Microlise Group plc announced the signing of contracts with GSF Car Parts ('GSF') and Foodstuffs South Island ('FSSI') with a combined contract value of over £2 million. Microlise has signed a six-year contract with car parts delivery and fitting company GSF following a competitive tender process. Microlise will provide GSF's fleet of vans with its ePOD (Proof of Delivery) and Journey Management software solutions.

Microlise's solutions will enable GSF to remove paper-based processes from its operations and grow its enterprise accounts. The contract increases Microlise's presence in the lighter goods vehicle segment of the market in line with the Company's strategy to expand in adjacent markets. Microlise customers are traditionally operators who manage a large fleet of HGVs, each of which conducting one pre-planned journey each day.

GFS's profile differs from this, with a highly dynamic, high-volume operation, with lots of delivery requests coming in each day. This win demonstrates how the Microlise product is flexible enough to penetrate these newer adjacent markets, supporting new growth with existing products. Microlise has signed a five-year contract with New Zealand based FSSI.

FSSI is the largest grocery retailer in the South Island of New Zealand with over 200 stores across multiple brands as well as providing online grocery services. The contract significantly increases Microlise's share of the grocery freight market in New Zealand. Microlise will provide its Journey Management and SmartPOD (Proof of Delivery) solutions to FSSI's owned vehicles and sub-contracted fleet as part of a major project by FSSI to refresh its core systems. Microlise was selected owing to its partnership approach, attention to detail and its existing relationships with Foodstuffs North Island, with which FSSI recently merged, and Gilmours, which recently merged with FSSI's wholesale division.