FY19 Capital Budget Submission

January 11, 2018

The FY19 capital budget submissions will be due using CPATH by end of day on Friday, February 16, 2018.  In addition, the automated FCA tool, vfa.facility, should be updated as of this date or completed FCI templates should be emailed to Garry Cuneo (garry_cuneo@harvard.edu) or Missy Reed (missy_reed@harvard.edu ). Also, responses to the Capital Plan Narrative Update questions should be submitted; these have been included with the FY19 Budget Guidelines and Narratives distributed by OFSP.  CAPS will obtain your responses from OFSP when you submit the narrative to them.

New and enhanced reports available in CPATH, some of which will help in preparing the upcoming capital budget, include the following:

  • CP 960: Plan to Actuals with Funding Sources (current FY) – The CP960 report reflects forecasted spending by funding source. Spending by funding source will be obtained from the CPATH Capital Spending sub-tab of the Finance tab.
  • CP 977: Historic Plan to Actuals and MYCP Forecast Bar Chart – The CP977 chart shows annual authorized Plan and CapEx for years prior to the current year (back to FY12); current year authorized Plan, actual CapEx, and forecast; and future Plan and forecasts for the next five years.
  • CP979 Plan to Actuals with Anticipated CY Funding (by CAPS Forms) (available January 2018) – The CP979 report will reflect transfers of funds to projects for the current fiscal year and commitments for future years. Funding by source will be obtained from the CPATH CIP Funding sub-tab of the Finance tab (as this is assumed to reflect the funding that was or will be initiated through CAPS forms.) For equity funding, this will show the amount of funding, if any, that will be moved into a CIP this fiscal year. For debt funding, this will show the amount of anticipated borrowing for capital costs for this fiscal year.
  • CP963 Capital Plan vs Year 1 Capital Budget Comparison –The CP963 report compares the current FY19 forecasted capital budget with the FY19 portion of the FY19-23 Multi-Year Capital Plan submitted to OFSP last fall.   

CAPS, CPATH and OBI Report training will be provided later this winter/early spring. The training will focus on “Tips and Tricks”.  Training sessions are tentatively scheduled for the mornings of Wednesday, March 28th and Tuesday, April 24th.  Outlook invites from the CAPS office will be emailed in late February/early March.

Please contact the IT Help Desk (617-495-7777 or ithelp@harvard.edu) for CPATH technical matters or CAPS/HPPM with business issues/questions. User feedback on the CPATH and CAPS applications is always appreciated.