16% savings on a $2M portco shipping spend = $320K to EBITDA. That's not an operational improvement. That's a line item in your 100-day plan. $2M annual parcel spend × 16% = $320K straight to EBITDA $320K × 10x = $3.2M in enterprise value Portco ops time: ~4 hours over 2–4 months Fee structure: contingency only, zero until savings are proven Three reasons it belongs on the plan and not the "we'll circle back" list: It completes inside the window. The renegotiation runs 2–4 months. The new contract is typically live before day 90. The new ownership window matters. Carriers expect a cost review from new ownership. That posture is available at close. It normalizes by day 100. The risk is zero. Fees are a percentage of hard dollar savings, after they're realized. If savings aren't found, there's no charge. Most portcos have this available at close. Almost none have it on the plan. The bottleneck isn't the math. It's that nobody put it on the list.