The below list of the top U.S. Postal Service suppliers in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 was compiled based on data received in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Entries for companies believed to be affiliated or have common ownership were consolidated under the name of the company with the highest individual ranking. City/state designations are based on the information in USPS payment records, which may not be the contractor’s primary location. The data covers payments made by the Postal Service in fiscal year 2013 (October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013). The information on this list has not been audited and, thus, may not be fully accurate.
FedEx tops list of U.S. Postal Service contractors in 2013
Federal Express Corporation was the U.S. Postal Service’s largest contractor in fiscal year 2013. The next largest USPS supplier was EnergyUnited, which provides consolidated telecommunication and energy billing services. Military air mail transportation provider Kalitta Air was third. Six of the Postal Service’s top 10 suppliers served the agency’s transportation needs. The Top 150 USPS supplier list is compiled annually by David P. Hendel, a partner in Husch Blackwell LLP’s Government Contracts practice group who focuses on Postal Service contracting matters.
Top-ranked FedEx transports Express Mail, Priority Mail and First Class Mail and earned postal revenues of nearly $1.8 billion in fiscal 2013 – up from $1.6 billion last year. FedEx has held the No. 1 spot since fiscal year 2002, when USPS awarded it a sole source contract. Last year, FedEx won a competition for a new seven-year contract to provide similar services. Ironically, FedEx is both one of the Postal Service’s closest competitors and its largest business partner. Another postal competitor, United Parcel Service, remains at No. 10, earning $129 million from the agency.
Pat Salmon & Sons Inc., a mail hauler, took the fourth spot. United Airlines was fifth and takes top marks among the commercial airlines that move the mail for the agency. Hewlett-Packard Co. was ranked sixth and is the agency’s largest technology provider at $165 million in revenue. Northrop Grumman, which operates the Postal Service’s central repair facility in Topeka, Kan., is seventh. Accenture, which provides software and consulting services, is eighth. Wheeler Bros., which provides vehicle parts, is next, and will likely continue in the top 10 as USPS’s large fleet continues to age.
Overall, 2013 Postal Service transportation expenses accounted for $6.7 billion, up 1.6 percent from 2012 due to higher fuel costs. Highway transportation accounts for $3.4 billion of that amount. Spending on supplies and services declined from $2.6 billion to $2.4 billion. Spending on rents and utilities declined 2.5 percent to $1.58 billion based on energy conservation measures and USPS facility consolidations.
The below list features the top 10 suppliers, showing rankings for Fiscal Year 2013 and 2012 (October 1 – September 30), from the full top 150 report The list is prepared based on data received from the U.S. Postal Service in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Entries for companies believed to be affiliated are consolidated under the name of the entity with the largest revenue. Husch Blackwell has been compiling the list of top USPS suppliers for each fiscal year since 2009.
Here are the top 12 suppliers for 2013:
Ya just can’t fix STUPID, no matter how hard you try !!!
Anyone care to wager a bet, on how many of these companies, are tied to USPS mgmt. via relatives, etc ?
With the corruption in their bloated ranks, I’d be surprised if any contract doesn’t involve the usual kickbacks, bribes, etc. that they’re constantly involved with.
Because after Donawhore has set up the Postal Service for insolvency and he retires and collects his multi million dollar deferred bonus’s he has set up for himself,FedEx has promised him a high paying position as a reward for steering more money to them and a job well done.
why is that since donahoe took over the payments to federal express increase every year and will soon top $2 billion annually?
donahoe screws over the customer and slows down mail service yet he needs to fly more mail to its destination and inflate the usps costs?