Charlotte's won Spartan Motors announced Thursday that the company was awarded a $214 million contract from the United States Postal Service.
Spartan Motors is known as a global leader in making specialty chassis and vehicle design, along with manufacturing and assembly. The company announced that its Spartan Fleet Vehicles and Services, which is a business unit that holds the Utilimaster brand, was awarded the multi-million dollar contract from the USPS. They will be making more than 2,000 body fleet vehicles. According to Spartan Motors, this contract is the largest money-making contract in the history of the company.
"Utilimaster has been engineering and building the very best purpose-built parcel delivery vehicles for more than 40 years," said Daryl Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Spartan Motors. "We've worked hard to make our products stand-out in the industry and we're committed to manufacturing excellence."
USPS has ordered includes a combination of Cab Over Engine (COE) and Cab Behind Engine (CBE) Utilimaster truck bodies in a variety of 18-foot and 24-foot configurations. The USPS order will be built and delivered over the next two years, with an option for more to be delivered over a third contract year. Production will begin in second quarter of 2018.
"Our ability to design, custom engineer, and build commercial trucks across classes 1-6, in addition to providing custom vocation-specific upfits uniquely positions us to serve the growing 'last mile' delivery fleet that is in demand by today's ecommerce retailers," concluded Tom Ninneman, President of Spartan Fleet Vehicles and Services.
