GovPlanet will host its first-ever live auction on September 5. The auction is being held for the Pennsylvania Department of General Services and will feature more than 350 equipment items and trucks. Highlights include excavators, dump trucks, paving rollers, snow plows, stone chippers, wheel and backhoe loaders, lights and mowers.

The live, onsite auction will be held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. The auction is open to the public and registration to bid is free. Pre-registration and the ability to post bids online began August 22. In-person inspections and registrations will be held on September 3 and September 4 at the Farm Show Complex. During that time, interested buyers can also preview the vehicles that will be onsite. The heavy equipment auction will be simulcast on September 5, allowing online and in-person participants to bid against each other in real time.

“We are excited to hold our very first live, onsite GovPlanet auction, expanding the services we offer state and local governments to best meet their dispersal needs,” Kevin O’Donnell, vice president of Government Business Development for Ritchie Bros., said. “We launched the GovPlanet brand in 2014 and have helped many state and local government agencies sell surplus assets through our regular Wednesday online auctions. Now, as part of the Ritchie Bros. family, we can leverage Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ extensive live auction expertise to offer our customers the best of both worlds.”

GovPlanet is most well-known for selling assets for the U.S. Department of Defense, but over the past four years has also sold thousands of items for state and local government agencies.

“GovPlanet has been a great partner in helping us to ensure that we are getting the best return on our investment for the taxpayers of Pennsylvania – as evidenced by our ability to double our sales figures over the past two years,” Matt Blascovich, division chief for State Surplus & Recycling at the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, said. “The GovPlanet staff is experienced, knowledgeable and always willing to help.”