What We Buy & Who Buys What

Advertising Services includes signage, brochures, commercials, direct mailings, email messages, personal contact, etc. This category also includes Public Relations and Market Research services.

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This category purchases licenses that allow the Postal Service to legally use art in its operations. This includes audio and visual works that are owned by other entities and the Postal Service uses.

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This category has also been referred to as Contract Postal Access Channels (CPAC) and Village Post Offices, for which third party operators (business and retailers) contract with the Postal Service to provide postal services to the public.

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This category includes subcategories related to security clearances, security services, background checks, drug testing, and investigational support services. It also includes EEO services as well as sign language interpreters and document translation services.

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This category includes services related to banking and accounting to include cash and check deposits, lockbox, electronic payments, controlled disbursement, cash management, armored courier, financial advisory, customer payment, purchase card requirements, SOX and compliance services, identity verification and external auditing.

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This category includes services related to injury compensation services, drug and alcohol screening, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), medical and psychological exams, wellness program support, and safety related services. In addition, the team supports Non-Career Employee Healthcare contracting.

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This category includes Connect Local and Connect Local Mail Packaging Supplies, as well as Expedited Packaging Supplies (EPS) items such as Priority Mail^®, Priority Mail Express^®, Global Express Guaranteed^® boxes, envelopes, and labels. This category also includes all the ReadyPost^® shipping supplies for sale in Postal Service retail lobbies.

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This category includes all needed services and supplies for the printing of U.S. postage stamps and services related to the printing of commercial displays, posters, communications, Money Orders, printed envelopes, publications, labels, tags, forms, etc. It also includes mail related products and other retail products sold in Post Office retail lobbies. Examples are passport holders, photo stamp kits, stamp coil holders, tote bags, etc.

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This category includes outside consulting services for unique advisory and expert functions performed by independent contractors or consultants. Examples of Professional Consulting Services contracts include Consultation, Business and Strategic Management, Program Management, and Legal Services.

However, Professional Consulting Services DO NOT include Information Technology (IT) Services involving the acquisition of information technology systems, IT business requirements definition/development and/or IT systems acceptability testing.

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This includes services associated with environmental protection and management, environmental science and technology, and pollution control. Also provided is Hazardous and Regulated Waste Management which includes pick-up, transportation, labeling, waste profiling, manifest preparation, sampling, characterization, documentation of final disposition and recycling of hazardous/regulated waste.

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This category includes all unique services and products not formally assigned to a requisite Category Management Center (CMC)/Category Management Team (CMT).

Additional services include memberships, subscriptions, and records management.

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The Technical Services category group supports all organizations within the Postal Service to provide services with expertise in engineering, testing and evaluation, writing, editing, purchasing, and marketing. These services supplement the career workforce and provide turn-key services in support of Postal Service operations.

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This category includes services related to tradeshow management to include marketing, research, sponsorships, lead management, lead input, warehousing, and distribution of premium products, maintaining all financial cost analysis for events, storage of exhibit properties, design and fabrication of properties, and installation and dismantling of properties. This includes both in-person and virtual tradeshows.

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This category includes training requirements customized for the Postal Service that exceed the local buying authority of $10,000. This applies to all training services excluding training serviced directly by the Postal Service's two conference centers: NCED or the Bolger Center.

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The travel component of the category includes services provided by the travel management company for travel arrangements and expenses associated with employee business travel and training related to travel.

The relocation component of the category includes 100% outsourcing of transferee services which are provided by the relocation management firm for the postal employee.

The conference services component of this category relates to sourcing services for planned meetings and events. This category also supports Postal Service owned event centers in Potomac, MD (W.F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development) and Norman, OK (National Center for Employee Development - NCED).

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