Excess Fuel Cost from Unoptimized Procurement and Inventory Practices

$100,000–$500,000 per year across the state in avoidable fuel overspend plus lost opportunity to redirect funds to service improvements. • $100,000–$500,000 per year in excess fuel costs across agencies attributable to conservative or poorly tuned contract fuel terms. • $100,000–$500,000 per year in statewide avoidable overspend from suboptimal supplier selection, fragmented volumes, and poorly timed long-term contracts for public transportation fleets.

Aggregates agency-level spreadsheets and ERP extracts into massive Excel workbooks to analyze trends and prepare budget recommendations, using rough external fuel price benchmarks copied from public sources. • Builds detailed Excel models combining GL data, vendor invoices, and simple usage metrics to justify supplemental appropriations or internal transfers, without tools to test alternative procurement or storage strategies. • Builds models in spreadsheets using historic miles and MPG, assumes average fuel prices based on last year, and rarely coordinates closely with procurement on timing and contract implications.