USPS: Managers and drivers should buy only regular unleaded and low-grade diesel fuel for postal vehicles

Posted on April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 by 21cpw

April 11, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding fleet managers and drivers to always buy the lowest-cost fuel from stations in the USPS Preferred Fueling Network. The network, or PFN, consists of more than 20,000 retail fuel sites and 33 brands throughout the nation that provide the Postal Service with special pricing. A few of…

OIG Report: Fuel Consumption and Cost Risk Mitigation

Posted on April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 by 21cpw

Background The U.S. Postal Service has a surface transportation network that, in fiscal year (FY) 2016, consisted of almost 16,000 supplier-operated highway contract routes (HCR) and about 7,600 Postal Service-owned mail transport vehicles. This fleet makes USPS one of the largest users of diesel fuel in the U.S., purchasing about 251 million gallons in FY…