In what month and year was the USPS NGDV contract awarded to Oshkosh Defense?

The USPS awarded the NGDV contract to Oshkosh Defense in February 2021.

The award followed a multiyear effort to replace the Postal Service’s aging delivery fleet. USPS began seeking information about a Next Generation Delivery Vehicle in 2015, then tested prototypes from multiple suppliers before completing its technical and financial reviews in early 2021.

On February 23, 2021, USPS announced that Oshkosh Defense had won an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The initial commitment was $482 million for engineering, tooling, and factory preparation, while the broader agreement covered between 50,000 and 165,000 vehicles over 10 years.

The date is sometimes confused with later milestones. USPS placed its first large production order in March 2022, and deliveries were initially expected to begin in 2023. Those later events did not change the original contract-award date.