IronPlanet’s GovPlanet Marketplace Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary and Receives CV4-R Contract Extension to Sell Government Vehicles and Other Rolling Stock as it Delivers Higher Proceeds Back to The Government

PLEASANTON, Calif. – IronPlanet^®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has executed its option to extend its Commercial Venture 4-Rolling Stock (CV4-R) contract with IronPlanet. The one-year extension is the first of five available under the CV4-R contract, which was originally awarded to IronPlanet in July 2014 to manage and sell rolling stock surplus assets of the DLA. The extension comes at the two-year anniversary of the contract award.

Warriors Over the Wasatch is here again! This weekend, on the heels of their participation in the Government Fleet Expo & Conference in Nashville, GovPlanet is sponsoring the annual open house and air show at Hill AFB, taking place June 25-26, 2016. This unique Utah event is expected to bring roughly 650,000 people to the local area.

In addition to the awe-inspiring U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration, U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team and number of other military and civilian aerial demonstrations, attendees will be able to connect with GovPlanet and see our special event Humvee. The Humvee was rebuilt by Salt Lake City’s Plan B Supply, and has been wrapped for the event to help bring awareness to the Warriors Over the Wasatch -as well as the Fisher House Foundation. GovPlanet is a major supporter of Fisher House Foundation, which supports a network of comfort homes where military and veterans' families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.

And, don't miss your chance to take a picture and win an iPad! Use the hashtag #GovPlanetHumvee for a chance to win! Can't make the show in person? Follow us on Social Media @IronPlanet.

Kick off Summer with three days of auctions, beginning Wednesday, June 22 with GovPlanet's Government Surplus auction, featuring 450 pieces of military surplus equipment. Also on June 22, IronPlanet returns to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with its latest Cat Auction Services Unreserved Public Auction. The event will be hosted by Finning and held at the Edmonton Marriott River Cree Resort. This is the sixth of IronPlanet’s major Cat Auction Services sales this year.

Thursday and Friday, June 23-24, you will find more than 1,000 pieces of used heavy equipment and trucks up for auction featuring equipment from Woods Equipment and Nebraska Machinery, cranes from Essex, and trucks from Walmart.

IronPlanet Named NJPA Contract Award Vendor

GovPlanet Debuts GovPlanet Direct at Government Fleet Expo & Conference

PLEASANTON, Calif. – IronPlanet^®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today introduced GovPlanet Direct^SM, a new self-listing service as part of its marketplace for public sector entities. GovPlanet Direct is being offered to government entities under IronPlanet’s GovPlanet^® brand, which is dedicated to government surplus disposition. IronPlanet also announced that it has been named an NJPA Awarded Contract Vendor by the National Joint Powers Alliance^®. GovPlanet representatives will be demonstrating GovPlanet Direct at the Government Fleet Expo & Conference in Nashville starting today, June 20.

Tom Berg, Senior Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking, features GovPlanet customer Bob Eggar in his recent article "Ex-Military Trucks Find Duties with Civilian Operators". Eggar describes how his M923 five-ton truck is essential for handling the muddy fields of The Pumpkin Patch, his 55 acre property in Oregon.

Need a stout go-anywhere truck for off-road work, and for not a lot of money? An ex-military 6x6 might be just the ticket. It is for Bob Eggar, who runs The Pumpkin Patch, a produce farm on an island in the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon. Here, mud is an enemy.

That complicates the task of getting crops out of the fields, but a team of former U.S. Army vehicles can handle it. Two were purchased through the GovPlanet arm of IronPlanet, the worldwide auction service, for under $5,000 apiece. An older a 2-1/2-ton cargo truck – a Vietnam-era “deuce and a half” -- cost Eggar only $2,500. 

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GovPlanet, IronPlanet’s online marketplace for used government surplus will be participating in this weekend's Air Power Expo in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday, April 23 to Sunday April, 24. The Air Power Expo is a free to the public air show, featuring aeriel performers, aircraft on display and specialized ground attractions.  This year's expo will feature a performance by the United States Navy Blue Angels. Stop by our booth and say hello!

IronPlanet's will close out April with four days of sales next week, beginning Tuesday, April 26 through Friday, April 29. We'll kick off on Tuesday, April 26 with Tools, Parts & Attachments. Wednesday, April 27, will be our last GovPlanet auction of April, and Thursday and Friday will be our huge two-day end of month sale featuring over 1700 equipment and trucks. Here are few featured items to look for next week!