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1/27/10 –
The City of Fort
Lauderdale selects Mercury Associates to conduct an
assessment of fleet management operations. This project
includes a high-level review of all primary fleet
activities as well as a review of the current contract
that the City has in place for fleet maintenance
services. Fort Lauderdale has fleet of 1,500 units and
has successfully outsourced fleet maintenance services
for nearly 30 years. |
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12/7/09 -
Under a five-year BPA
(Blanket Purchase Agreement through mid 2012) with the
US National Park Service (NPS) of the Department
of the Interior, Mercury and its team-member Defense
Solutions, have been awarded Task Orders covering
strategic planning, workshops, webinars, fleet support
documents, equipment replacement program (ERP),
electronic tools, and life-cycle costing. |
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12/7/09 -
The City of Wentzville,
MO selects Mercury to conduct a review of fleet
operations. Wentzville is a growing community located in
St. Charles County. The study is intended to evaluate
all aspects of the fleet operation and assess its
overall effectiveness. Primary areas of study will
include fleet replacement planning, organizational
structure and staffing, fleet utilization, and
benchmarking current levels of service with industry
standards. |
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12/1/09 - San
Bernardino County, CA
selects Mercury to conduct a review of fleet operations.
This project will focus on assessing the core
organizational model for the fleet (i.e. more or less
centralization) as well as the basic business model
(i.e. in-house versus outsourced services. |
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12/1/09 - EMD Serono,
Inc. selects
Mercury Associates to conduct a review of its written
fleet policies and procedures documents and to
consolidate a number of separate documents into one.
Headquartered in Rockland, MA, EMD Serono operates a
fleet of 200 vehicles. |
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11/20/09 - The
Fayetteville Public Works Commission selects
Mercury to conduct an assessment of its fleet management
activities including maintenance programs, internal
service rates, and related processes. |
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10/23/09 - Bell Canada
selects Mercury to conduct a fleet management
optimization study and to define the requirements for
the acquisition of a new fleet management information
system. The company operates a fleet of approximately
12,000 vehicles. |
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10/23/09 - The City of
Philadelphia
selects Mercury to assist the Office of Fleet Management
in evaluating its fleet management information system,
defining fleet management-related key performance
indicators, and developing a fleet renewal and
replacement strategy for its fleet of more than 6,000
vehicles and pieces of equipment. |
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9/23/09 - Automotive
Technology Systems Research Limited (ATSR)
selects Mercury Associates to conduct a market research
study. Headquartered in Offaly, Ireland, ATSR designs
and manufacturers real-time diagnostic systems for the
mission critical emergency vehicle and equipment
marketplace. |
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9/14/09 -
Mercury is awarded a
contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho
National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Energy
Alliance in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The project includes a
fleet operations review, motor pool study, fleet
utilization and rightsizing study, lease versus buy
analysis, and a vehicle replacement plan. |
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9/9/09 - U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA)
selects Mercury to develop a website for its Employee
Relocation Resource Center (ERRC), assist with the
selection and implementation of a Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) software solution, and provide
customized training services. GSA is a Federal agency
that provides operational support services to virtually
every department and agency in the U.S. Federal
government. Mercury has served GSA for several years
under a variety of short-term projects and long-term,
onsite support services contracts. |
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8/28/09 –
The City of Ft. Worth,
Texas engages Mercury to assess the competitiveness
of its fleet services and to provide recommendations
that will improve cost performance and service levels.
Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city in the United
States and the fifth-largest city within the state of
Texas with a population of 720,250. Located in North
Texas the City covers nearly 300 square miles;
additionally, it includes Tarrant, Parker, and Denton
counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County.
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8/25/09 –
The City of Tacoma,
Washington selects Mercury to conduct an analysis of
fleet utilization policies and assess opportunities to
right-size the fleet. Tacoma is Washington state's
third-largest city, with approximately 203,400
residents. Located at the base of Mount Rainier and
along the shores of Commencement Bay, it is recognized
as a business-oriented and progressive international
city. |
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8/21/09 –
Mercury is retained by
Plant City, Florida to develop new solicitation
documents for rebidding fleet maintenance services,
which have been outsourced for many years. Plant City is
located in Hillsborough County with a population of
approximately 35,000 residents. |
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8/6/09 -
The Town of Exeter, New Hampshire selects Mercury
to review its fleet management operations. Mercury will
study all fleet related activities with a focus on
improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Exeter is a
town in Rockingham County and maintains an estimated
population of 15,000 residents. |
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7/15/09 -
The Britt Hunt Company,
LLC. retains Mercury to determine optimal
replacement strategies for several classes of delivery
trucks. Hunt Brothers—a distributor of fresh dough pizza
to the convenience store industry—provides weekly
service via its fleet of 100 trucks and employee pizza
professionals to more than 6,000 locations in 28 states.
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7/15/09 - Genentech,
Inc. engages
Mercury to conduct a study of optimal replacement
strategies, long-term replacement plan, and finance
alternatives for its diverse fleet of 150 vehicles. |
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7/12/09 – Mercury
is selected by Berks County, Pennsylvania to
develop a long-range fleet replacement plan and assess
the benefits of alternative financing approaches. The
project also includes analyzing the competitiveness of
current in-house maintenance activities. Berks County is
an urban area with a population of approximately
375,000, situated in southeastern Pennsylvania. |
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7/1/09 – The
City of Dunedin, Florida engages Mercury to conduct
a competitiveness assessment of fleet maintenance
including assessing the costs or benefits of outsourcing
some or all activities. Dunedin is a city with a
population of approximately 37,000,located in Pinellas
County. |
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6/18/09 - Almajdouie
Group, 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. |
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6/12/09 -
Mercury chosen to develop
RFP and provide project management services to the
Government of Saskatchewan, Canada in the selection
and implementation of a new fleet management information
system |
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6/8/09 -
Mercury selected to
develop and host website and member portal for a
fleet management association serving the Rocky Mountain
area in the United States. |
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6/8/09 - The City of
Chandler, Arizona
engages Mercury Associates to conduct a review of
current fleet replacement practices. The study will
include developing 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. |
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5/18/09 - Toyota Tsusho
America 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. |
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5/18/09 -
The Yukon Territory
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
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. |
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5/12/09 - Mercury
is selected by the Government of Saskatchewan, Canada
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.
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4/2/09 - The
City of Olympia, Washington 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. |
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2/12/09 – Mercury
is engaged by NISH 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. |
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2/5/09 - The
City of Wilmington, Delaware 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. |
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2/5/09 - The
City of Boston Fire Department 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. |
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1/1/09 - The
City of Vancouver 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. |
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12/23/08 -
The City of Seattle
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. |
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11/25/08 - Salt Lake
City 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. |
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11/25/08 -
The State of Utah
Department of Natural Resources 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. |
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11/25/08 -
The City of San Antonio
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. |
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10/28/08 -
The City of Tampa
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. |
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9/5/08 – The
State of California 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. |
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9/19/08 – The
City of Midland, Michigan 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. |
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8/13/08 -
The City of Wilmington,
Delaware 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. |
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8/12/08 -
The City and County of
San Francisco 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. |
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8/11/08 - Community
Emergency Medical Services,
a rapidly growing medical and non-medical transportation
services company based in Southfield, MI, engages
Mercury to review its fleet management and operating
practices. |
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8/8/08 - Mercury to
conduct seminar in China.
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. |
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7/30/08 – The County
of Ventura, California
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. |
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7/23/08 - U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA)
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. |
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7/15/08 –
Mercury is selected by the
City of Clearwater, Florida 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. |
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7/7/08 – The Jackson
Health System, 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. |
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7/3/08 - The
City of Mountain Brook, Alabama, 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. |
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5/20/08 - UGI
Utilities, Inc. 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. |
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5/15/08 - SCT
Performance, LLC, of Orlando, Florida has retained
Mercury 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. |
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5/14/08 - Alyeska
Pipeline Services Company, 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. |
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4/3/2008 -
Mercury is retained by the
City of Yonkers (NY) 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 parts
operations. |
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4/1/2008 - ARAMARK,
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. |
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3/17/08 - Mercury
is selected to host fleet information system for the
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). 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. |
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3/10/08 - Mercury
is retained by Duke University 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. |
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3/3/08 - Mercury is
contracted to work onsite in the General Services
Administration's (GSA's) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)
Office of Travel & Transportation 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. |
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1/31/08 - In an
expansion of its current marketing efforts to industrial
organizations into the automotive fleet industry, New
Pig Corporation 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. |
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1/15/08 -
The Alaska Railroad
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. |
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1/14/08 - Mulzer
Crushed Stone, Inc., 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. |
