The competition report conveys the Postal Service™ commitment towards promoting competition and obtaining best value. The Postal Service devotes a significant amount of effort and resources throughout the year to increase competitive opportunities. This report outlines the specific activities that were implemented in 2012 to promote competition. In April 2011, the Postal Service issued the first Competition Report, which only included contracting data for the second half of 2011. This 2012 Competition Report contains a full year of contracting data and reviews by the Competition Advocate (CA) of noncompetitive purchases valued at $1M or greater.
In 2012, the Postal Service committed over $5B in contracting actions and awarded $3.9B or 78.9% of those actions competitively. This compares to the second half of 2011, when the Postal Service committed over $1.9B in contracting actions and awarded $1.2B or 78.8% of those actions competitively. We benchmarked these results against the information reported via the Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation (FPDS-NG). In 2012, the Federal Government reported that 63.2% of the total contracting actions were awarded competitively. If you remove the Department of Defense (DOD) contracting data, the percentage of competitive contracts reported for all other Federal agencies is 77.4%.
In 2012, the Competition Advocate reviewed 72 Noncompetitive Purchase Requests (NPRs), with an estimated committed value of $850.9M over a period of five years. This compares to the second half of 2011, when the CA reviewed 52 NPRs with an estimated committed value of $1.8B over a period of five years. This represents a significant reduction in the dollar value of NPR’s submitted to the CA for review in 2012 compared to 2011.
The competition report was developed by Donna L. Schoenbeck, the Competition Advocate for the Postal Service. While the target audience for this report is the Vice President, Supply Management, Susan M. Brownell, this report will be distributed to a wide range of audiences. The report includes examples and details to help the reader more fully understand intent and context.
