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Our fleet management consulting services include, but are not limited to - organization structure and staffing assessment, business best practice review, competitiveness assessment, cost of services analysis, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/preventive-maintenance.htm','acepopup','409','550','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">preventive maintenance program design and review</font></a>, fleet size and composition review, vehicle and equipment utilization study, fleet safety review, lease versus buy analysis, leasing and procurement contract auditing and negotiation, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/fleet-maintenance-outsourcing.htm','acepopup','380','510','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">maintenance outsourcing and in-sourcing feasibility assessment</font></a>, maintenance outsourcing contract negotiation, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/managed-competition.htm','acepopup','380','560','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">managed competition assistance</font></a>, motor pool assessment, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/fleet-replacement-planning.htm','acepopup','339','515','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">replacement plan development and acquisition funding alternatives</font></a>, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/fleet-charge-back-system.htm','acepopup','378','520','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">charge - back rate development</font></a>, vehicle and equipment consolidation study, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/info-sys-implement.htm','acepopup','320','435','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">information systems implementation</font></a> and <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/info-sys-upgrade.htm','acepopup','320','415','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">replacement services</font></a>, application hosting, <a href="javascript:NewWindow('http://www.mercury-assoc.com/fleet/parts-management-services.htm','acepopup','385','550','center','front');" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">parts management review</font></a>, product and services procurement study, fuel management practice assessment, facility design and condition assessment, regulation and legislation compliance analysis, and alternative fuel program planning. <a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp">Click here to l</a><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp" title="Mercury fleet management - vehicle and equipment management consulting services for government, private businesses, corporate operations, transit agencies, special districts, school districts, military, and utility companies.">earn more about our vehicle and equipment management consulting services.</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/firetruck1a.JPG" align="right" hspace="4">Our experience as professional management consultants is unsurpassed in the industry. Mercury's team has provided consulting services to more than 500 private and public sector fleet management operations, including large cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston - almost half the states - federal agencies, such as GSA, NASA, US Army, US Marines, US Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior - major utility companies, and Fortune 500 companies such as General Motors, Aramark, Sprint, Coca Cola, and Walt Disney World Company. At the other end of the spectrum, we have worked with fleets of as few as 25 vehicles and pieces of equipment. <a href="mailto:contactme@mercury-assoc.com?subject=Request for Management Consulting Project Information"> Click here to l</a><a href="mailto:contactme@mercury-assoc.com?subject=Request for Management Consulting Project Information" title="Mercury has provided consulting services to hundreds of diverse motor vehicle and equipment fleets in the transit, railway, military, state and local government, corporate, private, public, school district, power and gas utility company, and leasing industries. Please contact us today to discuss how we can assist you with increasing productivity, reducing costs, and improving customer service.">earn more about our management consulting projects.</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/fork-lift.gif" align="left" hspace="2" alt="One of the key factors that has made Mercury Associates a leading provider of consulting services in the fleet industry is our track record of providing services whose value far exceeds their costs." width="135">In addition to extensive experience, our consultants have advanced certifications and education in areas of discipline that are frequently required of a fleet manager and staff - financial management, public administration, business administration, networking engineering, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM). Virtually no other vehicle and equipment fleet consultants in the industry have the combination of experience, education, and certifications that we bring to every project. <a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/aboutus.asp">Click here to l</a><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/aboutus.asp" title="vehicle and equipment management experts">earn more about the experience of our management consultants.</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/bus-image.gif" align="right" alt="Mercury provides management consultation to a variety of indutries that utilize vehicles and equipment to support internal operations, including state and local government, transit operations, transporation authorities, military branches, federal agencies, leasing companies, private businesses, construction companies, shipping and commercial freight carriers, railway operations, school districts, gas and power utility, and telecommunications and cable companies.">One of the key factors that has made Mercury a leading provider of fleet management consulting services is our track record of providing services whose value far exceeds their costs. Our focus in every project is to develop and secure management's commitment to implementing real-world, best practice solutions that produce the greatest return on our client's investment in our consulting services - regardless of the size or complexity of their fleet or the challenges and opportunities they are facing.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Fleet Cost Reduction Strategies </b><br> With the growing fiscal constraints on businesses and government organizations many operations are seeking ways to reduce and control fleet related costs. However, the approach of most of these entities is to stop spend money on new vehicle purchases, cut maintenance budgets, and suspend driving activities – which ultimately translates into reduced service levels and productivity. As the industry leading provider of fleet management consulting we have assisted hundreds of clients reduce and control costs through proven methods that provide returns that far exceed our consulting fees.<br> <br> Some well established processes for reducing costs include:<br> <br> <b>Optimal Fleet Replacement Planning - </b>Ownership of a fleet is by far the largest expense associated with any vehicle-centric business. Many operations respond to fiscally difficult times by deferring the replacement of vehicles and equipment, but this approach results in an aging fleet with higher operating costs, reduced reliability, and a significant reduction in value due to depreciation. Business owners and government agencies can reduce costs by refocusing their administration efforts on optimizing their fleet replacement planning activities in the following areas: <br>  </font></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" id="table1"> <tr> <td> <ul> <li> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Acquiring appropriate vehicles with the greatest value over their lifecycle (not just the lowest purchase price);</font></li> <li> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Achieving optimal asset life cycles by calculating the total cost of ownership (including initial purchase price, resale value, operating costs, and the cost of money);</font></li> <li> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Realizing optimal remarketing values;</font></li> <li> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Utilizing alternative financing methods, such as commercial debt financing, leases, commercial paper, certificates of participation, and an internal sinking fund; and<br> Fleet reduction by optimizing replacement and disposal</font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><br> <b>Fleet Rightsizing - </b>Periodic utilization reviews and rightsizing studies can pay for themselves many times over in increased productivity and lower operating and capital costs. Even in well-managed fleet operations with solid purchase justification procedures and cost chargeback rules, a periodic rightsizing review will usually uncover vehicles, equipment units, and other assets that simply are no longer needed. In some cases, operations can reduce their fleet size by as much as 20 percent while lowering their replacement costs, repair bills, and discretionary-trip expenses.<br> <br> <b>Personally Owned Vehicle (POV) Reimbursement Programs - </b>The use of personally owned vehicles (POVs) can be a valuable component of an overall fleet management program. If properly managed and documented, POV usage can supplement the use of fleet vehicles, enhance user convenience and job performance, and allow the organization to operate with fewer owned vehicles. However, POV programs have various taxation implications and record management requirements that must be addressed in order to be considered IRS compliant. Mercury has a significant amount of experience with POV programs and management. Our studies go well beyond calculating an applicable mileage rate to cover estimates of current operating costs. We examine your policies and procedures to develop the foundation for the strategic elements that will bring about immediate cost savings and promote long-term, cost-conscious use of POV reimbursement as an integrated fleet management component.<br> <br> <b>Fuel Management - </b>Fuel is one of the most significant variable costs in a fleet operation and most difficult to control. By utilizing technology, aggressive management and auditing, fuel hedging, and outsourcing and purchasing card program many fleet operations can reduce the variability and cost of fuel. Additionally, fleet operations can implement more fuel efficient vehicles, right-size its vehicle inventory, implement sound utilization policies, and enforce monitoring solutions.<br> <br> Mercury has assisted many public and private organizations with the deign, implementation, and management of their fleet fueling operations, which has resulted in significant cost savings, improved customer service, and employee efficiency.<br> <br> <b>Preventive Maintenance Program - </b>A well-designed program of preventive maintenance can extend the life of vehicles and equipment, increase residual value, and reduce costly repairs. These results help the fleet management organization to attain their ultimate objective: optimal fleet performance and reliability at the lowest possible cost.<br> <br> Mercury’s consultants have assisted numerous operations to reach that objective, both by revamping existing preventive maintenance programs and by establishing new ones. Our many years of experience in the fleet business have allowed us to build a formidable storehouse of maintenance intelligence and a comprehensive, diversified database of vehicle and equipment statistics that we use to full advantage in our work for clients.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <hr color="#000080"></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080">Fuel Cost Reduction and Management Strategies</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">If you’re concerned about how to manage the impact of rising fuel prices on the cost of your fleet operation, you’ve come to the right place. Mercury Associates offers a full portfolio of audit and technical advisory services for helping fleet operators maximize fleet fuel efficiency and control fuel – and other – fleet costs. Should you change the types of vehicles in your fleet? Should you invest in a vehicle tracking system to monitor driver behavior? Does hedging fuel purchases make sense? How do you control the costs of vehicles and equipment deployed over a wide area, acquired from and serviced by multiple suppliers? What low-cost strategies and techniques can you implement to rein in fuel costs immediately? Mercury’s consulting staff – the largest group of independent, full-time fleet consultants in North America – can provide answers to these and the numerous other questions organizations are asking about how to get a handle on fleet costs now. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="table2"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <b> <font size="1" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/dots2.gif" width="11" height="11"></font></b></td> <td valign="top"><b> <font size="1" face="Arial"> <a target="_self" href="https://www.mercury-assoc.com/contactus.aspx"> <font color="#000080">contact us to learn how mercury can assist with achieving real, sustainable fuel cost reduction</font></a>.</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <b> <font size="1" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/dots2.gif" width="11" height="11"></font></b></td> <td valign="top"><b><font size="1" face="Arial"> <a title="Fuel Consumption Challenges and Solutions for US Fleet Vehicle Operations" target="_blank" href="fuel%20management%20white%20paper%20part%201.pdf"> <font color="#000080">read mercury white paper on fuel cost control challenges and solutions.</font></a></font></b></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" width="100%"> <hr color="#000080"></td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%" style="word-spacing: 0; 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As such we are retained by many public and private operations with diverse fleets to assist them in reducing costs, improving services, and increasing equipment safety. Read below to see contracts recently awarded to Mercury."></a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#0033CC" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#0033CC" bordercolordark="#000080"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 6/18/09 - Almajdouie Group</b>, a diversified manufacturing and services company that is a major provider of freight transportation, heavy lift, 3PL, and other services in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region retains Mercury Associates to develop and conduct a fleet management best practices training program for its senior executives.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 6/12/09 - </b>Mercury chosen to develop RFP and provide project management services to the <b>Government of Saskatchewan, Canada</b> in the selection and implementation of a new fleet management information system.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 6/8/09 - </b>Mercury selected to develop and host website and member portal for <b>a fleet management association serving the Rocky Mountain area</b> in the United States.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"></font><b>6/8/09 - </b>The <b>City of Chandler, Arizona</b> engages Mercury Associates to conduct a review of current fleet replacement practices. The study will include de veloping a funding mechanism to recover capital and operating costs from user departments. The City operates a fleet in excess of 700 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>5/18/09 - Toyota Tsusho America</b> engages Mercury to perform an optimal replacement analysis for its light duty fleet. The project includes development of replacement cycle guidelines based on real-world costs. Mercury conducted a similar study for the company in 2005. Toyota Tsusho America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, which was founded as a trading and supply-chain specialist of the Toyota Group. The company has evolved from a trader in a limited number of commodities and finished goods to a multi-business enterprise, combing international trading with an expansive range of domestically targeted functions such as supply-chain services, intermediate goods processing, etc.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 5/18/09 - </b>The <b>Yukon Territory Department of Highways and Public Transportation</b> selects Mercury Associates to conduct several projects aimed at improving the management of the Yukon Government fleet, including an evaluation of the Transportation Maintenance Branch’s fleet replacement planning, replacement revolving fund, and capital and operating cost charge-back practices; and a best practices assessment of the Fleet Vehicle Agency, which manages the most of the light-duty vehicles in the Government fleet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 5/12/09 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>Government of Saskatchewan, Canada</b> to provide consulting services that include the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) and selection of a new fleet information system, project management for the selected system, and business process reengineering and industry best practice integration.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 4/2/09 - </b>The <b>City of Olympia, WA</b> Department of Public Works retains Mercury to assist it in developing and implementing a new cost charge-back system for its Fleet Operations Division. The principal goal of the project is to improve the transparency of, and accountability for, the costs of the Division’s fleet management and maintenance services. The scope of the project also includes updating the City’s fleet replacement plan and providing training to several employees in the use of Mercury’s CARCAP™ replacement planning and rate development software, which was licensed to the City in 2008.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 2/12/09 – </b>Mercury is engaged by <b>NISH </b>to assist with preparing for a fleet program inspection at Tinker Air Force Base. Fleet services at the base are provided by contract under the AbilityOne program, which is administered by NISH. Mercury consultants will conduct a pre-inspection and train staff on Air Force inspection requirements in advance of the official inspection.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 2/5/09 - </b>The <b>City of Wilmington, Delaware</b> retains Mercury to conduct a fleet rightsizing study. Like many other organizations with which we are working, the City is seeking ways to reduce the costs of its fleet without impairing the delivery of services to residents and taxpayers. Mercury also is currently conducting fleet rightsizing studies for the cities of Salt Lake, San Francisco, and Tampa.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 2/5/09 - </b>The <b>City of Boston Fire Department</b> selects Mercury to review and assess the soundness of its apparatus maintenance and repair practices in the wake of a ladder truck accident last month in which a veteran firefighter was killed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style1"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 1/1/09 - </b>The <b> City of Vancouver </b>selects Tridata and Mercury to conduct a study of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service. Mercury’s role in the project will focus on reviewing fleet management practices for VFRS, assessing opportunities to consolidate fire fleet services, and recommending an optimized fire fleet program structure to the City.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 12/23/08 - </b>The <b>City of Seattle</b> selects Mercury to develop a comprehensive set of parts and fuel management procedures for its Fleet Services Division and to train employees in their use. The Division provides fleet management services to more than 4,000 City-owned vehicles and pieces of equipment</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 11/25/08 - Salt Lake City</b> selects Mercury to develop a comprehensive strategy for implementing a more efficient and sustainable fleet. The scope of the study includes identifying opportunities to rightsize, renew, and reduce the costs of the current 2,300-unit fleet; conducting a cost-benefit study of the take-home use of City police cars; evaluating vehicle acquisition, operation, utilization, and other management processes that affect the impact of the fleet on the environment; and developing processes for incorporating vehicle-related environmental impact considerations in the development of methods for delivering City services.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 11/25/08 - </b>The <b>State of Utah Department of Natural Resources</b> engages Mercury to brief officials during the 2009 session of the State Legislature on the potential benefits of issuing a request for proposals for fleet leasing and management services for the Department’s fleet of 700 vehicles.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 11/25/08 - </b>The <b>City of San Antonio</b> expands the scope of its contract with Mercury to include an analysis of optimal replacement cycles for five key types of vehicles in the City’s fleet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> 10/28/08 - </b>The <b>City of Tampa</b> retains Mercury Associates to conduct a fleet rightsizing and renewal study for its fleet of 3,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the project includes identifying opportunities to reduce the size and costs of the fleet, developing a fleet renewal and ongoing replacement program, and evaluating alternative capital financing programs.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>9/5/08 – </b>The <b>State of California</b> grants Mercury a multiple award schedule contract to provide fleet consulting services . The CMAS program, administered by the California Department of General Services, enables state agencies and local government jurisdictions to access Mercury’s services through a streamlined procurement with pre-established pricing based on our Federal GSA schedule.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>9/19/08 – </b>The <b>City of Midland, Michigan</b> engages Mercury to conduct a comprehensive assessment of its fleet management program with a focus on financial and Internal Service Fund management. Midland is the home of Dow Chemical and is located northwest of Detroit.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> <font size="2">8/13/08 - </font></b><font size="2">The <b>City of Wilmington, Delaware</b> retains Mercury to provide ongoing fleet and fleet maintenance contract management support services under a multi-year contract. The City of Wilmington is the largest municipality in the state and the largest on the Delmarva Peninsula with a population of approximately 75,000. Mercury has assisted several public and private organizations with the management of their vehicle and equipment operations in order to achieve greater efficiencies, cost control, and productivity.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> <font size="2">8/12/08 - </font></b><font size="2">The <b>City and County of San Francisco</b> selects Mercury to conduct the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of it fleet management and operating practices. The scope of the study also includes an analysis of opportunities to right-size and improve the sustainability of the City’s light-duty vehicle fleet.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> <font size="2">8/11/08 - Community Emergency Medical Services,</font></b><font size="2"> a rapidly growing medical and non-medical transportation services company based in Southfield, MI, engages Mercury to review its fleet management and operating practices.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font><b> <font size="2">8/8/08 - Mercury to conduct seminar in China</font></b><font size="2">. Marcus Evans, the international events management and professional training firm, has engaged Mercury Associates president Paul Lauria to conduct its first-ever fleet management training program in China. Scheduled for September 4-5 in Shanghai, this seminar follows in the footsteps of seminars Paul has recently conducted for other organizations in Australia, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font> <font face="Arial"> <b><font size="2">7/30/08 – The County of Ventura, California</font></b><font size="2"> selects Mercury to update recommendations from the study that the firm completed for the County in 2004. The current review will focus on financial management and asset management issues. Ventura County has a population of over 830,000 and is one of the more populous counties in the State of California.</font></font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>7/23/08 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> contracts with Mercury to continue providing onsite subject matter expertise and support to the Federal Acquisition Service Office of Travel and Transportation to realign relocation programs for Federal employees. Relocation benefits for Federal Government employees have been impacted by downturns in the mortgage and housing markets. Mercury will continue to assist GSA to implement bridge solutions to keep the Federal workforce mobile while working toward long-term, sustainable contracting and service delivery models. The current contract was awarded to Mercury via GSA Schedule 48 (Transportation Services) and extends through September 30, 2008; the contract includes two, one-year option periods through September 30, 2010.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 7/15/08 – </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Clearwater (FL)</b> to conduct a rightsizing study for its fleet of 1,000 vehicles. Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is located on the highest coastal bluff in Florida. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Clearwater is over 108,000 residents.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>7/7/08 – The Jackson Health System</b>, an independent arm of Miami-Dade County, selects Mercury to develop a fleet maintenance outsourcing solution for its fleet of support vehicles. This project will include review of outsourcing alternatives and development of a RFP to secure vendor services.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>7/3/08 - </b>The <b>City of Mountain Brook, Alabama</b>, a city in Metropolitan Birmingham, has engaged Mercury to complete a fleet management best practices review with an emphasis on alternative fuels, methods for lower fuel costs, fleet right sizing and enhancements to automation. In addition, City leadership is interested in ensuring operations are aligned with the expansion and renovation of the Public Works complex currently underway.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>5/20/08 - UGI Utilities, Inc.</b> of Reading, PA contracts with Mercury to prepare and distribute a Request for Proposal for vehicle acquisition and fleet management services. The project includes a review of current practices, development of analytical scoring tools and evaluation of the proposals submitted by various fleet management companies. Mercury will also assist UGI during the presentation of proposals by the top-rated suppliers.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>5/15/08 - SCT Performance, LLC</b>, of Orlando, Florida has retained Mercury Associates to recruit a Vice President of Sales who will be tasked with expanding their business into the fleet market. This unique position will be responsible for seeking new business opportunities and managing the sales group as they company expands. SCT currently provides products to enhance engine operation on domestic vehicles through the use of proprietary software which can help increase mile-per gallon, control engine speed and acceleration, and idle time before engine shut-off.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 5/15/08 - Alyeska Pipeline Services Company</b>, which operates and maintains the 800 mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System, retains Mercury to conduct several fleet-related projects, including the development of a new internal fleet cost charge-back system; the development of a fleet renewal and replacement financing strategy; and the development and issuance of an RFP for fleet leasing and management services.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>4/3/2008 - </b>Mercury is retained by the <b>City of Yonkers (NY)</b> to conduct an analysis of parts supply outsourcing options. This project will involve projecting the cost of outsourcing to a new contractor to those for current outsourced fleet management parts operations.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>4/1/2008 - ARAMARK</b>, Supply Chain Management, engages Mercury to assist it in recruiting for two key positions in its Fleet Department. The Vice President of Strategic Fleet Operations will oversee all aspects of implementing a total fleet management program. The Director of DOT Compliance will be responsible for ensuring the 5000+ fleet vehicles are in compliance with all state and federal safety regulations. ARAMARK is one of the world’s largest providers of food, facility management, and uniform and apparel services to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses; the company has 240,000 employees in 19 countries.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/17/08 - </b>Mercury is selected to host fleet information system for the <b>Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)</b>. The organization is the primary law enforcement and counterintelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy. It works closely with other local, state, federal, and foreign agencies to counter and investigate the most serious crimes: terrorism, espionage, computer intrusion, homicide, rape, child abuse, arson, procurement fraud, and more.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/10/08 - </b>Mercury is retained by <b>Duke University</b> to conduct a review of fleet practices. This project includes a best practices assessment, a fleet right-sizing analysis, and development of a long-range fleet replacement plan. Duke is one of the nation's leading, private higher education institutions with nearly 13,000 students served by over 30,000 full and part-time employees.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 3/3/08 -</b> Mercury is contracted to work onsite in the <b>General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Office of Travel & Transportation</b> to assist GSA and Federal agencies to realign relocation homesale program services available to transferring Federal employees. Relocation benefits available to Federal employees have been impacted by effects of the housing and mortgage crises. Mercury is assisting the Government to implement bridge solutions for the near-term to keep the Federal workforce mobile while working toward a long-term, sustainable relocation contracting model that is less susceptible to shifts in the real estate market and economy. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>1/31/08 - </b>In an expansion of its current marketing efforts to industrial organizations into the automotive fleet industry, <b>New Pig Corporation</b> of Tipton, PA has engaged Mercury to assist with its market research efforts in serving fleet markets. New Pig has been providing products and services designed specifically for leak and spill management, industrial safety and plant maintenance to industrial, institutional and governmental facilities since 1985. They are a multi-channel, multi-brand supplier serving more than 170,000 customers in more than 40 countries.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <b> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> 1/15/08 - </b>The <b>Alaska Railroad </b>contracts with Mercury to conduct an assessment of fleet right-sizing opportunities and to develop a long-range fleet replacement plan. These two efforts were key recommendations in a fleet management best practices report that we delivered to the railroad late last year.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>1/14/08 - Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.</b>, the largest producer of aggregate material in the Ohio River valley engages Mercury to assist it in developing elements of a fleet replacement strategy including 1) the determination of optimal replacement cycles for its loaders and 40 to 100-ton haul trucks; 2) the development of a long-term replacement plan for the entire company fleet; and 3) the analysis of alternative capital financing approaches including leasing versus buying.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>12/6/07 - </b>A <b>New York-based global private equity firm</b> retains Mercury to assist it in evaluating the business processes, performance, costs, and competitiveness of a Central European fleet leasing company in which it is considering investing. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>12/5/07 - </b>The <b>Hillsborough County, FL County Administrator</b> engages Mercury to assist in the conduct of a fleet utilization and right sizing study and the development of guidelines for the ongoing management of fleet size, composition, and utilization.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>12/4/07 - UGI Utilities, Inc.</b> retains Mercury to assist it in identifying the costs and benefits of constructing a fleet maintenance facility at its planned Harrisburg-Reading (PA) operations center and comparing them with those associated with outsourcing the maintenance and repair of the portion of its fleet that otherwise would be serviced there. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/1/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by <b>Chesterfield County (VA) </b>to assess the costs and benefits of building new fleet and radio shop facilities versus outsourcing these services. In this project we will determine the County’s shop space needs and develop a projected development cost. We will also conduct a competitiveness assessment of current fleet and radio shop operations, compare the cost of in-house operations to the private sector, and determine the feasibility of outsourcing some or all services.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/30/07 - Military Sealift Fleet Support Command (MSFSC) </b> selected Mercury Associates as service integrator to provide temporary housing in San Diego for the USNS Robert Peary crew while the ship undergoes renovation. This contract, valued at $309,000 is the second housing requirement Mercury has provided for MSFSC. Mercury also coordinates housing requirements for the USNS Richard Byrd crew via a similar contract currently valued at $646,500. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/26/07 - </b>Mercury awarded a contract to assist the <b>U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> with the creation of an electronic tool to enable the right sizing of its fleet. The effort is part of a Federal-wide initiative known as a Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM). The electronic tool will require vehicle users to justify retention of low use vehicles, or the addition of new vehicles, via a series of questions whose answers automatically feed into the electronic tool. The tool then uses proprietary algorithms to determine whether the vehicle is approved, and if so, what type of vehicle is recommended (an automated vehicle selector). Mercury's contract is in cooperation with Runzheimer International.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/22/07 - The Nielsen Company</b>, the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services, has contracted with Mercury Associates to review and make recommendations regarding their vehicle replacement criteria and retention cycle in an effort to reduce the Company’s total cost of vehicle ownership.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/5/07 - FLD</b> of Delray Beach, Florida has retained Mercury to recruit a business development manager specializing in the federal government segment of the fleet market. This unique position will be responsible for seeking new business opportunities to remarket vehicles for the many branches of the federal government. FLD is recognized nationally for providing unique and comprehensive vehicle remarketing services to banks, financial institutions, credit unions and commercial fleets.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/3/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to host Collective Data's fleet management information system for <b>Time Warner</b>, a leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include Internet and interactive systems, cable services, television networks and publishing. Mercury provides application hosting services to six fleet software development companies.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>10/1/07 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection</b> awards Mercury a contract to provide technical services related to upfitting new vehicles. CBP purchases thousands of vehicles each year which must be retrofitted to meet the mission of protecting our borders. MAI will assist CBP by helping to set-up additional vendor locations to increase production capacity and speed the preparation of vehicles for service.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>9/28/07 - </b>The <b>Department of Homeland Security</b> has awarded Mercury and its partner, Defense Solutions, a one-year contract to provide professional management support services to the Office of Asset Management and Logistics (Personal Property). The staff position will be located in Washington, D.C., and support the Assistant Director of the Office with the Mobile Assets (Marine/Aviation) Program.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 9/27/07 - </b>The <b>Department of State</b> expands the scope of work for fleet management consulting services awarded to Mercury and its partner Runzheimer International to include facilitation and support for consolidation of fleet management, a key recommendation of a previous project performed by Mercury.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 9/25/07 - </b>Mercury and its partner firm Defense Solutions are awarded a five year contract by the <b>National Park Service (NPS)</b> to prepare strategic fleet management plans for NPS regions around the country. The focus of this project is to identify and describe past and present fleet management practices and propose new management direction and improved operational activities to bring park fleets into compliance with NPS fleet management policies. Mercury will also undertake fleet management studies for individual parks throughout the United States.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 9/24/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to provide application hosting services to <b>Willbros Group, Inc.</b> With over 400 clients in over 55 countries, Willbros is recognized for completing many logistically complicated pipeline projects around the world. Moreover, the company provides project management, engineering, and material procurement services to the oil, gas and power industries and government agencies.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>9/18/07 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> hires Mercury as part of team to perform a Household Goods Savings Analysis to compare costs and services of household goods shipments contracted via the Centralized Household Goods Traffic Management Program (CHAMP), the Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Solutions Schedule (TDRS), and other methods used by federal agencies to contract for the shipment of household goods (HHG). Mercury assisted in a similar assessment of federal household goods programs two years ago. GSA anticipates the program assessment will be required annually; therefore, the current contract allows GSA to renew the consulting team’s services annually for up to four additional option years.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>8/31/07 - </b>The <b>Florida Department of Transportation</b> selects Mercury to update its fleet management program. This project will include conducting a fleet right-sizing analysis, developing a long –range fleet replacement and financing plan, updating the departments fleet policy manual, and calculating fully-allocated shop rates.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>7/12/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>Alaska Railroad Commission (ARRC)</b> to conduct a review of fleet management activities. ARRC is a state owned railroad that operates freight and passenger lines throughout Alaska. Most of ARRC’s vehicles are equipped with high rail devices and are essential for safe operation of the railroad.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>7/2/07 - Louisville Metro Government</b> selects the team of QK4 and Mercury Associates to conduct a staffing analysis and space needs assessment for their fleet maintenance and repair operation. Louisville Metro operates a fleet of over 4,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The project will identify space requirements and adjacencies for a new fleet maintenance facility.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>6/29/07 - Kane County, IL</b> chooses Mercury to conduct a fleet maintenance facilities space needs assessment. The project will include evaluating the opportunity to centralize fleet maintenance and repair operations under a single organization and determining the appropriate size of the fleet maintenance facility. The project will also include development of a fleet replacement plan for a fleet of nearly 400 units.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>6/12/07 - Southern California Edison (SCE)</b> retains Mercury to assist with the optimization of acquisition, replacement cycle planning and remarketing processes for its fleet of 6,000 vehicles, SCE is the largest subsidiary of Edison International and is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. The company provides 13 million people in 430 cities and communities with electricity.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>6/4/07 - </b>Mercury partners with the <b>University of Auburn Montgomery</b> on a strategic assessment of fleet operations for the State of Alabama. The project will include the review of essential fleet management activities, such as organizational structure and roles, fleet replacement practices, policies and procedures, and maintenance activities.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>5/10/07 - U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC)</b> selects Mercury as service integrator to provide corporate housing services to USNS Richard Byrd civilian mariners assigned to San Diego, California. The small business set-aside contract extends from May 14 through mid-November 2007. The mission of MSC is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>4/25/07 — Benchmark Assisted Living, LLC (BAL)</b> engages Mercury Associates to review options for financing its 64 vehicle fleet of passenger vans and buses. Mercury will also prepare a formal request for proposal (RFP) for fleet management services and assist BAL in evaluating RFP responses and negotiating a contract with the successful bidder. BAL owns and operates 43 senior living communities in New England, which include living arrangements for independent, assisted and specialized assisted seniors. </font> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> </font> <font face="Arial"><b><font size="2">4/20/07 - Nutramax Laboratories</font></b><font size="2"> of Edgewood, Maryland, contracts with Mercury to review its current vehicle allowance program for employees who drive their own cars for business purposes throughout the United States. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. researches, develops, and markets high quality products to promote joint health in people and animals as well as environmentally safe biofertilizers for the turf industry.</font></font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>4/18/07 - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)</b> Office of Career Development exercised the option to continue its contract with Mercury Associates to provide corporate housing management services for DOL’s MBA Fellows and Senior Executive Service Training Programs and other DOL Career Development programs through May 25, 2008. This is the first of four potential option years for the small business set-aside contract originally awarded to Mercury in May 2006 and valued at $1.7 million if DOL exercises all options.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>4/16/07 — Schindler Elevator Corporation</b> has contracted with Mercury Associates to develop a request for quotation (RFQ) for fleet management products and services for its US and Canadian fleet operations. Founded in Switzerland in 1874, Schindler is the largest supplier of escalators and the second largest manufacturer of elevators in the world. The company operates a fleet of 2,800 vehicles in the US, an equal number in Europe, and about 300 units in Canada. Mercury will also assist Schindler in evaluating proposals and negotiating a contract with one or more successful bidders.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/28/07 - City of San Antonio</b> Administrative Services Department selects Mercury to conduct a comprehensive review of its fleet replacement and operating cost charge-back programs and to implement Mercury’s fleet replacement planning and rate development program CARCAP™. The Department’s Fleet Maintenance and Operations Division manages the City’s fleet of 3,700 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/27/07 - RAND Corporation </b>retains Mercury’s president, Paul Lauria, to provide technical review of its draft research report for the US Army on Metrics and Cost Effective Practices for a CBM+ Based Maintenance System. This is the third RAND research project on US Army fleet management and maintenance practices for which Lauria has served as a technical analyst or advisor.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/19/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to conduct a best management practices evaluation for <b>Flint Hill Resources</b>, a leading producer of fuels, lube oils, and other petrochemical and commodity products. The Wichita, KS based company has more than six decades of refining and chemicals industry experience. The evaluation includes about 400 vehicles and pieces of equipment at three separate facilities in the city. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 3/12/07 – </b>Mercury, the largest independent fleet management consulting company in North America, today announced several new client engagements as it celebrated the start of its <b>fifth year in business</b>.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/7/07 - Commonwealth of Virginia Department of General Services</b> awards multi-year contract to Mercury Associates to provide consulting services to its Office of Fleet Management Services. Under the agreement, OFMS, which manages a fleet of approximately 3,500 light-duty vehicles, will issue task orders for assistance in such areas as business process review and reengineering, strategic business plan development, and cost charge-back rate development.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/5/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to provide fleet management consultant services to the <b>University of Massachusetts Amherst.</b> UMASS is located in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and has an enrollment of nearly 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Mercury will review existing fleet practices, make recommendations for improvements and develop a transition plan to help the University reach these goals. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/1/07 – </b>Mercury has been selected to work on a team headed by <b>WCGS Architects</b> of Albany, New York to design a new facility complex for the <b>New York State Police.</b> The scope of services includes conducting a business case analysis of the centralization of all patrol car upfitting and decommissioning services in Albany and providing space programming and master planning guidance for a new facility at this complex.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>3/1/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by <b>a major telecommunications company</b> to assist with the selection and implementation of a new information system to support the management of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment geographically dispersed throughout the US.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>2/21/07 - </b>The <b>City of Houston, TX</b> expands the scope of its contract with Mercury to include a city-wide fleet renewal and rightsizing study encompassing all of the city’s 12,000 vehicles and pieces of rolling stock equipment.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>2/19/07 – CITGO</b> engages Mercury to provide technical assistance associated with a pilot project involving the use of a new lubricant for transit buses. The Houston, Texas-based company is an oil refiner and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt, and other industrial products.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>2/5/07 - Colorado Springs Utilities</b> has retained Mercury to conduct a comprehensive fleet rightsizing and utilization study. CSU is a community-owned utility that provides natural gas, electricity, water and wastewater services to customers in the Pikes Peak region. CSU operates a fleet of nearly 2,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>1/26/07 -</b> Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Boise</b> to prepare a fleet strategic plan. Mercury's consultants will work with stakeholders to develop a program that a employs a strategic perspective regarding fleet management including City-wide fleet policies and procedures, consistent vehicle assignment criteria, development of comprehensive data on fleet costs and performance, and rational replacement planning and financing practices.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>1/19/07 – </b>Mercury is awarded a contract with the <b>City of Olympia, WA</b> to conduct a review of the city’s fleet internal service fund working capital requirements and cost charge-back rates. The City owns a fleet of 200 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 1/10/07 - </b>Mercury is retained to conduct a market research study relative to fleet fuel acquisition methods, hedging products, and fuel card providers for <b>a start-up fuel financial management company,</b> which will provide fuel hedging strategies and products for both the consumer and commercial fleet markets.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>12/26/06 – </b>The <b>City of Edmond, OK</b> selects Mercury to assist with the conduct of a managed competition for fleet maintenance services. This engagement will include assisting the City define the scope and structure of the competition, preparing solicitation documents, and evaluating proposals. A separate team of Mercury's fleet management consultants will assist the City’s fleet staff prepare an in-house proposal.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>12/26/06</b> - Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Houston, TX</b> to develop a long-term replacement plan for 4,000 emergency response vehicles. The project includes developing optimized replacement cycles, quantifying long-term replacement funding requirements, developing a list of vehicles recommended for replacement next fiscal year, and developing reserve fund charge-back rates.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 12/21/06 -</b> The <b>City of Stamford, CT </b>has selected Mercury Associates to evaluate and identify opportunities to improve how it acquires, finances, maintains, and assigns motor vehicles, and to assess the potential of consolidating fleet maintenance and management.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"><b> 12/20/06 -</b> The <b>City of Torrington, CT</b> contracted Mercury Associates to study three major components of its fleet operations: 1) an evaluation of fleet replacement financing practices and the appropriateness of the current replacement reserve fund balance; 2) an evaluation of fleet size, composition, and utilization; and 3) a fleet management best practices review.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/22/06 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>State of Oregon</b> to make recommendations about the effectiveness of state light-duty fleet operations and to conduct an independent review of state fleets to determine compliance with applicable federal and state regulatory requirements. This is the second biennial review of fleet management operations that Mercury has been selected to conduct for Oregon.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/21/06 – </b>The <b>City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, WI</b> selects Mercury to review fleet information system requirements and to recommend a refined cost charge-back methodology. Eau Claire has a population of over 65,000 with an expanding economic base in manufacturing, information technologies, health care, and retail trade. </font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/21/06 – </b>Mercury awarded a contract with the <b>Leon County Sheriff’s Office (FL)</b> to conduct a review of fleet operations. Leon County includes Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee. Moreover, the County covers approximately 671 square miles, with a population of almost 245,000 people.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/9/06 - ALLETE, Inc.</b> of Duluth, MN has retained Mercury Associates to conduct market research in connection with its exploration of strategic business opportunities in the fleet industry. In 1996, ALLETE acquired the used vehicle auction company ADESA, which ultimately grew into the second largest such company in the US with some 11,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $2.25 billion. ALLETE completed its divesture of ADESA through a public offering and stock dividend distribution in 2004.</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="margin:0; text-align: justify; word-spacing: 0; text-indent:0; line-height:100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif"> <b>11/1/06 - Shell Canada</b> retains Mercury to evaluate its vehicle lease and fleet management services agreement and identify opportunities to improve contract terms and conditions. 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