Unit Costs (Adjusted)
Equipment Costs for Commercial Vehicle Electronic Credentialing (EC)/Administration
Commercial Vehicle Electronic Credentialing (EC)/Administration replaces the subsystem "Commercial Vehicle Administration (CA)." The CA unit costs are available for historical reference in PDF and Excel formats.
Note: Equipment list adjusted to 2009 dollars. The date in parentheses under the capital cost value and O&M cost value represents the dollar year from which the cost value was adjusted. All costs are in $K.
| Unit Cost Element | IDAS # | Life Years |
Capital Cost $K, 2009 Dollars (Source Year) |
O&M Cost $K/year, Dollars (Source Year) |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer network server for EC Index: 5 |  | 4 | 5.0 - 36.5 (2004) | | Each. |
| Personal computer (desktop or laptop) for EC administration Index: 5 | | 4 | 1.2 - 2 (2005) | | Each. |
| Supplies and materials for EC outreach, internal and external publicity, training, other deployment support Index: 8 | | | 1.3 - 27.2 (2003) | | Per state, consumables for publicity, training, and other deployment support. |
| Bar code readers for law enforcement for EC Index: 5 | | | 0.3 - 0.5 (2004) | | Each. |
| EC software purchased for back-end admin Index: 3 | | 5 | 41.4 - 76.6 (2004) | | Per state, for database management and data processing or reporting. |
| EC software purchased for front-end interface Index: 3 | | 5 | 75 - 273 (2005) | | Per state, for user interface and data entry. Depending on the functionality of the interface being developed, the cost could be much higher or much lower than the range shown. |
| State employee labor for new EC software development Index: 6 | | | 81 - 280 (2005) | | Per state. For states also reporting hours, FTEs ranged from about 0.2 to 2.6 FTE. Depending on the functionality of the system being developed, the dollar cost could be much higher or much lower than the range shown. |
| State employee labor for new EC hardware configuration Index: 6 | | | 2.9 - 14.4 (2003) | | Per state, after original hardware installation. |
| Contractor labor for new EC software development Index: 6 | | | 180 - 1083 (2003) | | Per state. For states also reporting hours, FTEs ranged from about 1 to 3 FTE. Depending on the functionality of the system being developed, the cost could be much higher, or much lower than the range shown. |
| Contractor labor for new EC hardware configuration Index: 6 | | | 3.8 - 7.4 (2004) | | Per state, after original hardware installation. |
| Labor for existing (legacy) credentialing system interface and/or modification Index: 6 | | | 13.9 - 46.3 (2004) | | Per state, includes state employees, contractors, vendors. For states also reporting hours, FTEs ranged from about 0.1 to 0.4 FTE. |
| Labor for EC training Index: 6 | | | 6.0 - 14.4 (2003) | | Per state cost to state agency. Examples: Start-up workshops, training and publicity materials for administrators, law enforcement, and PRISM carriers. |
| Other start-up labor costs Index: 6 | | | 12.0 - 48 (2003) | | Per state, includes CVISN system architect, EC feasibility study; OS/OW permitting, program queries, IFTA/IRP program staff, maintenance, miscellaneous A&E, hardware, software, planning and facilitation, training and travel. |
| Membership fees paid to IRP Clearinghouse (annual) Index: 7 | | | | 9.1 - 17.0 (2004) | Per state, fees set by clearinghouse pro rata, based on registered power units per state. |
| Annual fees to IRP EC admin (back-end) Index: 7 | | | | 12.8 - 73.5 (2003) | Per thousand accounts, for third-party administrator (e.g., VISTA, Polk). |
| Annual fees to IRP EC admin (front-end) Index: 7 | | | | 5.7 - 33 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for third-party administrator (e.g., VISTA, Polk). |
| Recurring costs for EC outreach Index: 8 | | | | 0.6 - 1.2 (2004) | Per thousand accounts. Outreach includes marketing, promotional, attendance at trade shows, advertising, booklets. |
| State employee annual labor IRP credentialing Index: 6 | | | | 50 - 178 (2005) | Per thousand accounts, for legacy system (pre-CVISN) labor. |
| Contractor annual labor for IRP credentialing Index: 6 | | | | 6.9 - 18.5 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for legacy system (pre-CVISN) labor. |
| Membership fees paid to IFTA Clearinghouse Index: 7 | | | | 1 (2005) | Per state, fees set by clearinghouse. |
| Annual fees to IFTA EC admin (back-end) Index: 7 | | | | 12.5 - 37.5 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for third-party administrator (e.g., VISTA, Polk). |
| Annual fees to IFTA EC admin (front-end) Index: 7 | | | | 8.0 - 13.6 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for third-party administrator (e.g., VISTA, Polk). |
| State employee annual labor IFTA credentialing Index: 6 | | | | 15.0 - 121.5 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for legacy system (pre-CVISN) labor. |
| Vendor annual labor for IFTA credentialing Index: 6 | | | | 1 - 20.8 (2004) | Per thousand accounts, for legacy system (pre-CVISN) labor. |
| Other Unit Cost Elements Index: - | - | - | - | - | Summary values under development |