Let’s Do Business
1 Letter to Suppliers
2 We Are USPS®
3 Supplier Diversity at USPS
3.1 Purpose
3.2 Vision
3.3 Guiding Principles
3.3.1 General Philosophy
3.3.2 Responsibility
3.3.3 Source Identification
3.3.4 Performance Reviews
3.3.5 Goals and Measurement
3.3.6 Key Terms
4 Our Needs: What We Buy
5 How We Buy
5.1 We Are Different
5.2 Best of Public and Private
5.3 Business Ethics
5.4 Our Purchasing Process
5.4.1 The Process
5.4.2 Competition and Publicizing
5.4.3 Evaluation
5.4.4 Local Buying
5.4.5 Prequalification
5.4.6 Electronic Commerce (e-Commerce)
5.4.7 Payments
6 Our Supplier Performance Awards Program (SPA)
7 Sustainability
8 How to Market to Us
8.1 Supplier Registration
8.2 Many Points of Entry
8.3 Area and National
8.4 Unsolicited Proposals
8.5 Sales of USPS Items
9 Summary
10 Resources
