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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPostal Service audit found taxpayers paid $53 million more than usual in no-bid contracts-DeJoy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990WASHINGTON A two-decade-old audit of mail equipment transport contracts by the U.S. Postal Service's inspector general found that a company previously run by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was awarded multiple noncompetitive contracts by the Postal Service that may have cost consumers as much as $53 million more than if they'd been competitively bid.
The 2001 audit found that New Breed Logistics, a supply chain services provider based in North Carolina, was awarded more than $300 million in Postal Service mail equipment transport contracts that could have come in at a much lower price had they been shopped competitively to a range of vendors.
The audit, reviewed by NBC News, made it clear that the premise for awarding any noncompetitive contracts to a single vendor, such as New Breed, "did not fully meet Postal Service requirements" and "potentially exposed the Postal Service to cost and performance risks."
The contracts awarded to New Breed, beginning in 1992, were to operate a pilot mail transport equipment service center in Greensboro, North Carolina. DeJoy was chief executive of New Breed from 1983 to 2014.
The 2001 audit found that New Breed Logistics, a supply chain services provider based in North Carolina, was awarded more than $300 million in Postal Service mail equipment transport contracts that could have come in at a much lower price had they been shopped competitively to a range of vendors.
The audit, reviewed by NBC News, made it clear that the premise for awarding any noncompetitive contracts to a single vendor, such as New Breed, "did not fully meet Postal Service requirements" and "potentially exposed the Postal Service to cost and performance risks."
The contracts awarded to New Breed, beginning in 1992, were to operate a pilot mail transport equipment service center in Greensboro, North Carolina. DeJoy was chief executive of New Breed from 1983 to 2014.
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Postal Service audit found taxpayers paid $53 million more than usual in no-bid contracts-DeJoy (Original Post)
CousinIT
Sep 2020
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Me.
(35,454 posts)1. ClawBack Please
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. So, which Admin, Postmaster, etc., are we going to blame for this?
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)4. Donors pay Admin Play....
This is legit bother siderism. An area the democrats can get better at, repubs just get worse.
crickets
(25,981 posts)3. Fire him now. Lock him up. nt
safeinOhio
(32,688 posts)5. We've got the best government
money can buy.