Managed Competition

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <table border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="377" cellpadding="2" id="table1" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="justify"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0033CC">MANAGED COMPETITION</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="justify" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Managed competition is a popular approach for allowing existing fleet maintenance employees to compete against private firms for the right to maintain the organization's vehicles and equipment. The process of managed competition is typically used to validate that services are being provided at a competitive price and a guaranteed level of performance. This process is similar to outsourcing; however, under managed competition the employee group is allowed to bid on the contract to maintain the organization's vehicles and equipment along with the private contractors. Many government and some private fleet operations have used managed competition to reduce the cost of maintaining there vehicles and equipment by as much as 20% - 30%. The fleet consultants at Mercury Associates have assisted numerous government vehicle and equipment management organizations with managed competition. The following activates are some of the key features of our managed competition consulting services.</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="table2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">Operation performance review and benchmarking</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">cost of service analysis</font></b></span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase"><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC"> using activity based costing</font></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">managed competition facilitation</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">develop maintenance cost reduction strategies</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">staffing level requirements</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">outsourcing non-competitive services to increase competitiveness</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">SERVICE PRICING AND SERVICE LEVEL DEFINITION</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">bid response development and presentation support</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font face="Arial" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase" size="1" color="#0033CC"> <img border="0" src="white-button.JPG" width="13" height="13"></font></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><b> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#0033CC">managed competition rfp development and response review</font></b></span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <form method="post" action=""><center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><input type="image" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/close.gif" width="64" height="21" border="0" name="close" onClick="self.close()"></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/#fleet management"> www.mercury-assoc.com</a></font></p> </center></form></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </table> </body>