What are some of the unique features of each program?

Answer

Rental Supplemental Vehicle Program (RSVP)
Payment may be made by purchase card.
The cardholder calls the vendors to obtain quotes and selects the vendor.
A fuel card is not provided for RSVP vehicles.
Short-Term Rental (STR)
Vehicles are billed through U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) fleet billing.
A Billing Office Address Code (BOAC) is needed to order vehicles and for billing purposes.
Once the call is made to the program office at 866-886-1232 or an email is sent to: gsa_rental@gsa.gov, or a request is made online through the STR website, they will obtain quotes for the unit. The program office will deliver quotes for the requesting unit to select a vendor. GSA will coordinate the order with the vendor.
A fuel credit card can be obtained for each vehicle and the fuel will be billed through the fleet billing.
National Emergency Rental Vehicle (NERV) Program
Vehicles are requested through the dispatch center.
The resource order must state: Rental Vehicle Authorized.
Payments are made through the NERV program.
Users must complete the Traveler Rental Vehicle Checklist and Payment Cover Sheet, as well as reviewing the NERV Q&A.

Topic

Rental Vehicles – Incident Assignment

Sub-Topic

Wildland Fire learning Portal (WFLP)

Question

What are some of the unique features of each program?

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