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.

4/20/07 - 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.

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.

3/7/07 - 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 a major telecommunications company 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.

12/26/06 – The City of Edmond, Oklahoma selects Mercury to assist with the conduct of a managed competition for fleet maintenance services. This engagement will include assisting the City define the scope and structure of the competition, preparing solicitation documents, and evaluating proposals. A separate Mercury team will assist the City’s fleet staff prepare an in-house proposal.

12/26/06 - Mercury is selected by the City of Houston, TX to develop a long-term replacement plan for 4,000 emergency response vehicles. The project includes developing optimized replacement cycles, quantifying long-term replacement funding requirements, developing a list of vehicles recommended for replacement next fiscal year, and developing reserve fund charge-back rates.

12/21/06 - The City of Stamford, CT has selected Mercury Associates to evaluate and identify opportunities to improve how it acquires, finances, maintains, and assigns motor vehicles, and to assess the potential of consolidating fleet maintenance and management.

12/20/06 - The City of Torrington, CT contracted Mercury Associates to study three major components of its fleet operations: 1) an evaluation of fleet replacement financing practices and the appropriateness of the current replacement reserve fund balance; 2) an evaluation of fleet size, composition, and utilization; and 3) a fleet management best practices review.

11/22/06 - Mercury is selected by the State of Oregon to make recommendations about the effectiveness of state light-duty fleet operations and to conduct an independent review of state fleets to determine compliance with applicable federal and state regulatory requirements. This is the second biennial review of fleet management operations that Mercury has been selected to conduct for Oregon.

11/21/06 – The City of Eau Claire (WI) selects Mercury to review fleet information system requirements and to recommend a refined cost charge-back methodology. Eau Claire has a population of over 65,000 with an expanding economic base in manufacturing, information technologies, health care, and retail trade.

11/21/06 – Mercury awarded a contract with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (FL) to conduct a review of fleet operations. Leon County includes Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee. Moreover, the County covers approximately 671 square miles, with a population of almost 245,000 people.

11/9/06 - ALLETE, Inc. of Duluth, MN has retained Mercury Associates to conduct market research in connection with its exploration of strategic business opportunities in the fleet industry. In 1996, ALLETE acquired the used vehicle auction company ADESA, which ultimately grew into the second largest such company in the US with some 11,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $2.25 billion. ALLETE completed its divesture of ADESA through a public offering and stock dividend distribution in 2004.

11/1/06 - Shell Canada retains Mercury to evaluate its vehicle lease and fleet management services agreement and identify opportunities to improve contract terms and conditions. The Calgary-based company operates a fleet of approximately 700 vehicles deployed throughout Canada.

10/31/06 - Slovak Telecom, a member of the Deutsch Telekom Group of companies which includes mobile phone giant T-Mobile, has engaged Mercury and its Central and Eastern Europe affiliate Incoma Research of Prague, Czech Republic (www.incoma.cz/en) to conduct a comprehensive review of fleet management and operating practices for its fleet of 2,000 vehicles. In response to numerous inquiries from consulting firms around the world, Mercury has begun to establish an international network of affiliates to jointly pursue fleet, travel, and mobility management consulting projects outside of North America. This program combines our extensive, but predominantly US, experience working with organizations of all types and sizes with our affiliates’ physical presence, market knowledge, and business relationships to serve client organizations in other countries effectively and affordably. The study for Slovak Telecom is the first project pursued jointly by Mercury and Incoma since agreeing to work together earlier this year.

10/28/06 - Mercury has been selected to assist the State of Washington Motor Pool Operation with developing a long-range strategic business plan. This plan will identify, prioritize, and outline action plans for pursuing a number of improvement opportunities, including the integration of small State agency fleets comprised of more than 5,000 vehicles into the Motor Pool and the implementation of mandated sustainability initiatives.

10/16/06 – The California Conservation Corps (CCC) selects Mercury to develop a strategic plan for the agency’s fleet management program. The CCC offers young men and women the chance to serve their state and become employable citizens through life skills training and hard work in environmental conservation. The CCC operates a fleet of 500 vehicles spread across California at 24 work force development centers.

9/25/06 - Genesee County, Michigan extends contract with Mercury for the purpose of developing service based charge-back rates and identifying costs associated with consolidation of the Motor Pool and Road Commission fleet maintenance operations. This is the third study that Mercury has conducted for the County.

9/25/06 - Commonwealth of Virginia Department of General Services retains Mercury Associates to assist it in developing an approach for implementing an executive order directing DGS to establish uniform policies and procedures for the management and operation of the state’s 8,000+ passenger vehicles.

9/12/06 – The Orlando Utility Commission (OUC) selects Mercury to fleet management consulting services. The first phase of this project focuses on an analysis of the costs and benefits of providing executive staff with monthly car allowances versus an assigned vehicle. The second phase of the project involves a best practices assessment of OUC’s fleet operations. OUC provides water, power, and related utility services. It is the second largest locally owned electric utility in Florida and the 16th largest in the nation.

9/6/06 - The Montgomery County, Alabama Board of Commissioners has engaged Mercury to evaluate the fleet operations of the Sheriff. Fleet support is currently handled by contract and the stakeholders are interested in whether this is the most cost effective solution. The Sheriff is a constitutional officer, elected county-wide, and provides a variety of law enforcement duties across the Capitol region.

8/30/06 – The State of California Lottery selects Mercury to develop a strategic plan for its fleet management program. The plan will address issues such as vehicle inventory size requirements, lease versus buy, fleet services delivery model, and information management needs.

8/28/06 – The County of Albemarle (Virginia) selects Mercury to conduct an assessment of the County's fleet operations. Albemarle County occupies approximately 726 square miles in the Northern Blue Ridge and Northern Piedmont of Virginia. The County owns a divers fleet of vehicles and equipment and is interested in establishing a more formal fleet management program. The study will evaluate fleet management policies and procedures and benchmark current maintenance and repair practices against standards.

8/1/02 - The State of Washington Department of General Administration selects Mercury to develop a strategic business plan for the State Motor Pool. The Motor Pool has direct responsibility for the management of a fleet of 1,400 vehicles and a recent executive order directed the organization to assume control of all vehicles assigned to State agencies with fleets of 100 or fewer units. When fully implemented, this will increase the size of the Motor Pool fleet to more than 6,000 vehicles.

7/31/06 – The State of California Department of General Services selects Mercury to benchmark fleet service costs, develop recommendations for centralized services, and provide recommendations for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of fleet service activities. With over 50,000 vehicles, the State owns one of the largest fleets in the world.

7/18/06 - The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) selects Mercury to conduct a comprehensive review of its fleet operations. SAWS owns 1,800 vehicles and is one of the largest municipal water utilities in the country. Moreover, the SAWS supports more than 9,000 miles of water and sewer mains, water wells, pumps, storage tanks, treatment facilities, and pump stations in its 560-square mile service area.

7/17/06 - The State of Florida Department of Transportation and Department of Management Services select Mercury to conduct an in-depth review of fleet management policies and practices. Florida, which operates a fleet of approximately 25,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment, is the eleventh state to engage Mercury in the last four years.

6/29/06 - Mercury is selected by the Port of Oakland, California to conduct a lease versus buy analysis for the organization’s 600 unit fleet. The Port of Oakland is one of the largest container ports in the world and operates the Oakland International Airport.

5/30/06 – The City of North Las Vegas, Nevada extends its contract with Mercury to include assistance with the selection and implementation of a new fleet management information system. Mercury will assist evaluating proposals from software vendors, negotiate pricing, and manage implementation of the new system.

5/23/06 - The City of Bellingham, Washington contracts with Mercury to develop a comprehensive fleet replacement plan for their fleet of over 325 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The project, which is the result of an earlier fleet operations study completed by Mercury Associates, will identify replacement costs and dates for each unit in the fleet over a 20 year planning period. It will also evaluate the appropriate fund balance for the City's fleet replacement reserve fund.

5/23/06 - Montgomery County (Maryland) Fire and Rescue Services retains Mercury to develop a facilities Master Plan for a new fleet maintenance and repair facility located in Rockville, Maryland. This facility will provide maintenance and repair services for the County's fire and rescue emergency response fleet.

5/22/06 - Harris County Hospital District retains Mercury Associates to conduct a comprehensive review of the management and operation of its vehicle fleet, which is used to support a network of 17 hospitals and other medical facilities in the third largest county in the US (Houston, Texas).

5/19/06 - Mercury Associates and JARIC ESH complete Second Annual Fleet Management and Road Safety Conference in Trinidad. Turnout for this year’s conference, held May 17-19 in Port-of-Spain, was double that of last year’s inaugural event, and the demand for more in-depth fleet management training in Trinidad and Tobago, the financial capital of the eastern Caribbean, is so great that Mercury and JARIC have agreed to conduct a five-day fleet management training and certification program in late July.

5/19/06 - City of Boston Police Department hires Mercury Associates to conduct an independent evaluation of the terms and conditions of its full-service lease agreement for undercover vehicles.

5/18/06 - Polk County, Florida contracts with Mercury to develop a performance measurement and reporting system for the Fleet Management Division. This project also includes creation of a dashboard performance reporting tool for key measures of fleet program performance.

5/16/06 - Synergy Healthcare Group, Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana engages Mercury Associates to review the management and operation of its fleet. Synergy provides a wide array of home health care services and operates community mental health care centers in Louisiana and Mississippi.

4/17/06 - Mercury develops website (www.nishfleet.com) for NISH in support of its nationwide initiative to provide fleet management and maintenance services for federal DoD and civilian agencies. NISH is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to create employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities through the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Program.

4/4/06 - Altorfer, a major Midwest Caterpillar dealership with facilities in five states, selects Mercury to provide application hosting services. Mercury is to deliver CollectiveData's fleet information system over the Internet. CollectiveData is one of five vehicle and equipment management systems that Mercury hosts for public and private entities.

4/3/06 - The United States Department of State (DOS) has awarded a contract for Mercury Associates to conduct a comprehensive analysis of fleet management functions Agency-wide, including vehicles and equipment, operations, and administration and management. The study will include all DOS foreign and domestic fleet programs and foreign and domestic owned and leased vehicles. Mercury will document the current characteristics of fleet management (the "as-is" fleet program) and develop a plan for improvement (the "to-be" fleet program), including transition and implementation steps.

3/30/06 - Mercury Associates, Inc. provided expert witness testimony in a successful personal injury suit involving the plaintiff and the State of New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). Mercury provided expertise on behalf of the plaintiff in the analysis of the vehicle operation for DYFS that resulted in a settlement to the plaintiff of $950,000. Mercury provides expert witness assistance in all aspects of fleet management.

3/10/06 – Mercury is selected to provide application hosting services to the City of McKinney, Texas, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. The City's Fleet Division will utilize Mercury's services to deliver CCG Systems' FASTER C/S fleet information system over the Internet.

3/8/06 – ARAMARK Supply Chain Management engages Mercury to assist it in recruiting a new Director of Indirect Sourcing who will oversee a number of corporate support functions including fleet and travel management for ARAMARK’s Food and Support Services lines of business. Collectively these units operate a fleet of more than 9,000 vehicles in the US. 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.

3/7/06 – The State of Georgia selects Mercury to provide project planning, management, quality control, and related technical assistance consulting services in connection with the implementation of a new enterprise asset management information system, MRO Software’s Maximo. This system will be used by the State to support the management of its fleet of more than 19,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

2/21/06 – Genesee County, Michigan selects Mercury to conduct a fleet management operational review for the Genesee County Road Commission. The project is a follow-up to an initial study completed by Mercury in 2004. In addition to performing a best practices assessment of the fleet maintenance and repair practices of the Road Commission, the study will include an assessment of the opportunity to consolidate fleet operations within the County. Examining consolidation of the decentralized fleet operations of the County was a major recommendation from the initial study of the County's Motor Pool operations.

1/26/06 – Mercury is awarded a contract by Sarasota County, Florida to conduct a fleet operations and facilities assessment. This project entails a review of the efficiency of various fleet programs in the county, opportunities to consolidate and collaborate, and development of a master plan for new fleet related facilities.

1/25/06 - The City of Boulder, Colorado selects Mercury to assist in the development of a strategic plan for the City’s fleet management program. The plan will include a fit - gap analysis of the City’s operations in relation to industry best practices and the development goals, objectives and key measures of performance.

1/20/05 - Laidlaw Education Services (LES), the largest provider of K-12 student transportation services in North America engages Mercury Associates to develop, test, and implement, new vehicle maintenance procedures. LES operates a fleet of more than 40,000 school buses in almost 600 locations in the US and Canada, transporting some 2 million school children each day.

1/19/06 – Mercury is retained by the City of Rialto, California to conduct an assessment of the City’s fleet operations. In addition to benchmarking the City’s business processes and costs against industry standards, this project also includes development of a detailed business plan to guide future operations.

1/12/06 – The University of California at Davis hires Mercury to provide technical assistance in researching best business practices and best technology solutions for managing fleet utilization. This project, which is funded in part through grants from Caltrans (California Department of Transportation), will include extensive market research, industry surveys, a symposium for state transportation departments, and development of a detailed research report.

1/9/06 - Mercury Associates Opens Second Data Center in Seattle, Washington to accommodate surge in demand for application hosting and custom solution development services. The data center is located in a tier-1, Level (3) Communications facility, which is directly linked to the company’s data center in Houston, TX. The new facility will allow Mercury to provide its clients, ranging from the City of Palm Beach Gardens, FL to Fort Lewis US Army Base to General Motors, with real-time data replication and disaster recovery services. Learn more about Mercury's application hosting services.

1/3/06 - Polaris Wireless engages Mercury to explore the feasibility of contracting with fleet operators to perform specialized field data collection services. Silicon Valley-based Polaris is the only company in the US that employs a software-based system to update data used by cellular telephone companies to pinpoint 911 emergency caller locations as required by the FCC. Mercury will determine the feasibility of developing contracts with fleet operators, initially in Charleston, SC and New York City, to collect data on changes in wireless communication signals that are critical for determining these locations.

12/19/05 - The National Conference of State Fleet Administrators (NCSFA) selects Mercury to provide professional management and administrative support services. The Association’s members include fleet management professionals in state government and state higher education institutions. Mr. Steve Saltzgiver, a Manager with Mercury and former fleet manager for the Utah Department of Administrative Services, will serve as the Association’s Executive Director. Mercury also provides ongoing technical and administrative support services to the National Association of Fleet Administrators and the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance.

12/6/05 – Mercury is awarded a contract to conduct an assessment of the Village of Glenview, IL fleet management program. The engagement includes a comprehensive analysis of the Village’s vehicle and equipment operations including the competitiveness of costs and service levels, and recommendations for compliance with industry best practices.

11/27/05 - The City of Edmond, OK selects Mercury to conduct a vehicle and equipment utilization review and make recommendations for rightsizing the City’s 400 unit fleet. The study will determine the optimal fleet size to support the business needs of City departments and identify ways to reduce fleet related capital and operating costs.

11/23/05 - Mercury is retained by Oakwood Worldwide, the world's largest corporate housing and multifamily property management firm which provides extended-stay, furnished accommodations throughout the world as well as traditional apartment management services. Mercury will assist Oakwood’s U.S. Government Group in developing its application for GSA’s Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Solutions Schedule which recently posted separate contracting categories for long-term housing providers.

11/14/05 - Miami University of Ohio, one of the largest institutions in the State of Ohio higher education system, with an enrollment of 24,000 students, selects Mercury Associates to perform a comprehensive review of its fleet management and operating practices. The Ohio General Assembly recently passed legislation requiring the State’s public colleges and universities to demonstrate that they are managing their fleets cost effectively. MU is the fifth major state university in the country to retain Mercury in the last year.

11/14/05 - Comme Il Faut, a major Caribbean cigarette manufacturer based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, engages Mercury Associates to evaluate the management and operation of its fleet of delivery trucks and support vehicles.

11/14/05 - State of New Mexico Department of Transportation retains Mercury Associates to provide management training in the areas of equipment replacement life cycle analysis, fleet replacement planning and budgeting, and capital financing alternatives. The Department operates a fleet of more than 6,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

11/14/05 - The Province of Saskatchewan Office of Energy Conservation engages Mercury Associates to conduct a fleet management seminar for public and private-sector fleet managers. Topics to be covered in the workshop, scheduled for December 1, 2005 in Regina, include preventive maintenance program development, fleet rightsizing, fleet replacement planning and financing alternatives, and quantitative performance measurement and benchmarking.

11/14/05 - Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad (BNSF) expands its contract with Mercury to include a comprehensive, multi-phase fleet management study. Phase I of the project will focus on conducting a high-level best practices assessment of current vehicle and equipment management activities; on benchmarking fleet administration costs, and on reviewing the strategic direction of the fleet program. Phase II will involve reengineering certain management and operational functions and Phase III will consist of assisting BNSF re-bid contracts for fleet leasing and management services, and short-term vehicle and equipment rentals.

11/4/05 - Mercury Associates, Inc. will be exhibiting at the 2005 Chief Financial Officer Summit in London (http://www.worldtradeco.com) November 8-9, 2005 as part of its effort to expand the services of the largest vehicle fleet management consultancy in North America to Europe. The annual conference is attended by more than 200 CFO’s and other high-ranking officials from European companies and multinational companies with operations in Europe. Mercury will be highlighting its corporate fleet management consulting and IT services at the Summit, including best management practices reviews, business car policy development and standardization, lease versus buy analysis, lessor / contractor cost and performance audits, and provision of Web-based and stand-alone fleet management information systems.

10/27/05 - Mercury is retained by the Town of Waterford, CT to update their long range fleet replacement plan. The Town owns a diverse fleet of over 200 light and heavy duty vehicles. The replacement plan serves as a strategic guide to identifying when vehicles and equipment will come due for replacement based on established replacement parameters. Through annual updates to the replacement plan, the Town can more accurately predict capital spending requirements for its vehicles and equipment inventory.

10/24/05 - The Georgia Department of Administrative Services selects Mercury Associates to evaluate the management and operation of its interagency motor pool in Atlanta and fleet management and ownership options (centralization versus decentralization) and replacement financing options for the entire State fleet of 20,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. Georgia is the 10th state to retain Mercury to provide fleet management consulting services in the last three years.

10/12/05 - Symyx Technologies, Inc. has engaged Mercury Associates to conduct market research activities aimed at developing strategic applications of its proprietary oil condition sensor technology. Symyx (NASDAQ: SMMX) develops and applies high-throughput research and informatics technologies to increase R&D productivity for customers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, electronics and other industries.

9/27/05 – Toyota Tsusho of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation that manufactures automotive parts, selects Mercury to develop replacement cycles and a long-range fleet replacement plan.

9/26/05 – The State of California Department of General Services selects Mercury to conduct a comprehensive analysis and comparison of internal fleet lease rates against those charged by commercial leasing and daily vehicle and equipment rental companies.

9/26/05 – Coinmach Services Corporation retains Mercury to assist in the recruitment of a corporate fleet manager to be located in the company’s new Dallas service center. Coinmach is the nation's largest coin operated laundry services company with a fleet of delivery trucks and service vehicles.

9/23/05 – Mercury awarded a contract by Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC) to conduct a fleet rightsizing analysis of its 1,200 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

9/19/05 - Mercury Associates is selected by Colorado Springs Utilities to conduct an assessment of the competitiveness of its fleet management services. CSU is one of the largest municipal utilities in the country and operate a fleet with 1,300 units.

9/6/05 – The National Capital Region of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) selects Mercury to assist with the development of a vehicle allocation methodology to insure that the size and composition of the region’s fleet is optimized.

8/26/05 – Mercury contracted by the U.S. General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service (GSA FAS) to analyze processes, costs, utilization and perceived value of the Centralized Household Goods Traffic Management Program (CHAMP), the Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Solutions Schedule (TDRS), and other programs and methods through which federal agencies contract for household goods shipments

8/25/05 – The University of Arkansas Little Rock awards a contract to Mercury to conduct an audit of its fleet services program including benchmarking costs and assessing compliance with industry best management practices.

8/19/05 - Mercury selected by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to assist with the development of a fleet replacement planning and budgeting tool. VDOT operates over 10,000 pieces of rolling stock and has an FY2005 replacement budget of $67 million.

8/12/05 - The Smithsonian Institution (SI) selects Mercury for a fleet management engagement designed to improve vehicle utilization, achieve a right-sized fleet, and increase use of alternative fuel vehicles. Mercury will identify and map current “as is” SI fleet management operations and assist SI in determining critical requirements, reporting criteria, and management tools needed in a new fleet management information system.

8/11/05 - Mercury selected to provide application hosting services to General Motors (GM) for its fleet information system. The system will be used to track GM's tradeshow vehicles and equipment throughout the world.

8/10/05 - Mercury and Wells Kastner Schipper selected to perform a facilities master plan and fleet operations review for the University of Iowa. The project includes a review of the Motor Pool operation that provides rental vehicles to faculty, staff, and student organizations as well as a review of the student transportation operation (CAMBUS). The Team will consider issues such as right sizing the motor pool, centralization of fleet functions, and facilities needs for the fleet maintenance operations.

8/2/05 – Mercury selected by Gwinnett County (Atlanta, GA) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of operations of its 2,200 unit fleet. The engagement includes an analysis of staffing levels, cost competitiveness, fleet replacement practices, fuel management program, fleet size, information technology, and the adequacy of facilities.

8/1/05 – Mercury contracted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to review and rewrite policy communications materials for domestic and international relocations, assignments and new-agent transfers.

8/3/05 - Mercury is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen W. Burnett as Associate Vice President in the firm's fleet management consulting practice. He has worked for over 200 clients in his 35-year career as a management consultant. While Steve will concentrate his efforts on expanding Mercury's fleet management consulting services to school districts, he will also continue to serve a number of past clients and new Mercury Associates clients in the Southeastern United States, where he will head up the newly established Atlanta office of the firm. Clients he has served in the recent past include the cities of Nashville, Fort Worth, Anchorage, and Charlotte; Orange County, California, the Blake and Breck school districts in Minneapolis, the Coca-Cola Company, and the State of Texas.

8/1/05 – Boulder County, Colorado selects Mercury to assist with development of replacement cycles for its 1,000 units fleet.

8/1/05 – Chrome Data Systems, maker of PC Car Book and other research tools for the fleet industry, selects Mercury to provide product development consulting services.

7/29/05 - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad selects Mercury to assist with the development a fleet policy and procedure manual. The company’s 7,000 unit fleet supports the operation of one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with 33,000 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces.

7/25/05 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has selected Mercury Associates to review the vehicle allocation methodologies currently being used by various organizations within the Department, and to make recommendations for improvements. Organizations included in the review are the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Office of the Inspector General, and Departmental Headquarters. The combined fleet operated by these organizations totals over 36,000 vehicles.

6/30/05 - Montgomery County, MD Fire and Rescue Services selects Mercury Associates to provide fleet management consulting services in several areas, including organizational consolidation and business process standardization, fleet replacement planning and evaluation of alternative financing approaches, facility master planning, and information system implementation. MCFRS and several local fire and rescue departments in the suburban Washington, DC county jointly operate and manage a fleet of 424 apparatus and support vehicles.

6/29/2005 - Ontario Provincial Police retains Mercury Associates to assist in performing economic analyses of alternative replacement cycles for Crown Vic interceptors and benchmarking replacement practices against other Canadian and US law enforcement fleets. OPP has more than 5,000 police officers and operates a fleet of almost 2,900 vehicles and 500 watercraft.

6/28/05 - Mercury Associates is retained by NISH and The Arc of the Peninsula of Hampton Roads, VA to assist in implementing a vehicle maintenance contract at the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex. The scope of Mercury’s engagement to assist The Arc in implementing a five-year contract to maintain 1,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment assigned to 8 US Navy mobile hospitals includes developing a master plan for converting an existing industrial facility for vehicle inspection and maintenance purposes; developing the staffing plan, implementation plan, pricing, and performance terms for the contract; and implementing and hosting CCG Systems’ FASTER™ fleet management information system.

6/15/05 - Coinmach Services Corporation awards Mercury a contract to review its truck leasing cost structure and maintenance practices. Coinmach is the largest laundry services company in the country with a nationwide fleet of delivery trucks and service vehicles.

6/6/05 - The City of Las Vegas hires Mercury to assist with an audit of fleet replacement practices. The purpose of the audit is to identify opportunities to minimize the life-cycle costs of the City’s fleet by optimizing replacement timing, improving auction revenues, and right-sizing the fleet.

4/15/2005 – The University of Alaska at Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Southeast (three institutions) select Mercury to conduct a best practice assessment of its fleet organization. The project includes an evaluation of the fleet maintenance services with an emphasis on benchmarking performance.

4/11/05 – U.S. Navy selects Mercury to conduct a review of the Rail Equipment Program at NAVFAC Mid-West at Crane, Indiana. The project includes a review of operations, maintenance, and safety requirements of the NAVFAC P-301 Manual and a determination of whether Crane is in compliance, and if not, provide recommendations to achieve compliance.

4/6/05 - The City of North Las Vegas, NV selects Mercury to conduct a review of its fleet management program. The project includes a top to bottom review of fleet operations and focused assistance in high priority areas such as development of a cost charge back methodology, a shop space needs assessment, and a fleet replacement plan. North Las Vegas, which is one of the fasted growing cities in the country, operates a fleet of 600 vehicles.

3/22/05 - Salt Lake County, UT selects Mercury to assist with an analysis of the County’s “fast rotation” fleet replacement program that schedules many vehicles to be replaced in one to two years. The project includes analyzing the costs and benefits of this program and advising the County on fleet retention cycles that minimize overall vehicle life-cycle costs. The project also includes an analysis of vehicle utilization and recommendations for optimizing the size of the County’s fleet.

2/28/05 - State of Washington Department of General Administration retains Mercury Associates to provide guidance on the development of vehicle replacement charge-back rates that comply with federal (OMB Circular A-87) costing guidelines and ensure the ongoing maintenance of a properly sized fleet replacement reserve fund.

2/18/05 - Mercury selected by the Wake County (Raleigh, NC) Public School System to review its support fleet operations. The engagement includes a best practices assessment and development a strategic business plan for optimizing fleet activities.

2/8/05 - Ventura County, CA hires Mercury to develop new parts procurement and warehousing procedures based on industry best management practices. This engagement is a follow-on to a comprehensive review of the County’s fleet services program that was completed by Mercury staff last year and is intended to implement key study recommendations.

1/19/05 - Mercury awarded three-year contract to provide implementation services, on-site support, and application hosting for fleet maintenance vendor at Fort Lewis, WA (US Army). The hosted system will be used by over 200 maintenance technicians and administration personnel and will be hosted in Mercury's commercial data center located in Houston, Texas.

1/13/05 - The Town of Glastonbury, CT hires Mercury to conduct a study of the Town's Fleet Maintenance Division. The project is a comprehensive management review of the fleet operation with specific emphasis on the cost and levels of service provided by the Fleet Division. The Division is responsible for maintaining a fleet of approximately 350 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

12/28/04 - Delaware Department of Transportation selects Mercury Associates to perform a comprehensive fit-gap analysis of its existing information system to determine the appropriateness of the system for supporting current and future fleet operations within the Department. The system is used by 150 users statewide to support vehicle and equipment maintenance and fuel management activities.

12/21/04 - Mercury is selected by the City of Bellingham, WA to conduct for a comprehensive review its fleet management program covering 780 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The project includes an assessment of the program’s competitiveness and the extent to which industry best practices are followed.

12/5/04 - Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC) selects Mercury to conduct a review of its fleet services program, which covers 1,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The engagement includes benchmarking costs and staffing levels, conducting a best management practices assessment, and recommending a performance measurement system that aligns with established County goals and objectives.

11/30/04 - Coinmach Services Corporation selects Mercury to develop a strategic business plan for its 1,500 unit fleet management program. Coinmach is the largest laundry services company in the country and operates 875,000 pieces of laundry equipment in approximately 80,000 locations.

11/30/04 - Mercury is selected by the State of South Carolina to conduct a comprehensive review of its 17,000 unit fleet. The engagement includes a fleet rightsizing analysis, a best practices assessment of six separate major agency fleet programs, a consolidation feasibility study, an outsourcing feasibility study, development of a fleet replacement plan, and development of revised cost charge back rates.

11/15/04 - Mercury Associates, Inc. opens new corporate headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland due to exceptional growth through acquisitions and project awards.

11/3/04 - The City of Pullman, Washington selects Mercury to conduct a facilities space needs assessment for its fleet operation. The project also includes a review of several specific areas of the City's fleet maintenance operation.

10/25/04 - City of Durham, North Carolina selects Mercury to review fleet utilization, develop a vehicle and equipment replacement plan, and conduct a best management practices review.

10/15/04 - Harris County, Texas (Houston) awards contract to Mercury to provide a GPS solution and hosting services to track vehicles and equipment. Harris County is the third largest county in the US.

10/7/04 - State of Michigan awards contract to Mercury for in-depth evaluation and reengineering of various fleet management practices. The study will focus on the 8,200 vehicles managed by the Department of Management and Budget, and will include assisting in the development of one or more RFPs for full-service leasing and fuel card services; determining how to best meet the State’s fleet data processing and management information needs; and evaluating the roles and responsibilities of the central fleet management program in meeting State agencies’ fleet needs.

10/1/04 - Mercury acquires Advanced Fleet Management Solutions (AFMS) making it the largest and most comprehensive provider of fleet management consulting services in North America. 

10/1/04 - The State of Alaska selects Mercury to conduct a fleet right sizing project. This engagement is aimed at identifying opportunities to lower fleet related costs by reducing the size of the State’s fleet, which includes 7,000 vehicles and heavy equipment units spread out over an area 1/5 the size of the continental United States.

9/30/04 - Mercury staff selected by the United States General Services Administration to provide fleet management consulting assistance in a number of areas. Projects include development of a comprehensive training program for federal fleet managers, creation of a web based fleet management desk reference, and development of a vehicle allocation methodology to assist federal agencies in determining the appropriate size of their fleets.

9/24/04 - NASA’s Langley Research Center retains Mercury Associates as part of a team to evaluate alternative methods of meeting the transportation needs of it 3,800-person workforce, including rental versus ownership and lease versus purchase of vehicles. Langley, located near Hampton, VA, leads NASA initiatives in aviation safety, quiet aircraft technology, small aircraft transportation and aerospace vehicles system technology. It supports NASA space programs with atmospheric research and technology testing and development.

9/17/04 - Mercury selected by METRO, the Transit Authority of the St. Louis metropolitan area, to conduct a fleet size and utilization study for its support fleet. The project also includes developing of an ongoing vehicle allocation policy and a vehicle replacement methodology. METRO is one of the largest transit operations in the United States.

9/16/04  - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selects Mercury as part of a team to develop a comprehensive interactive Internet based Fleet Management Policy and Procedure Manual that will serve as a model for other federal agencies.

9/1/04 - Hovensa, LLC, operator of one of the world’s largest oil refineries producing 495,000 barrels-per-day in St Croix, Virgin Islands, retains Mercury to conduct a fleet right sizing study. Hovensa, LLC, is a joint venture of Amerada Hess and PDVSA.

8/24/04 - Mercury selected by the City of Seattle Public Utilities Department to conduct a fleet management best practices review. The project also includes analyzing fleet replacement practices, developing the most advantageous ownership and maintenance models, and optimizing the size and composition of SPU’s 1,000 unit fleet.

8/24/04 - Virginia Department of Transportation selects Mercury Associates to evaluate its fleet replacement and facility capital improvement programs and identify opportunities to improve their underlying spending prioritization and budgeting methodologies. VDOT is one of the nation’s largest state departments of transportation with more than 10,000 rolling stock units in its fleet and several hundred maintenance, fueling, and other facilities.

8/20/04 - Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania retains Mercury to implement its computerized fleet replacement planning program CARCAP™ and assist it in evaluating alternative financing approaches for its vehicle and equipment fleet.

8/18/04 - The City of Columbus, Ohio selects Mercury to conduct a best practices assessment of its fleet management operations and to study the pros and cons of developing a centralized approach to managing its fleet. Columbus, which is the 15th largest city in the country, operates a fleet with 6,500 vehicles.

7/30/04 – Mercury selected by the State of South Carolina to explore the potential benefits of switching from ownership of its light duty fleet to leasing vehicles from private firms. The project, which covers 4,900 vehicles and pieces of equipment, will also include exploring the costs and benefits of outsourcing maintenance, fuel activities, and other fleet management services.

7/26/04 - Mercury awarded a contract by the State of New Mexico Department of Transportation to provide consulting services and training in fleet management best practices. Target areas include operational competitiveness, outsourcing, and fleet replacement planning.

7/12/04 - The City of Wyoming, Michigan selects Mercury to develop a long-range fleet replacement plan, and new capital and operating charge-backs for its fleet of 500 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The operations will also be reviewed for compliance with industry best practices.

6/16/04 - Mercury selected by the Town of Groton, Connecticut to conduct an evaluation of its fleet of 250 vehicles and equipment. The project will focus on vehicle replacement planning, alternative financing approaches, and cost charge-back rate methodology.

6/4/04 - The Los Angeles Metro Transportation Authority (LA MTA) extends its contract with Mercury to conduct a cost of service analysis for heavy maintenance activities at MTA's Regional Rebuild Center. Results of the study will be used as part of MTA's effort to institute a cost charge-back system for support services activities.

6/1/04 - Harris County Precinct Two signs contract with Mercury to host fleet information system. Harris County (Houston, Texas) is the third largest county in the US. Precinct Two is the fifth vehicle and equipment maintenance agency in the County to use Mercury's enterprise asset management systems hosting service.

5/27/04 - Mercury selected by the City of Clovis, California to conduct a comprehensive review of its vehicle and equipment fleet management program. The project will emphasize the use of industry best practices and operational competitiveness.

5/10/04 - Marion County, Oregon selects Mercury to conduct an assessment of its light duty fleet maintenance operation. The study includes an evaluation of fleet maintenance services with specific emphasis on benchmarking performance, evaluating the fleet size and composition and assessing the County’s vehicle replacement program.

 5/4/04 - City of Tacoma, Washington taps Mercury Associates to conduct cost-benefit analysis of its police vehicle take-home program.

 4/30/04 - Mercury selected by the City of Dearborn, Michigan to facilitate the establishment of a Vehicle and Equipment Advisory Board to develop citywide fleet policies, implement best management practices, and to advise the Mayor on methods to lower fleet operating costs.

 4/23/04 - SERVICE AWARD: Chris Amos, CAFM, receives NAFA's highest honor for his 20 years of contributions to the fleet management profession. Chris is the Commissioner of Equipment Services for the City of St. Louis and a Senior Associate with Mercury.

4/12/04 – Mercury selected by Transportation Concepts to audit bus maintenance practices for its division that provides contract services to Omnitrans. Omnitrans is the public transit agency serving 15 cities and unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County in Southern California.

3/29/04 - City of San Antonio retains Mercury to review fleet replacement planning, rate development, and fund management practices for its $24 million-per-year vehicle and equipment replacement program.

2/5/04 - Mercury awarded contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to benchmark component rebuilding and heavy maintenance costs for its fleet of 2,400 buses. LA MTA is one of the largest transit operations in the United States.

2/25/04 – Mercury selected by Genesee County, MI to review the efficiency and effectiveness of the County’s Motor Pool operations. The motor pool consists of 225 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

1/22/04 - State of Oregon selects Mercury to perform management review and competitiveness assessment of its state-wide fleet of 7,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment.

1/22/04 - NISH extends contract with Mercury to provide fleet maintenance consulting services at Fort Lewis, WA US Army base and to develop strategic business plan for nationwide initiative to provide fleet management and maintenance services for federal DoD and civilian agencies.

1/8/2004 - The University of Alabama retains Mercury to assess the feasibility of outsourcing its maintenance and motor pool services and analyze vehicle leasing options.

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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