More than $1.9M returned to General Fund
Historically, the Arizona Department of Administration would hold public auctions of both abandoned items from the Transportation Security Administration as well as state surplused items. This process was found to be inefficient, as it not only created lengthy waiting periods between auctions but also grouped similar items together, forcing consumers to buy in bulk.
By engaging in problem solving to understand customer needs and focusing on employee-identified problems, the General Services Division at ADOA streamlined its process to get excess state property and abandoned TSA items sold faster and more efficiently, resulting in a record-breaking $1.9 million reversion back to the General Fund.
The State Surplus Reversion for FY 2021 was more than $1.9 million dollars, the largest surplus reversion to the General Fund in the history of the State Surplus program, a 178% increase over the previous record-breaking reversion of $702,500 in 2019.
Since 2015, ADOA has returned more than $4 million of State Surplus proceeds to the General Fund.
"Moving auctions online has reverted millions of dollars back to agencies and the General Fund."