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Interim Internal Purchasing Guidelines > 4 Purchasing
Because Postal Service purchasing is focused on furthering strategic
objectives in a competitive environment, Postal Service purchasing employs
a single, commercial process based on the proven business practices of the
private sector. This commercial process ensures that purchases are
accomplished under the common framework of solicitation, evaluation,
discussion, selection, and award. Due to the wide variety of goods and
services required by the Postal Service, several commodity-specific
purchases, including information technology, professional and consultant
services, facility design and construction and mail transportation, may require
different approaches to the purchasing process and differing solicitation
provisions and contract clauses. Section 4.2 describes the commercial
process through which these goals are reached, and discusses the basic
terms and conditions included in Postal Service solicitation and contracts.
Sections 4.3 through 4.6 describe variations to the process for different
commodity-specific purchases.
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