12/6/07 - A New York-based global private equity firm 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.

12/5/07 - The Hillsborough County, Florida County Administrator 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.

12/4/07 - CGI Utilities, Inc. 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.

11/1/07 - Mercury is selected by Chesterfield County, VA 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.

10/30/07 - Military Sealift Fleet Support Command (MSFSC) 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.

10/26/07 - Mercury awarded a contract to assist the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 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.

10/22/07 - The Nielsen Company, the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services, has contracted with Mercury 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.

10/5/07 - FLD 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.

10/3/07 - Mercury is selected to host Collective Data's fleet management information system for Time Warner, 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.

10/1/07 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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.

9/28/07 - The Department of Homeland Security 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.

9/27/07 - The Department of State expanded 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.

9/25/07 - Mercury and its partner firm Defense Solutions are awarded a five year contract by the National Park Service (NPS) 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.

9/24/07 - Mercury is selected to provide application hosting services to Willbros Group, Inc. 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.

9/18/07 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 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.

8/31/07 - The Florida Department of Transportation 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.

8/20/07 - Mercury is awarded a five year contract renewal with Harris County (Houston, TX) to provide application hosting services. Since 2002, Mercury has provided hosting services to the County for its fleet management system, ad hoc reporting solution, data replication, and electronic repair and maintenance manuals. Harris County is the third largest county in the United States.

7/12/07 - Mercury is selected by the Alaska Railroad Commission (ARRC) 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.

7/2/07 - Louisville Metro Government 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.

6/29/07 - Kane County, IL 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.

6/12/07 - Southern California Edison (SCE) 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.

6/4/07 - Mercury partners with the University of Auburn Montgomery 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.

5/10/07 - U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) 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.

4/25/07 — Benchmark Assisted Living, LLC (BAL) 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.

4/20/07 - Nutramax Laboratories of Edgewood, Maryland, contracts with Mercury Associates 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.

4/18/07 - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 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.

4/16/07 — Schindler Elevator Corporation 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.

3/28/07 - City of San Antonio 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 Fleet Maintenance and Operations Division manages the City’s fleet of 3,700 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

3/27/07 - RAND Corporation 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.

3/19/07 - Mercury is selected to conduct a best management practices evaluation for Flint Hill Resources, 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

3/12/07 - Mercury Associates, Inc., the largest independent fleet management consulting company in North America, today announced several new client engagements as it celebrated the start of its fifth year in business.

3/7/07 - Commonwealth of Virginia Department of General Services 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.

3/5/07 - Mercury is selected to provide fleet management consultant services to the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 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.

3/1/07 – Mercury has been selected to work on a team headed by WCGS Architects of Albany, New York to design a new facility complex for the New York State Police. 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.

3/1/07 - Mercury is selected by Cox Enterprises 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.

2/21/07 - The City of Houston, Texas 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.

2/19/07 – Citgo engages Mercury to provide technical assistance associated with a pilot project using a new industrial lubricant for transit fleets. Based in Houston, Texas, CITGO is a refiner and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

2/5/07 - Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) 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.

1/26/07 - Mercury is selected by the City of Boise, Idaho to prepare a fleet strategic plan. Mercury 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.

1/19/07 – Mercury is awarded a contract with the City of Olympia, Washington 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.

1/10/07 - Mercury is retained to conduct a market research study relative to fleet fuel acquisition methods, hedging products, and fuel card providers for a start-up fuel financial management company, which will provide fuel hedging strategies and products for both the consumer and fleet markets.

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