The Home Surveillance Committee is demanding that the US Postal Service (USPS) release a contract with a private company for a new delivery vehicle fleet that is reportedly worth up to $ 6 billion.
Overview and committee chair Carolyn Maloney
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The USPS has been contracted to purchase up to 165,000 new fuel efficient or electric mail vehicles.
USPS announced the agreement at the end of February with the Wisconsin company, under which it paid off an initial investment of $ 482 million. The Postal Service said in a statement that the contract was the first in a ten-billion-year effort to replace the delivery fleet.
According to Maloney, the contract was a “surprising announcement” and was the end of a “top secret” selection process that lasted six years.
In her letter, Maloney expressed concern that the vehicles would not be fuel efficient. The New York legislature noted that part of President Biden
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Maloney wrote that Oshkosh had submitted a prototype with a petrol engine, despite prototypes of competitors containing electric drives. In the initial announcement, it is alleged that Oshkosh’s vehicles would be fuel efficient or contain electric drives.
However, Maloney noted that DeJoy told the committee in a trial last month that only 10 percent of the initial order for the fleet would be electric.
Maloney further expressed concern about the contract and referred to a report by Bloomberg News, which claims that an unknown party bought $ 54.2 million worth of shares in Oshkosh the night before the agreement was announced.
Maloney demanded documents by March 26.
“These reports raise concerns about the Postal Service’s selection process and the award of the contract for the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program,” Maloney wrote. “A thorough review is needed to ensure that the award process is free from unnecessary influence and potential interference.”
The news comes amid Maloney’s support for an account of Rep. Jared Huffman
Jared William Huffman Democrats debate fast on infrastructure package Legislators unveil measure to give Postal Service B for electric vehicles Democrats do not trust IDP on 1/6 commission: ‘These people are dangerous’ MORE (D-Calif.) To allocate $ 6 billion to the Postal Service and require at least 75 percent of its new fleet to be electric or emission-free.
The Hill released DeJoy and Oshkosh for comment.