from fire, electrical, and other hazards
- The list of equipment includes:
-Fire Alarm Systems
- Fire Extinguishers
- Alarm Monitoring Services
- Fire Door Inspections
- Clean Agent / FM 200
- Fire Pump
- Post Indicator Valves
- Fire Hydrants
- Exit Signs
- Fire Alarm Pull Stations
- Fire Alarm Notification Devices (Horns and / or Strobes)
- Sprinkler Systems:
Wet
Dry
Deluge
Pre action
Category
Vision
VOC Priorities
- Focus on integration suppliers which can support multiple brands and equipment
- Ensure supply base has self-performance capability
- Focus on CBRE self-performance for visual inspections
- Technology exists but marketplace hasn’t fully matured
- Future technology opportunities to come through the Smart Building team
Category
Overview
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Category Strategy / Program Deliverables
Objectives
and Targets
Market Characteristics /
Cost Drivers
Potential
Saving Levers
Risks and Constraints
- Develop best-in-class processes and templates for Fire Life Safety programs focusing on the key elements to include:
- Preventative maintenance
- Lifecycle planning
- Pricing Guidance
- Supplier identification
- Inflationary spikes of 2021 & 2022 are affecting renewal pricing
- Shipping cost and delivery timeframes for parts have been extended
- Changes to regulatory requirements
- Increased customer demand for connected devices / IOT
- Complexity of devices can impact maintenance cost
- Utilize generic labor for non-technical maintenance (ex: fire extinguisher, emergency light, and exit sign inspections)
- CBRE self-performance of generic maintenance requests
- Capture accurate asset information for an RFP activity
- Leverage CBRE Global/Regional suppliers for clients whenever possible
- Technology enhancements and integration for innovation
- Task/Skill matching
- Callback reduction
- Difficulty of gaining accurate device counts and asset inventory – time consuming and tedious
- Account willingness to engage proposals and strategy
- Must consider priority of optimization value relative to relative to administrative challenge
- CBRE team members knowledge of the correct approach for an RFP
- Coordination between national provider and local subcontractor
- Ratio of spend - to - risk (low spend, high risk) exacerbates the limited account team category knowledge
Sourcing Benefits
Predictable Savings
4 x4 Global Coverage
Client Considerations
Value to Clients
- 4% - 6% savings range
- Consolidation of supply base utilizing preferred suppliers
- Scope of work priced statically and defined
- Cost benchmarking tools to quickly asses if an RFP is worthwhile
- 73%
- Cost benchmarking across many accounts
- Competitive pricing
- Volume leverage
- Use of Best-in-class supplier partners
- CBRE's strong financial position
- Service capabilities
- Client centric operational model
- After care support
- Cost benchmarking across many accounts
- Competitive pricing
- Volume leverage
- Use of Best-in-class supplier partners
- CBRE's strong financial position
- Service capabilities
- Client centric operational model
- After care support
- CBRE self-performance
- Single-point-of-contact
- Risk mitigation
- Leveraged buying power
- Supply and service optimisation
- Supplier partner performance management
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Suppliers Interactive Map
Stakeholder Engagement
Playbook Analytics
4x4 Coverage / Current Status / Future Roadmap
Digital Playbook
Sessions : 13k
Visitors: 3.5k
Asset Views: 2.5k
Geography : 38
*Intuitive platform engagement from June 1, 2022, through present day
** Spikes in sessions represents dates of new playbooks release