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SRNS Excess Express program helps others

reuse $17 million in government property

SRNS Excess Express team members (from left) Wendy Koster, Rick Webb and Scott Houck prepare to move excess material
and equipment to another SRS facility, where items will be processed and permanently removed from Site inventory.
I n 2017, SRNS created Excess Express Services, a team “At times, we can barely keep up with the demand

tasked with significantly improving the process used to pick
up, transport and process excess material and equipment.
This process took into consideration 10,000 employees working in and often face short deadlines. The items we pick up
hundreds of buildings at the 310-square-mile Site. To date, even with include just about anything you would normally find at an
COVID-19 protocol restraints, SRNS has used this cost-effective, industrial site and some items that are a bit unusual.”
accelerated process to distribute more than $17 million in material Marcus Sanders
and equipment.

“The success of the Excess Express team has been outstanding,”
said Craig Martin, Manager, SRNS Property Management, Excess complete per customer has been shaved down to about three to
and Disposition. “Marcus Sanders of Property Excess Programs five days.
and a small team from Excess Operations led by Jody Welch have
taken on excess-related tasks that most employees find difficult “Of course, good stewardship of government assets is an important
and tedious, such as gathering, sorting, inventorying, categorizing, driver for our team, regarding the safe disposition of material and
labeling, palletizing, and preparing all disposition paperwork. I admire equipment that is no longer needed by a particular organization at
their dedication and excellent work ethic.” SRS,” said Martin. “Better utilization of space within a building, and
providing unwanted material to those who need it at SRS or other
Sanders describes Excess Express Services as a “soup to nuts,” DOE sites is important in many ways as well.”
turn-key operation. “We do nearly everything for our customers, and
it’s been wildly successful,” he said. “At times, we can barely keep up Items not finding a new home at SRS can be reused by an off-site
with the demand and often face short deadlines. The items we pick government agency or nearby community organizations.
up include just about anything you would normally find at an industrial “Performing the tasks that we do best, through Excess Express
site and some items that are a bit unusual.” Services, permits others to dedicate more time and energy into what
According to Sanders, a process that once averaged 45 days to they do best, within our operating facilities,” said Martin.