Current Contract Awards

Francotyp-Postalia (FP Mailing Solutions)

,

a

mail

room

solutions

provider,

announced

that

it

has

been

awarded

a

multi-million

dollar

contract

from

the U.S. Postal Service's Retail Products & Services Contracting Office

.

The

contract

is

for

FP's

digital

postage

meter,

the

ultimail

system.

FP's

ultimail

digital

meter

will

also

feature

a

real

time

accounting

management

and

metering

system

(RAMM)

designed

by Triner Scales and Manufacturing

.

"FP's ultimail system and RAMM will facilitate electronic data transfer and streamline business operations for the Postal Service's retail and performance-based contract postal units (CPUs)," says Larry Turner, Chief Executive Officer of FP Mailing Solutions. "In keeping with the Federal Government's community-focused purchasing initiatives and customer service, FP's subcontracting relationship with Triner Scales will fulfill more than 80 percent of the contract through a small and woman owned business."

Diverse Computing, Inc. (DCI)

signed a contract with the

Florida

Department

of

Law

Enforcement

(FDLE) to install the eAgent Client Messaging System. The contract is the result of an extensive, nationwide competitive bid process to replace the existing message switch access ("workstation") software. The eAgent Messaging System will provide Florida law enforcement agencies with access to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC II) and other state systems.

The

Franklin

County,

Ohio,

Auditor's

Office has awarded Sanborn a contract for a country-wide GIS update project. Sanborn, a provider of geographic information system (GIS) and photogrammetric services industry, will capture color aerial photography for the 540 squaremile county. Final deliverables will

include color digital orthophotos with a three-inch pixel resolution.

Numerous public entities, including municipalities, townships and school districts, use the auditor's GIS for a variety of projects, such as utility tracking, drainage studies, bus routing and 911 emergency call routing.

The higher resolution orthophotos will give users greater visible detail—fire hydrants, manhole covers and the like will be easy to discern—resulting in more accurate decision-making.

ICF Consulting

has

been

awarded

a

5-year

contract

for

up

to

$18

million

by

the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

to

support

the

federal

government's

new

eTravel

Initiative.

ICF

Consulting

will

measure

and

manage

the

success

of

the

eTravel

program

through

performance

evaluation,

acquisition

support,

and

market

analyzes.

One of President Bush's EGovernment Initiatives, eTravel will revolutionize travel management functions. Formerly paper-based, the new on-line system delivers an easy-to-use, integrated travel service tool to the desktops of government customers. The service will simplify federal travel management, and is projected to save taxpayers up to 50 percent in federal travel management costs over the next decade.

First Vehicle Services

announced the signing of a three-year contract for the provision of fleet management and maintenance services for the

State

of

Virginia

Department

of

Transportation

(VDOT). The contract also includes two, one-year extension options. First Vehicle Services will provide VDOT with fleet services for more than 1,200 diverse vehicles within four shop locations including; administrative sedans, onand off-road vehicles and earthmoving and construction equipment. The new partnership is a pilot program similar to the contract First Vehicle Services currently holds with the Florida Department of Transportation.