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Municipal Leasing Program
THE BENEFITS OF BREKFORD’S FULL VEHICLE MUNICIPAL LEASING PROGRAM
In times where State and Agency budgets are shrinking and at the same time the
need for resources remain constant or is growing due to the ever increasing demand for public
safety and law enforcement, Brekford’s Full Vehicle Municipal Leasing Program is just the
answer to a department or agency’s needs.
Advantages of Leasing vs. Buying
- Shrinking budgets require all available funds to be used more effectively to produce
“more bang for the buck”.
- The purchase of new vehicles requires a significant expenditure of upfront capital,
something that is increasingly unavailable in a shrinking budget.
- Procurement processes are completely streamlined. Rather than multiple purchase
orders or contracts to be placed separately for the vehicles, and multiple equipment
vendors such as mobile data equipment, accessories and installation/services, only one
“single” purchase order can be issued to lease a “fully equipped” vehicle.
- Budgeting is streamlined and is uniform on an annualized basis. Instead of countless
line items prepared and submitted in a budget request, only a single line item for leasing
is required. The same line item is uniform year after year saving hours of tedious
paperwork.
- Minimizes if not eliminate technological obsolescence as you always have the latest and
greatest equipment in your fleet.
- Preserves capital budget for other necessary expenditures.
- Enjoy low, fixed monthly payments making it easier to forecast budgets.
- Reap the benefits of significant cash-flow savings that result immediately in the first year
of leasing.
- Savings in Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions which are currently assigned to vehicle
upfitting which can now be used for other law enforcement purposes (may not apply to
some agencies).
- Lower lease/financing rates currently available due to favorable market conditions which
can presently be secured for the full term of the lease/financing.
- Agency does not have to maintain “asset records” since vehicles and equipment are on
a lease, thereby saving countless hours and money dedicated for that purpose.
- Assets are not listed on the Financial Records or CAFR reporting since they are leased.
- Agencies or departments which may normally have to acquire funding such as issuing
capital bonds for purchase of capital assets (vehicles) may not have to “raise” capital or
sell “bonds” since no capital investment is required.
Why Lease from Brekford?
- Brekford’s excellent reputation as an installer and its strategic partnership with
Panasonic as a premier TP3 reseller since 1996; as well as other equipment manufacturers. Brekford’s long history of well over a decade of sustained expertise in providing complex custom solutions for in vehicle mobile data centers.
- Brekford is the only facility in the State of Maryland with 20,000 square feet of
production facility offering door-to-door “turn-key” service for installation and upfitting of law enforcement and EMS vehicles. We are capable of setting up 40 vehicles at any given time. Vehicles can be drop shipped from the factory directly to our facility and can be reshipped back to the customer after completion. Drop ship arrangements are
available with various car manufacturers. Brekford is also certified as a secure facility by the Federal Government.
- Brekford’s award winning staff are factory trained and certified and backed up by
multiple on staff engineers who can provide in-depth custom solutions to any client
need. (See our extensive Federal, State and local client list for an array of complex
custom upfitting projects).
- Brekford’s Five principles:
- o Safety
- o Ergonomics
- o Reliability
- o Serviceability
- o Uniformity
- Ease of procurement and funding – Brekford will work with your Purchasing Department to streamline and simplify the procurement process. Funding for the leases/financing is available through Brekford’s leasing partner- Chesapeake Industrial Leasing (a Division of Damascus Bank) at surprisingly low and affordable rates.
- At the end of the lease period (36 to 48 months), the vehicle is taken over by the customer with $ 1 payout. (Alternatives are available if the agency does not wish to
keep the vehicle )
- Brekford provides and stand behind each vehicle that is installed/upfitted; unlike, some
of our other competitors.
- Brekford’s central location in Hanover, Maryland makes it accessible to most of the Tri-
State (Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, District of Columbia and Pennsylvania) areas as
well as to most Federal Government Agencies.
- Warranties for equipment from manufacturers are passed along and honored by the
manufacturers and Brekford.
- Vehicles are obtained through various State/Local/Federal contracts at no add on cost
to the agency. The lease/financing program is also available to agencies for other items such as Panasonic
Tough Books, Brekford’s “Out-of the-box” electronic ticketing system (Slick Ticket™System) and other equipment. For more information on Brekford’s streamlined and affordable vehicle leasing program, mobile data equipment acquisition, Slick Ticket or any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact Brekford’s sales and custom solutions department today.
