FedEx Announces Deal With U.S.

FedEx announced yesterday that they have been awarded a competitive bid with the U.S. Government Printing Office to provide printing services. The five-year agreement is a renewal of a previously awarded contract. The release states that the new agreement will save taxpayers 80% off of FedEx retail prices.

“Together with FedEx Office, GPO has created an incredible public-private partnership called GPOExpress delivering a cost effective, convenient way for federal agencies to meet their printing and communication needs,” said Public Printer Bob Tapella. “In these challenging fiscal times, GPO wants to help federal agencies get the maximum benefit out of their printing budgets, and the GPOExpress program is another tool agencies can use.”

140 agencies from all three branches of the U.S. government participate in the FedEx/GPO program that began in 2005. These agencies can access more than 1,800 locations across the country.

More than 4,000 government employees use the FedEx/GPO system. There was no mention on the cost of the program to U.S. taxpayers.

The Government Printing Office acts as a centralized source for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating and preserving published U.S. government information in all forms.

“TheGPOExpressprogram has been an enormously successful initiative over the last five years, not only for GPO and FedEx Office, but for the federal agency customers we serve,” said Brian Philips, president and CEO of FedEx Office.

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Posted by John Timmons on Dec 10 2010. Filed under Business News, Featured News, Marketing News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.