costing and pricing workshop
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Costing and Pricing Workshop. Organised by Finance and GRE for University of Greenwich staff. UoG Central Services. Research Team, Greenwich Research & Enterprise Our aim is to.... ‘assist with the delivery of an efficient, pro-active and customer-focused pre-award service’ Finance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Costing and Pricing Workshop
Organised by Finance and GRE for University of
Greenwich staff
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Research Team, Greenwich Research & EnterpriseOur aim is to....‘assist with the delivery of an efficient, pro-active and customer-focused pre-award service’FinanceOur aim is to.... ‘assist with the delivery of an efficient, pro-active and customer-focused post-award service’
UoG Central Services
Contact DetailsResearch Support Team
Wendy CurranResearch Finance Manager
Extn: 8283 [email protected]
Caroline EdneyResearch & Consultancy
Administrator Extn: 7626
Jane AdamsonResearch & Consultancy
Administrator Extn: 9858
Finance, Research & Enterprise
Tracy Banton Research Support Manager
Extn: 8406 [email protected]
Melanie Hackett
Funding Administrator & Adviser
Extn: [email protected]
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Full Economic Cost(FEC) :
Costing Bids Guidance
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BackgroundTransparent Approach to Costing (TRAC),
which HEFCE created in 1999.
The process went further creating Full Economic Costing (FEC) for all UK universities in Sept 2005, with first Research Council FEC grants awarded April 2006.
Academic time allocation schedules are used for TRAC and also to calculate the amounts for Estates and Indirect Costs.
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All projects are to be costed at FEC
• This enables Schools to make an informed decision.
• Loss-making projects can be taken on: foot in the door, new markets, charities.
• It is the portfolio of total institution projects that is important.
• The HEFCE requirement is that HEIs are sustainable.
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FEC Template Directly Incurred (DI): Costs that are explicitly identifiable as arising from the conduct of a project
• 1 Person for a year• Piece of kit• Travel Exps
Directly Allocated (DA):Costs of resources used by a project that are shared by other activities.
• PI one day a week • Space used (Estates Rates)
Indirect CostsCurrent FEC indirect cost rate
• Overheads
Total FEC
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Space & OverheadsEstates rates for space includes:
Space, utilities, maintenance, insurance, investment adjustment, depreciation.
Indirect rate includes: Central costs like HR, Finance,
Personnel & your department’s own administration
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Estates & Indirect Rates1st February 2011 rates are:
Estates rates - Lab based projects - £10,908 fte pa - Office based - £7,755 fte pa
Indirect rates - £33,143 fte pa
These rates only apply to PIs, Co-Is, RAs when calculating a bid; does not apply to admin support or students.
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Calculating an FTE4 Examples for a 3 year project:1) 50% of your time = 0.5fte
2) 1000 hrs during the whole project = 0.2fte
(1000hrs / (1650hrs x 3 years))
3) 264 days during the whole project = 0.4fte
(264 days / (220 days x 3 years))
4) 66 weeks during the whole project = 0.5fte
(66 weeks / (44 weeks x 3 years))
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Calculating your charge out rate
Find out your salary including on costs (NI, Pension).
You can get this from GRE or your Director of Resources.
Add current Indirect cost rate, and typical estates rate.
The total can be divided by 1650 to give your hourly rate.
The total can be divided by 220 to give your daily rate.
The total can be divided by 44 to give your weekly rate.
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Price is different to Cost• Once FEC is calculated a price can then be
decided upon by the applicant in agreement with the School.
• Some prices particularly in the public sector are restricted (e.g. 80% of FEC for RCs).
• In the commercial sector the School can choose the price – can be above FEC: should price at a premium where we have a market advantage or where the market can stand it. e.g. For accounting, audit, tax & legal services: Senior £2,000 a day ,Specialist ££££££
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Commercial Consultancy Contract (Table 1)
DI: 2 part time people for 2 years(1.25ftes pa) 79,027Kit
8,000Travel 2,000Other 25,000
114,027
DA: PI & Co-I half day a week for 21,2402 years (0.2ftes pa) Estates 1.45fte x £7,755 x 2years 22,490
43,730
Indirect Costs 1.45 x £33,143 x 2years 96,115
FEC = 253,872
PRICE = ??
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Research Council Contract (Table 2)
DI: 2 part time people for 2 year (1.25ftes pa) 79,027
Kit 8,000
Travel 2,000Other 25,000
114,027
DA: PI & Co-I half day a week for 21,2402 years (0.2ftes pa) Estates 1.45fte x £7,755 x 2years 22,490
43,730
Indirect Costs 1.45 x £33,143 x 2years 96,115
FEC = 253,872
PRICE = 80% 203,098
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UoG R&E Portfolio 2010
£M• Public R
7.2• Non Public R
4.0• Consultancy
4.2
15.4
PFR
NPFR
Consultancy
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Refreshment Break After the break
even sunnnier subjects:
• FP7• VAT • Internal Procedures
• Q&A
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Extra Information• Inflation is relevant for all staff costs
and estates and indirect rates• If over a year include a 2% inflation year
on year.• For RCs they calculate the inflation for
you.• Remember to build in annual pay
increments where applicable.• Admin and technical support staff are to
be included in a project costing but their fte are not to be included in the estates and indirect cost calculations
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Project Costing and Reimbursement Rates for
FP7• Budgets should be costed using the
same principles of full economic cost (fEC)
• EC/FP7 indirect cost rates applied accordingly.
• Claim value will be determined by the type of activity within each work package.– Research and Technological
Development– Training– Management– Other.
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REMEMBER
GRE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU
WITH ALL THIS
YOU HAVE A SAFETY NET!
VAT• Universities are not exempt from being
charged VAT. Exceptions are:- Advertising costs- Some medical research
costs(Both have to have a signed certificate
sent to the supplier).• Thus VAT is a further cost to be included
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VAT on Overseas Purchases
• To ensure goods & services are not bought from abroad to escape paying vat on UK goods & services, Customs decree that we should self charge vat.
• Thus the vat guidance applies to goods & services whether bought in UK or Overseas.
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VAT Guidance
Consultancy: All routed through GUE Ltd so fully vatable activity and any vat we are charged are recovered from Customs.
Research: If Publicly funded, we cannot recover the vat from Customs so include any vat on goods/services bought in your costings.
VAT Examples• BBSRC research grant needs £100k of
equipment + vat = £120,000 full cost.(This is publicly funded and so HMRC will not
pay the vat element £20k, so will have to include in proposal as irrecoverable vat).
• Barclays PLC needs £100k of overseas market research + vat self charge = £120,000 cost.
(Not publicly funded can reclaim vat so don’t need to include in proposal).
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VAT Pitfalls• Beware when subcontracting others!
• If another University does research for us, they will not charge vat and vice versa: it will be an exempt supply.
• BUT if a company works for us they WILL charge vat and if the original contract is publicly funded it CANNOT be claimed from HMRC. Agree a price inc vat. Costing and Pricing workshop -
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Who’s Public?Publicly Funded Clients are:
– UK Research Councils– UK Govt Departments– UK Govt Agencies– UK Charities– Other UK Universities– European Commission (Except FP6)Research services to these will be outside
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UoG Internal ProceduresForms 1 & 2: To be filled out so that the
University knows what is happening.
Why? 1) Track success & opportunities 2) Ability to share research
expertise 3) Minimising wasted time &
resources on unrealistic expectations
4) Data for Government returns
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Q & A