Highway Contract Route Contracting Practices and Conflicts of Interest

Our objective was to determine if the U.S. Postal Service’s Highway Contract Route (HCR) contracting practices, including avoidance of conflicts of interest, are in compliance with Postal Service policies and procedures and in line with industry practices. We found that the Postal Service’s HCR contracting practices were not always in compliance with its policies and procedures regarding conflicts of interest or in line with industry practices.