Mercury Fleet Consultants - fleet consulting, fleet management consultants

<body bgcolor=ffffff text=000000 link=0000cc vlink=990099 alink=cc0000> <center> <table width="620"> <tr> <td align="center"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="mai-logo.gif" align="left" width="173" height="46"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b><font face="Arial" color="#0033CC">Mercury Associates, Inc - Fleet Consulting Services</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <table width="620"> <tr> <td align="center"><font face="arial" color="c0c0c0"> <strong><br> this page is being forwarded</strong></font><br> <font face="arial" color="ffff00"><a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp">click here!</a></font> <font face="arial" color="c0c0c0">if you do not have a frames compliant browser</font></td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table width="620"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial"> <font color="#0033CC"><b>Fleet Maintenance Outsourcing Consulting Services</b></font><br> <br> Fleet maintenance outsourcing is a process in which an organization, like a state or local government fleet operation, contracts with a vendor to provide maintenance and repair services. The contract is usually structured such that the vendor is responsible for providing preventative maintenance services for the existing fleet for a fixed fee - this is often referred to as " in - scope services ". The outsourcing vendor is typically paid a monthly fixed fee for the " in - scope services ", which covers the cost of pre - negotiated preventative maintenance schedules.<br> <br> Any service or repair that is not defined in the contract as an " in - scope service " is typically considered " out - of - scope ". The contract manager, preferably a seasoned fleet manager, for the client organization authorizes any " out - of - scope " services and repairs, which are performed by the outsourcing vendor at a known fixed hourly rate. Often times the " out - of - scope " services and repairs are based on fleet industry flat rates, which are available from the Original Equipment Manufacturers.<br> <br> New vehicles and equipment are added to the fleet, which requires the contract manager to maintain an updated list of the fleet inventory. The active inventory is usually maintained in a fleet information system that is jointly used by the outsourcing vendor and the contract manager for the organization. The new inventory is added a a pre - negotiated rate for types of equipment, which provides the contract manager with the flexibility to adjust the fleet inventory without significant gyrations or expense. </font> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial"> <br> The decision to outsource a fleet is something that most people view as an all or nothing process. In some cases this is true. However, as fleet consultants we often find that many fleet operations are very efficient at specific services, such as preventative maintenance. In such an instance an appropriate solution may be a hybrid approach - outsourcing specific activities and services of a fleet operation. Nonetheless, the choice of either outsourcing part or an entire operation is not an easy one. It often times requires the review of an impartial party that understands when an operation should be outsourced, how it should be done, and the contractual pitfalls that can result in unforeseen charges and financial liability.<br> <br> Mercury is uniquely qualified to provide you with outsourcing consulting services, because we have worked for many years with both internally managed and outsourced fleet operations, negotiated several outsourcing maintenance contracts for clients, and provided managed competition services.<br> <br> Some of our outsourcing consulting services include:<br> <br> <font color="#0033CC"><i><b>Managed Competition Facilitation<br> Outsourcing Contract Negotiations<br> Outsourcing Feasibility Reviews<br> Outsourcing Facilitation</b></i></font></font><p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial">For a complete list of our services go to <a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp"> http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp</a></font><p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial">For further information about our fleet management consulting services or our fleet consultants please contact us at:</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center">Mercury Associates, Inc.<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> Fleet Management Consulting<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> 7701 Shady Brook Lane<br> Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879<br> voice/fax: 240 631 6780<br> email: <a href="mailto:contactme@mercury-assoc.com">contactme@mercury-assoc.com</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 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