Spartan Motors awarded $214M cargo van contract for USPS fleet

Award Date: September 29, 2017 The United States Postal Service awarded Spartan Motors the contract for Solicitation 3D-17-A-0140 (for the purchase of Cargo Vans). There will be two design types; Cab Over Engine (COE) and Cab Behind Engine (CBE). Within each design type, two sizes of cargo bodies are identified; 18 ft. and 24 ft….

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USPS seeks supplier for benchmarking vehicle fleet maintenance

By Tony Ware – December 29, 2016 A recent request for proposal by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General seeks a supplier well-versed in large fleet operations and maintenance. A firm fixed-price contract will be awarded for a study benchmarking best practices to support technologies and performance measures benefiting the Postal Service’s 214,933 delivery,…

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USPS awards 7 year, $140 million contract to Ryder Truck Rentals

Award Date 6/1/2016 Awardee RYDER TRUCK RENTAL INC, 6000 Windward Parkway Alpharetta, Georgia 30005 Award Amount The planned period of performance will be a total of seven (7) years with a three year base period and two (2) two-year option terms. The minimum amount of $3M with a maximum of $140M (for all years). Description…

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FBO: Badge Reader Terminals To Support New Mail Processing Visibility Effort

Background: The USPS is seeking information and to pre-qualify interested parties capable of manufacturing badge readers in support of a new mail operations visibility effort. The USPS is considering deployment of a mail processing visibility system that can collect predefined location data and centrally depict associated staff assignments in various views to assist in better…

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FCA awarded $95,725,791 contract for additional Extended Capacity Delivery Vehicles

April 19, 2016 This notice is to announce the award of a contract modification issued to exercise the option quantity under Line Item No. 002 of Contract No. 3DVPRT-15-B-0057.  The option is to purchase an additional 3,339 vehicles at the same fixed price as the base quantity under Line Item No. 001. Source: ECDV – Extended Capacity Delivery Vehicles…

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USPS takes next step in effort to upgrade vehicles

The Postal Service continues moving forward with plans to upgrade its delivery fleet. Last week, USPS asked select suppliers in the auto industry to submit proposals for next generation delivery vehicle prototypes. This is the latest step in a multi-year effort to replace as many as 180,000 vehicles with newer models. Once the proposals are…

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FBO: Rental of Motor Vehicles for USPS Delivery Operations

Solicitation Number: 3D-15-A-0209 Agency: United States Postal Service Office: Supplies and Services Purchasing Location: Vehicles CMC The U.S. Postal Service will rent minivan cargo vans and cargo vans (low, medium and high roof) up to 2 tons capacity for delivery of packages and to fill in for vehicles out of service. The contract will extend…

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USPS awards $257 Million Contract for Walk-In Body Intermediate Delivery Trucks

The Walk-In van VS Cab Forward truck – Side-by-Side comparison Your browser does not support this video. We recommend using the newest version of Google Chrome. Source: Walk In Body Intermediate Delivery Trucks – Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities

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