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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaedi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points a Congress gave the US Postal Service (USPS[ gat fr d sorn to buy the goods and services it needs because the agency isa commercia ernerprise. s Yet, the USPS is also a government agency pr vi;dng a publc service, and it must engage in procure eAs i a way that fosters trust in Iegistators and the oublic. Congrons should direct the agency's inspector General to anu-y epart aggregate rnetics on the USPS's prociramen t---esped aly their timeliness an nV protests frorn vendors abou' th UaP> 'saward drcisions e r The LPS can foster rut by aobding by its own procur:ment scheduies, puboty exp inig any deviations therefrom, and p eduing to If1 ow 'he deman d of the governm rent-wrId Com etition in Contracting Act. In 2321, the US Postal Serice (USPS) fund itself under heavy CrItinCs after alnnoiucing its pro- curenent of a new% flet of delivery vehicles. A law- suit filed by a company tht competed for but failed to win the corntract alleged the USPS botched the process' egislators in Congress also faulted the agency's procurement process and decried the agency's decision to purchase a mostly gas-powred 'leet despite a broader government rove to electric vehicles, championed by Presi- dent ~oe Biden That the USP S's decision drew fire was perhaps unavoidable. The stakes were large; the initial pro- curenient award is for 5482 million, and the total procureinElt could run $6 billion aid involve 15,000 trucks.3 Yet the agency's statutory free- dom of procurement and its execution of the con- tracting process clcarly contributed to the discon- tent, This report reviews the USPS's procurement and suggests reforms to bet'er balance the objec- tives for empowering the USPS to make decisions that are more widely viewed as credible while reniin- ing democratically accountable. The USPS's Procurement Freedom The USPS spends more than $ic billion per year on contracts with the private sector'r The agency buys mtyriad products and services from private-sector vendors, which includes keys, post office boxes,

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