CHANTILLY, VA, September
9, 2013 -- Agile Access Control, Inc. today announces that it has been
awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) for its FleetCommander fleet management and motor pool solutions.
The GSA has launched a major car sharing initiative to help federal agencies
reduce costs, improve service, and optimize their use of vehicles. Agile's
FleetCommander facilitates effective car sharing that is easy to implement and
easy to use, allowing federal agencies to optimize vehicle investments and
achieve significant savings.
The Car Sharing BPA is the result of a competitive bid process
conducted by GSA. It enables agencies to acquire solutions directly from GSA
Fleet, without having to issue their own, separate solicitations; a process
that can sometimes take months or years. GSA leases more than 200,000 vehicles
to all federal agencies, all of which will be able to achieve the efficiencies
provided by car sharing through the BPA.
According to the GSA, the BPA enables agencies to immediately
implement car sharing in numerous ways, incorporating their processes and
rules, in the way that they manage their fleets. For example, FleetCommander's
automated dispatching technologies such as self-service kiosks may be used to
check vehicles in and out. In addition, the management of keys can be handled
efficiently and securely through FleetCommander's optional secure key boxes
that enable the release of keys automatically, virtually eliminating the need
for fleet staff involvement.
All FleetCommander solutions include web-based reservation
capabilities as well as more than 60 types of reports on utilization, driver
management, aging reports, and other fleet data that will be accessible to
managers of GSA fleet vehicles.
"It just got faster and easier than ever for federal fleet managers
to right-size their fleets using car sharing technologies," says Agile
President Ed Smith. "And, since our other car sharing technologies are
available on the GSA schedule, it simplifies and speeds up the acquisition
process as well," he says.
The GSA BPA is a major step toward enabling agencies to follow the
Presidential Federal Fleet Performance Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM)
that assists agencies in achieving optimally-sized fleet inventories. Read more
about the Presidential Memorandum regarding the VAM: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/24/presidential-memorandum-federal-fleet-performance
Federal agency fleet managers may choose to implement any one or
more of the car sharing technologies included on the BPA by notifying their GSA
Fleet Service Representative, or by contacting Agile directly.
About Agile Access Control, Inc.
FleetCommander creator Agile Access Control, Inc. is a technology
company headquartered in Chantilly, Va., which serves fleet and motor pool
managers in the university, government, utility and commercial sectors. Agile's
FleetCommander software is a powerful, highly configurable, web-based
application that streamlines the use of vehicles through easy-to-use software,
and presents real-time data in the form of intuitive dashboards, graphs,
gauges, online forms, and a wide variety of reports. The suite of
FleetCommander technology tools also includes Agile FleetShare™, car sharing
technology that offers keys-in-the-car access to geographically dispersed
vehicles with a scanned ID card at the windshield; unstaffed check-in at
kiosks, secure key control and key boxes; in-vehicle utilization and diagnostic
devices; GPS solutions, and much more - all tied into the FleetCommander fleet
and motor pool software. Resulting in lower vehicle and personnel costs and
higher customer satisfaction, FleetCommander can be used as a stand-alone,
customized fleet management system or integrated with an organization's
existing fleet systems. For more information, contact Agile Access Control,
Inc. at 408-213-9555 x1 or info@agilefleet.com
or visit http://www.agilefleet.com.
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