UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

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UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon - Reuters

United Parcel Service Co was awarded a five-year $2.35 billion contract, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-price next generation delivery service contract provides express small package delivery services for international shipments and express and ground small package delivery services for domestic shipments, the Pentagon said in a statement.

 

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UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon - Reuters

United Parcel Service Co was awarded a five-year $2.35 billion contract, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-price next generation delivery service contract provides express small package delivery services for international shipments and express and ground small package delivery services for domestic shipments, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Yahoo actually says the opposite.... It says that FedEx won that contract; so who is right?

Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

 

[Operational needs]

Yahoo actually says the opposite.... It says that FedEx won that contract; so who is right?

Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

Interesting...

 

[brownmonster]

Googled it. Several sites reporting the same info for both companies. Fake news?

 

[cheryl]

Yahoo actually says the opposite.... It says that FedEx won that contract; so who is right?

Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

And yet Yahoo says UPS won it too: UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

US News and World Report: http://money.usnews.com/investing/n...wins-235-billion-us-defense-contract-pentagon

 

[Lineandinitial]

Doesn't matter. Abney will still give himself another 21% pay raise.

 

[DriverNerd]

Same website, different results:

UPS wins
UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

FedEx wins
Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Same website, different results:

UPS wins
UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

FedEx wins
Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

Could it be that the $4.7B contract was split evenly between the two and will be renewed based upon performance?

 

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Could it be that the $4.7B contract was split evenly between the two and will be renewed based upon performance?

True. Not like the Department of Defense is limited to issuing only one contract.