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12/11/03 - Mercury awarded contract with Ventura County, California to conduct a comprehensive review of the County's 1,350 vehicle and equipment operation and fleet management program. The focus of the review is on benchmarking the program against industry best practices, conducting a competitiveness assessment of its costs and service levels, and reviewing its cost charge-back methodology.

12/11/03 - Mercury signs contract with the City of Reno, Nevada to provide a cost of services analysis for its fleet of 700 vehicles. The project entails determining the city's cost for providing various fleet services and benchmarking these costs against other best in class fleet operations.

12/02/03 -  City of Philadelphia retains Mercury to evaluate replacement financing options for its 6,000 - unit fleet. Mercury will develop a detailed 20 year financial plan that indicates when vehicles and equipment should be replaced and the cost associated with their replacement. The plan will also present the City with different replacement funding options (i.e. lease - purchase, reserve fund, and cash).

11/24/03 -  Mercury wins contract with the Virginia Department of Transportation to assist with fleet maintenance managed competition. The consulting firm will assist the employee group to determine their current cost of operations, develop their most efficient organization, and prepare a response to the State's managed competition RFP. VDOT owns 30,000 pieces of equipment which are maintained at 85 repair facilities around the State.


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