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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/376/376-012.pdf

The City of Des Moines, Iowa, has contracted for vehicle maintenance services with one contractor since 1983. The city's experience has been very positive. To provide insight into equipment vehicle maintenance contracting and why it has been a success, this paper discusses the following: the condition of equipment maintenance for the City of Des Moines and the chain of events that led to contracting for maintenance services; the development of the contract and the city's relationship with the contractor; how contracting has affected vehicle maintenance performance; and the attributes that make for a good relationship between contractor and public agency, based on the Des Moines experience.

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1991-8

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

Contract administration; Equipment; Equipment maintenance; Management; Privatization; Workshops

Equipment management

Des Moines (Iowa)

Des Moines (Iowa)

Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

TRIS, TRB

Aug 31 1991 12:00AM

• 1990-93 ENGINE TECHNOLOGY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ABSTRACT: MINNESOTA'S 1981-1990 EXPERIENCE WITH GUARANTEED REPURCHASE OF 4WD LOADERS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ALTERNATIVE FUEL ENGINES IN AUTOMOBILES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ALTERNATIVE FUEL ENGINES IN HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ALTERNATIVE FUEL SUPPLY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ARKANSAS' EQUIPMENT BUY-BACK PURCHASING METHOD. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DIESEL ENGINES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CHOICES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• LEAKING UNDERGROUND FUEL TANK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• MAINTENANCE SHOP RELATED REGULATIONS AND REGULATIONS IN THE 1990S. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• MIDWESTERN STATES EQUIPMENT CONFERENCE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MECHANIC APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• OREGON'S PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE PROGRAM: A FEASIBILITY STUDY--HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR SHOP--BEND, OREGON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• POINT METHOD FOR EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• SERVICES OFFERED BY MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• SOUTHEAST EQUIPMENT MANAGERS MEETING. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• THE ARMY'S PAPERLESS EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• THE EVOLUTION OF AN ON-LINE INTEGRATED EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS ON HAZARDS IN THE WORK PLACE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• THE IMPACT OF THE COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE ON EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT--CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• TRAINING OF EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL: APPROACHES AND APPLICATION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANICS WHEN ELECTRONIC DIESEL ENGINES ENTER THE FLEET. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA
• WESTERN EQUIPMENT MANAGERS MEETING. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, MAY 28-31, 1990, DES MOINES, IOWA