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SEARCHMENUSEARCHThe Barrow County (Ga.) Board of Commissioners has approved a contract to outsource maintenance and management of vehicles to a Ford dealership. Commissioners voted 4-2 in favor of the plan.
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Do fleets that have outsourced their parts management really get the savings they estimated? A few years after their decision to outsource, three fleets share their experiences — and their results.
Read More →The City of Fall River, Mass., is privatizing the city trash collection, entering into a 10-year contract with a private provider beginning July 1. The city will sell its refuse fleet, for which it still owes money, for less than its value.
Read More →First Vehicle Services has announced that it has been awarded the fleet management contract for Florida International University (FIU). The company will also offer full-service oil changes to the students and faculty.
Read More →Barrow County's interim county manager is urging for outsourced fleet maintenance, claiming that the county can’t buy new diagnostic equipment and train technicians to keep up with new technologies on vehicles.
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Newberry County, S.C., has awarded Vector Fleet Management a five-year fleet maintenance contract estimated to cost $532,121 annually. The company has performed fleet maintenance for the county since 2009.
Read More →The Philadelphia District Attorney has charged a city fleet supervisor and two body shop owners for an insurance fraud scam that stole $400,000 from the city’s Office of Fleet Management.
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The City of Lansing, Mich., council will discuss whether a contract with NAPA IBS for parts management violates a collective bargaining agreement with two union employees.
Read More →The Doña Ana County (N.M.) manager has banned departments from using outside vendors to perform vehicle repairs, as a cost-containment strategy partly aimed at the county sheriff's department.
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The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon has outsourced its parts room to NAPA IBS to better comply with internal controls, allow technicians more time to work on vehicles, and reduce the true cost of parts.
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