Cost per seat – RE contracts metric

Defines opportunities for disposition of real property assets.

Name
Cost per Seat – RE Contracts
Category
Financial
Analysis objective
Determines which real estate contracts are outside of planned values to indicate whether disposition is desirable. Uses time trend analysis to compare anomalies or trends.
Description
Organizations strive to keep the cost per seat ratio low. High cost per seat can indicate unacceptable space quality, inadequate service delivery, or poor geographical location.
Source
BOMA, GSA
Measurement
Total Real Estate Cost / Total Seats
Dependent data that is calculated
  • Total Real Estate Cost: Real Estate lease costs populated from Payment Line Items
  • RE Contract: Total Seats
Roles
RE Transaction Manager
Display chart types
Value-based: Horizontal Grouped Bar Chart (Capture Period: Vertical Grouped Bar Chart)
Thresholds
  • Low Threshold: $2500/Seat
  • High Threshold: $6000/Seat
  • Range 1: Low/Positive/Green
  • Range 2: Medium/Caution/Yellow
  • Range 3: High/Negative/Red
Fact details
Module: triMetricFactBusiness Object: triREContractFact

Metric Queries: triREContractFact - Metric - Cost per Seat

Drill paths
  • Geography
  • Organization
  • Contract Type
  • Capture Period
Interactive filters
  • Geography
  • Organization
  • Contract Type
  • Primary Use
For US Federal Government:
  • Geography
  • Organization
  • Contract Type
  • Real Property Type
  • Real Property Use
  • Mission Dependency
Static filters
Active RE Contracts (Commencement Date <= TODAY AND Expiration Date >= TODAY AND Status NOT IN (’Retired’, ’Terminated’))
Time
Months
Data point refresh rate
Monthly
License dependency
  • Real Estate
  • Facilities
Functional dependency
  • Space Use Agreements (Real Estate)
  • Space Allocations (Facilities)