USPS award contracts worth $37 million to update PARS, FSS and AFSM Systems

The United States Postal Service awarded Siemens Dematic a $240 million contract for the Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS) in 2006 to optimize its letter forwarding process. The order also included the national deployment of a new change-of-address forms processing system.

USPS awarded contracts to six companies for IT projects worth $30 million

USPS awarded contracts to six companies (5 in Virgina and 1 in Maryland) The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) awarded the contracts to suppliers with expertise in the areas of: Applications Integrations, Information Technology (IT) Operations Information Security and Program Management and, Program Management The suppliers will  provide contract support […]

Northrop Escapes False Claims Act Suit Over Botched $874M USPS FSS Order

Law360, New York (September 10, 2014, 4:58 PM ET) — A Virginia federal judge has agreed to dismiss a False Claims Act suit accusing Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. of misleading the U.S. Postal Service and failing to meet benchmarks in delivering mail-sorting machines worth $874 million. U.S. Judge T. S. Ellis III agreed with Northrop’s […]

Whistleblower Says Northrop Knew It Would Miss USPS Order Deadlines

Law360, New York (August 26, 2014, 2:56 PM ET) — A whistleblower shot back Monday at Northrop Grumman’s motion to dismiss a federal False Claims Act suit, saying the case contains genuine issues of fact and strong evidence that the company failed to meet benchmarks in delivering mail-sorting machines worth $874 million to the U.S. […]

Whistleblower Allegations on How USPS was Defrauded in FSS Contract With Northrop Grumman

Deadtree Edition reported: FSS Contractor Defrauded USPS, Whistleblower Says – A whistleblower is claiming that his former employer, Northrop Grumman, defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by providing it false information about the Flats Sequencing System. The ex-employee “alleges that the company violated the False Claims Act in a number of ways with respect to the […]