New Courier Services Contract

Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller

Purchasing Services would like to announce the award of the new “Courier Services” contract. Contract ITN07HK-120, effective March 19, 2007 has been awarded to Federal Express. Federal Express will be the University’s prime provider for Courier Services which include overnight/next day delivery, international and ground package services.

This contract will provide approximately a 24% overall savings to the University. Existing University of Florida/Federal Express accounts have already been converted to the new contract price schedule.

Contact the Federal Express account manager, Andrew Greer at andrew.greer@fedex.com for pricing information and new account set up. Contact Harold King at Hking@ufl.edu if you require additional information regarding the contract.