ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 2023 - 2033
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Sustainability
3.3.2 Asset management key operating principles
A set of key operating principles help to deliver the Asset Vision through robust asset management:
1. With the need to protect frontline services, there will continue to be an overriding aim to reduce non-staff premises related costs as much as possible
2. Property is a corporate asset rather than in the “ownership” of any part of the service and a Corporate Landlord approach will be used consistently with defined standards and protocols 3. The Force will identify those strategic sites that are essential to service delivery and fit for purpose, and seek to maximise space utilisation at those locations, thereby enabling the release of other sites for disposal 4. The priority will be to dispose of premises that do not represent value for money through having relatively high revenue costs, require significant investment for poor return, are not fit for purpose, are operationally surplus to requirements and / or are under utilised
5. The use and provision of property, and asset management activity generally, should contribute towards the F orce’s commitment to reduce our impact on the environment
6. Opportunities for co-location with partners , whether within TVP or third party premises, and worthwhile income generation should be actively identified, assessed and progressed where practical and viable to do so 7. Property tenure is not the critical determinant for service delivery. There should be no rigid policy on the extent of property ownership and/or leasing. Procurement choice will reflect strategic, financial, operational and commercial circumstances, and any requirement to retain flexibility 8. Decisions about retention or disposal of property will be subject to a business case review process that will include consideration of strategic, operational, financial, and political issues 9. All use of premises will be assessed against the key components of the Working Smart approach (including team adjacency requirements, security standards, working styles, desk ratios) to ensure that space utilisation and agile working opportunities are maximised 10. Decisions around expenditure and investment in property will be made having regard to the content of this AMF, and other related strategy documents such as the Estate Maintenance Strategy and Environmental & Sustainability Strategy, adopting a whole life assessment approach where appropriate.
3.3.3 Asset challenge
Asset challenge is an embedded process, based on sector best practice, meaning we will be reviewing our assets on a rolling basis. This ensures only those assets that are needed are retained. The aim is to identify and act upon under-performance, to reduce costs, to identify those assets to be retained and invested in, those that are or could be surplus to requirement and could be disposed of, and where new or amended provision is needed to meet service delivery requirements.
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