Sprint (News - Alert) has teamed with Trimble, which applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive, to provide U.S. government agencies a broad range of fleet management capabilities and solutions as part of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA (News - Alert)).

The BPA will be administered by GSA Fleet, which provides fleet management services to more than 75 participating federal agencies.

With more than 217,000 vehicles, GSA Fleet manages one of the largest non-tactical federal fleets in the U.S. government.

As part of the pact, Trimble's solutions will provide vehicle monitoring, diagnostics, driver safety and identification services. Sprint will provide secure, reliable connectivity for these solutions.

Thanks to the partnership, the combined solutions will enable agencies to reduce operating costs, manage mileage, reduce idle time and emissions, and improve safety.

"For many agencies, the business case of moving to a fleet management solution is tied to lowering fuel costs," said Bill White, vice president of Sprint Federal, in a statement.

White said that Sprint's leadership as both a green technology provider and user closely ties the success of this program to the company's core values.

"Trimble (News - Alert) is a best-in-class provider of fleet management solutions to a broad range of industries with a breadth of experience worldwide," said Isaac Negusse, client executive for GSA at Sprint.

Negusse said that Trimble's product portfolio and long-standing customer service is unmatched with significant advantages for agencies looking to improve productivity, reduce cost and green their fleets.

Recently, Trimble announced that it has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service for its fleet management solution.

The BPA will be administered by GSA Fleet and gives fleet managers the option to implement Trimble's vehicle monitoring, maintenance, driver safety, and driver identification products and services.

By offering the Trimble GeoManager solution, GSA Fleet will help agencies reduce operating costs, improve driver safety and comply with Federal directives such as Executive Order 13514 to measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using GeoManager, agencies will be better equipped to manage mileage, idle time and fuel usage in an effort to reduce emissions as well as fuel costs.

Anil Sharma is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Carrie Schmelkin