The Sacramento City Council is scheduled Tuesday evening to consider approval of a contract that would expand a GPS device and reporting platform for the city's vehicle fleet.
A five-year, $508,000 contract with Utilimarc Inc., would authorize funding to install the vendor's GPS devices on an additional 150 light-duty vehicles and pay for airtime on approximately 550 vehicles, according to a City Council brief. Sacramento already has installed 400 of the GPS devices.
Sacramento piloted Utilimarc's vehicle analytics platform in 2014. The system tracks data about vehicle health, fuel usage, GPS location, vehicle utilization, idling, and driver behavior — and provides that information to users in reports and dashboards.
"The data obtained through this pilot program has been essential in identifying operational efficiencies and providing training opportunities for light duty vehicle drivers. Improvements in driver routing, idling time, fuel consumption, and driver behavior have all been realized as a result of this pilot program," the City Council report says.
According to the terms of the contract, Sacramento would pay the vendor $210 per GPS device. This is a no-bid contract.
Minneapolis-based Utilimarc says its GPS fleet management system also used by the cities of Glendale, Long Beach and Santa Ana in California.
