Opt to lease furniture and IT to save money

Reduce up-front costs

Our Furniture and Information Technology Program, known as the FIT Program, to help you design efficient spaces at lower costs.

We select products and equipment to:

• Create a place where people want to work.
• Encourage and support collaboration.
• Improve productivity.
• Improve space utilization.
• Produce energy and carbon savings.

You can lease furniture and IT assets with no interest as an alternative to purchasing them, which requires an up-front lump sum payment. 

Qualifying for the FIT Program

Your project estimate must be at least $1 million for IT and $350,000 for furniture to use this program.

For IT assets, your project must be located in the National Capital Region.

Mandatory requirements

• The total requirement must comply with either:
  • Your agency’s utilization rate policy.
  • 100-150 usable square feet for total office and 170 USF for the total requirement.
• Private offices and enclosed rooms must be located on the interior as design allows.
• Furniture panels must be no taller than 54 inches to maximize natural light.
• Open workstations must not exceed 50 SF.
• Offices should have 80-150 SF.
• Your contracting officer’s representative must perform project management and custodial activities for the FIT Program term.
• Your COR must provide us a training completion certificate.

Design criteria

Your project or agency must comply with a minimum of six of the following criteria:

1. Reduce the number of enclosed offices with at least a 1:8 office-to-workstation ratio.
2. Use glass walls instead of solid walls where appropriate.
3. Create more open, interactive, free-flowing space to encourage collaboration.
4. Analyze work patterns and job duties to determine appropriate workstation size.
5. Incorporate overall acoustical treatments and visual privacy in open work environments.
6. Offer a variety of reduced-noise spaces such as phone rooms, quiet spaces, and focus rooms.
7. Maximize space utilization with desk-sharing.
8. Use a reservation system to share meeting spaces.
9. Offer a telework program.

Additional considerations

When we evaluate FIT Program candidates, we also consider:

• Risks
• Federal space priority and location
• Leadership commitment and consistency
• Union agreements

Furniture vendors

We have a blanket purchase agreement contract with vendors for the following office equipment:

• Three vendors for workplace furniture
• One small business vendor for seating
• One small business vendor for high-density filing and storage

IT equipment

Our program offers:

• Laptops
• Tablets
• Mobile devices
• Printers
• Scanners
• Phones
• Wireless access points
• Video teleconferencing
• Networking equipment
• Telecommunications equipment

Our program does not cover software licenses, extended warranties, stand-alone wiring, or technical advisory services.

FIT Program funding availability

Until fiscal year 2028, we have $16 million a year allocated to the program. These funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis with some exceptions for compelling business cases and specific customer needs.