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Weston Solutions awarded up to $10M in new postal service contracts
Weston Solutions(SM), Inc announced today that it was selected to receive two new United States Postal Service Environmental Services Contracts with a combined worth up to $10 million.
Under both contracts, the Company will provide environmental services to the Great Lakes and Atlanta Facilities Service Offices (FSO) serving the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Each $5 million five-year contract has a base term of two years with three optional years.
Read MoreUSPS said to put billions at risk
U.S. Postal Service deposits totaling $65 billion a year are vulnerable to theft, robbery and mishandling because of inadequate security and failure to follow procedures, according to a report to Congress Tuesday.
About $6.3 million was at least temporarily lost in the 2001 fiscal year, although much of it was recovered, the General Accounting Office said in its report on an investigation of postal security requested by Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz.
Read MoreUSPS workers get potassium iodide in case of radiological emergency
U.S. postal workers are being given potassium iodide pills to protect against thyroid cancer in the event of a radiological emergency.
“Employees are out there in all of these communities nationwide and we wanted to err on the side of caution,” Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan said.
The USPS said Monday it was buying nearly 1.6 million pills from Tampa-based Anbex, Inc. for distribution to workers who want to have the tablets if a radiological emergency occurs.
Read MoreExports, new services help TNT sustain growth rate
With strong market support from Europe and less dependence on the US, which has been slowing under a spell of dismal economic growth, TNT India has managed to maintain its growth rate at more than double the industry average of 10 to 12 per cent.
Its 25 per cent growth rate has largely come from a mix of traditional products such as textiles for express distribution and innovative products like ‘Scholar Pak’ tailor-made for students seeking admissions in foreign educational institutions.
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