Review of Postal Service Mail Trucking Contract Awards
GGD-77-14
Published: Dec 28, 1976. Publicly Released: Oct 27, 1983.
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Postal Service contracting activities for highway transportation of mail were reviewed. The review focused on whether: small firms were being denied an opportunity to obtain contracts; wide variances in bids were unusual; firms awarded mail transportation contracts were later given improper price increases; and bonding companies were misusing bid information received from competing transportation firms.
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Government contractsMail transportation operationsPerformance bondsPostal serviceSmall business contractsSurety bondsTransportation ratesTrucking operationsPrice adjustmentsPublic roads or highways