FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SVN Auction Services builds electronic online auction platform to enable the Utah Department of Transportation to accelerate and close sales of surplus real property as mandated by Utah state legislature
Salt Lake City, UT (February 20, 2019) – SVN Auction Services has been awarded a five-year contract with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to create and manage an electronic online auction platform and clearinghouse to streamline sales of surplus real property owned by UDOT.
The UDOT SVN-managed online auction platform accelerates surplus real property sales for UDOT. The service and website address at www.UDOTauctions.Utah.gov delivers 24/7 access to UDOT auction-related information allowing interested parties to register for opt-in email notifications. It also allows real-time mobile platform bidding for qualified buyers.
“Based on our extensive national online auction experience, we have created an online solution to maximize value for UDOT,” said Louis B. Fisher III, national director of SVN Auction Services. “This allows the department to more efficiently direct all sales-related proceeds back into the Transportation Fund to offset future transportation developments costs.”
The website is currently live. The first online auction starts advertising in February and goes live March 13-20, with nine surplus properties to be sold.
Working in full collaboration with the national SVN Auction Services team, SVN Alta Commercial, the SVN Salt Lake City office provides local brokerage activities for the auctions.
“This partnership is exactly what we need to assist us in creating a new process and platform to meet our department’s goals and initiatives,” said Rod McDaniels, UDOT’s deputy director of right of way.
The surplus land auctioning process is governed by Utah Administrative Code R907-80 (Disposition of Surplus Land), establishing the process required for UDOT to dispose of real property declared as surplus to the state’s needs.
Contacts
Louis B. Fisher III CAI, National Director, SVN Auction Services, LLC, 954-931-0592 / [email protected]
Ken Zeszutko, Z Corp. PR / 321-213-1818 / [email protected]
