Achievement of Excellence in Procurement

For the tenth consecutive year, Delaware's Government Support Services contracting team received the National Procurement Institute's (NPI) Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award. In 2025, Delaware stood with 200+ other recipients nationwide, including cities, counties, higher education institutions, and state agencies. It was one of just seven state agencies in the entire country to receive this recognition.

Top 100 Fleet

The Delaware Fleet Services team continues recognition as "100 Best Fleets in the Americas" as reported by the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA). The State earned the ranking of #68 in the nation and is only state central fleet receiving this recognition. This program recognizes "peak performing fleet operations" and "encourages the ever-increasing levels of performance and innovation within the public fleet industry." This marks the seventeenth year in a row the state of Delaware, Fleet Services, has been honored.

Further, Delaware’s operations also were recognized with an Honorable Mention the in Green Fleet award. This is also 10+ years of being recognized for this category.

New Food Warehouse Under Construction

The state is constructing a new food warehouse on Route 13 just north of the Smyrna Rest Area. The Government Support Services Food Distribution facility is a 28,800 square foot facility intended to replace aged infrastructure operating from the Fort DuPont site in Delaware City. This central location will be more efficient for delivering food products to schools across the state and is expected to be completed and operational by mid-2026.

Special thanks to the Office of Management and Budget’s Division of Facilities Management for managing the project with the awarded vendor.

Greg Gilmore and Brian Thompson were personally thanked by the Governor for their heroic actions in rescuing a lost toddler. They saw a toddler wandering in the middle of the road. Accordingly, they took action, intervened and moved the child to safety. Just as they were about to contact emergency services, the child's mother appeared, looking for her missing child who had escaped through an unsecured house door. The mother, who was new to the area, was relieved to find her child unharmed. The text of the tribute that Greg and Brian received is below. Great job Greg and Brian!  Read More

• On behalf of Delawareans across the First State, Governor Carney and Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long take great pleasure in recognizing Fleet Technician Greg Gilmore for taking action when he noticed a lost child wandering in the road during the course of his work assignments. With the help of his colleague, Brian Thompson, Mr. Gilmore was able to move the child to safety and reunite the child with their mother. This tribute brings with it sincere appreciation for his committed service to the State of Delaware and the Office of Management and Budget and for his heroic intervention on behalf of a Delaware child.

  On behalf of Delawareans across the First State, Governor Carney and Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long take great pleasure in recognizing Fleet Technician Brian Thompson for taking action when he noticed a lost child wandering in the road during the course of his work assignments. With the help of his colleague, Greg Gilmore, Mr. Thompson was able to move the child to safety and reunite the child with their mother. This tribute brings with it sincere appreciation for his committed service to the State of Delaware and the Office of Management and Budget and for his heroic intervention on behalf of a Delaware child.

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Jessica “Jessie” Durham has been with the State Messenger Services for 19 years. Over the course of the last year, we have put Jessie in a position to take more of a leadership role within the division and she has done an excellent job. Jessie is the go-to person for new stops looking to be added to our routes. She overviews the request and determines the best possible route to assign them to, as well as coordinating the days they will be getting mail service. This ensures optimizing efficiencies for the agency and the GSS Messenger Services operation.

Further, Jessie has taken the lead for many of our upstart projects. The biggest of the projects, is the assumption of Archives Delivery service. Agencies will contact us with requests retrieve storage boxes from their location and deliver the same to the Archives building in Dover for either storage or shredding. These can range from something as simple as 1 location and 10-15 boxes, to multiple locations with an upwards of 120 - 130 boxes that need to be collected. This variability requires our team to ensure adequate transportation, coordinate the retrieval and not directly impact existing customer expectations.  Read More

• She has continued to be the main cover driver for our Kent and Sussex routes. If someone calls out, she fills in on the route needed. Jessie has also become our main trainer for Messenger Services. Any new hire is trained with her for their first two weeks to maintain consistency within our trainings of new hires. They will ride the assigned route with her, and then come back to the office where she will walk them through using the mail machines and how to meter, or sort mail accordingly. Moreover, Jessie is also my backup when it comes to the management aspect. If I am out on vacation, or sick, Jessie fills in the roll and we barely miss a step. This includes researching discrepancies, handling complaints or lost mail, and designating people to get the afternoon mail over to the Post Office for deployment to their final destinations.

  Finally, Jessie also helps out with other divisions as needed. By example, if Fleet needs vehicles picked up and delivered and are shorthanded, Jessie is who they go to. Over the past several months she has helped Fleet move an upwards of 10-15 vehicles between New Castle and Kent. Whether they need to be picked up from the fleet pool on the Herman Holloway campus, or delivered to another location for outfitting, Jessie is always there to help along with the process.