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089402 1 (1972-04-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvjn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMEF oIISION APR18 1972 Dear Mr. Hayden: The General Accounting Office has completed a survey of vehicle utilization in the former Chicago Postal Region. Our survey was conducted during the period March through August 1971. We reviewed records and held discussions with officials in the Chicago Regional Office, the Chicago Post Office, the vehicle maintenance facility serving the Chicago Post Office, the post office in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and the Lincoln Park substation in Chicago, Illinois. Our survey showed that, based on available published cost data, the Postal Service could realize annual savings of about $350,000 in implementing its program to motorize carrier routes in the Chicago Region through the use of either contracts with letter carriers to use their private cars, or leases for vehicles from commercial firms, or a combination of both rather than procuring new light delivery trucks. In addition, the Service could realize annual savings of about $700,000 by using trucks smaller than the 1-ton, 2-ton, and 5-ton vehicles presently used to collect mail from boxes and postal stations in the Chicago Region. In July 1971 the Postal Service's Internal Audit reported similar findings at postal installations located in the Southern Postal Region., Our comments on these findings follow. USE OF CONTRACT VEHICLES IN LIEU OF GOVERNMENT- OWNED VEHICLES PTO PROVIDE CARRIER DELIVERY SERVICE In the early 1960's, the Post Office Department began a program of motorizing carrier routes to more efficiently deliver mail. As of April 1971 the program used approximately 30,940 light (1/4 ton) delivery vehicles nationwide which accounted for approximately 37 percent of:the 83,983 Government-owned postal vehicles. The Postal Service believes an additional 62,880 light delivery vehicles will be required during the period 1972-1975.

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