Benchmarking Postal Service’s Real Estate Strategies - USPS OIG

The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) is seeking subject matter expertise in industrial real estate, commercial logistics, and financial modeling to develop a comprehensive white paper analyzing the Postal Service's real estate strategies and identifying opportunities for optimization and monetization. This Request for Information (RFI) is designed to establish market capabilities and gauge vendor interest prior to issuing a formal Request for Proposal. Key objectives include describing USPS's current real estate portfolio and management strategies, synthesizing best practices from international postal operators and private logistics firms, and prioritizing applications for monetization and cost reduction while identifying implementation challenges and expected financial benefits. Prosponders must demonstrate relevant capabilities through a company profile, revenue information, employee count, and documentation of up to three similar contracts with contact information and performance details. The RFI response deadline is January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT, with written questions due by January 27, 2026, and responses are limited to 10 pages in Times New Roman 12-point font submitted via email to the Contracting Officer.

This procurement carries no set-aside designation and is anticipated to be awarded as a Firm Fixed Price contract with a maximum budget of $60,000. The deliverables include three primary Research Notes addressing benchmarking analysis of private sector industrial real estate practices, gap analysis between current USPS strategies and modern industry models, and evaluation of alternative strategies with financial projections and return on investment calculations. Additional deliverables encompass a final integrated research report with source documentation, technical review of OIG draft reports capped at 10 hours, and participation in a virtual kick-off meeting scheduled one week after contract award and a closeout meeting due 12 weeks post-award. The research methodology will prioritize publicly available data and representative prototype models rather than a comprehensive audit of the entire USPS portfolio, and will incorporate virtual interviews with USPS Facilities teams and potentially other companies subject to execution of a Non-Disclosure Agreement. This pre-solicitation notice signals that responding to the RFI does not guarantee participation in the eventual RFP, though non-responsive firms may be precluded from future competitions related to this requirement.