4. Postal–Owned Transportation

TABLE 1.1 POSTAL SERVICE VEHICLE INVENTORY FY 01

	Vehicle Type	Inventory
	1/4-Ton	3,378
	1/2-Ton	172,768
	1-Ton	1,307
	2-and 2 1/2-Ton	7,253
	Cargo Vans	2,424
	Tractors	1,819
	Spotters	405
	Trailers	5,146
	Service	5,068
	Administrative	5,453
	Law Enforcement	2,871
	Mobile Post Office	218
	Miscellaneous	135
	Total Owned	208,318
	Leased Vehicles	7,212
	Grand Total	215,530

Postal Service Vehicle Owning Trends 2000

	Number of vehicles	208,318
	Miles Traveled (millions)	1,151
	Milers per gallon	9.5
	Cost per vehicle	$ 4,132
	Cost per mile	$ 0.76

    5. Mail Transport Equipment (MTE)
The Mail Transport Equipment (MTE) contract service provides an integrated network (i.e., distribution, logistics/network management, and information services supporting tracking and tracing) for the Postal Service’s mail handling equipment. Five operational suppliers manage 22 MTE service contract sites broken out by city clusters of normally three pairs. These city clusters are located throughout the United States. Moreover, the network is operated through an Operating Systems Integration and Management contract. Six firms’ fixed-priced contracts were competitively awarded among five suppliers on September 19, 1998. The contracts are currently funded for $1.7 billion, with a 5-year basic contract period and one 5-year option period. During FY 2001, the MTE service contracts processed and repaired more than 1,185,000,000 units valued at $227.2 million, at an average unit price of $17.86 cents.

The independent and externally administered Customer Satisfaction Measurement system consistently shows high marks, from both premier and national accounts, for the availability of serviceable MTE.