2011-019 Purchasing - Utilities Reduction Specialists, Inc. for services to conduct a utility audit

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2.4. Firm Description Utilities Reduction Specialists, Inc., (URS) is an S-Corp with an 18 year track record of providing cost reduction services to local governments in NC, SC, TN, and VA. Founded in December of 1991, URS has worked with over 170 ci /county governments during that time and have saved our clients including local governments over $18 Million from our efforts. We employ a staff of 7 professionals. Until recently URS marketed our services in NC, SC, TN, WV, and VA. We now have clients in FL, GA, TX, MI, WI, IA, WY, LA, OH, and PA. We look forward to expanding our government client footprint into Pennsylvania. Our firm was founded on the basis that we want to provide all the services we offer from our staff rather than through brokering services through other companies or partnerships. We have through this process; been able to control the quality of the deliverables to the clients we serve and maintain the quality that our clients demand. 2.~ Qualifications and Experience Our firm has worked with over 700 clients, 170 of which are city and county governments. These municipalities and counties range in population from 15,000 to over 600,000. We have performed audits for 6 of the largest city/county governments in North Carolina and our experience in this area is second to none. On average we have been able to reduce our government clients' annual telecommunication expenses by nearly $24,000 and in several cases by over $100,000. In the past 12 months we have found energy refunds and first year savings of over $250,000 for our local government clients. See local government reference list below. Proiect Staffing Our firm employs seven employees and functions much like an accounting practice using the team audit approach. Steve Mann, President, and Ken Burkel, VP of Marketing have the responsibility of presenting audit results back to clients and securing client agreement to accept our cost reduction recommendations. Cheryl Reklis is the lead auditor that would be assigned to your account. Cheryl has been with us for thirteen years. Ms. Reklis has worked with over 50 URS local government projects including City of Raleigh and City of Greensboro as well as 40+ counties here in the state. Tammy Williams has been with us for 15 years and has worked with at least 40 local government audits as well. The two of them know where to look for errors and opportunities. Because circumstances surrounding each client vary significantly, extensive URS management involvement is typical. Mr. Burkel and Mr. Mann have been with the company since its inception. Our auditors' average over 10 years experience with our company and have college degrees. Page 9 of 19