Interim Internal Purchasing Guidelines

• 1.1 Authority and Responsibility
• 1.2 Publication and Changes
• 1.3 Deviations
• 1.4 Purchasing Authority
• 1.5 Meaning of Words and Terms
• 1.6 General Policies
• 1.7 Anticompetitive Practices
• 1.8 Contingent Fees

• 2.1 General
• 2.2 Planning Considerations
• 2.3 Specifications and Statements of Work
• 2.4 Types of Contracts

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Supplier Diversity
• 3.3 Mandatory Sources
• 3.4 Government Sources
• 3.5 Commercial Suppliers
• 3.6 Business Disagreements
• 3.7 Debarment and Suspension

• 4.1 General
• 4.2 The Purchasing Process
• 4.3 Design and Construction Purchasing
• 4.4 Mail Transportation Purchasing
• 4.5 Special Categories of Purchases

• 5.1 Price Evaluation
• 5.2 Cost Principles

• 6.1 General
• 6.2 Contract Performance
• 6.3 Quality Assurance
• 6.4 Payments and Financing
• 6.5 Contract Modifications
• 6.6 Postal Service Property
• 6.7 Subcontracting Guidelines
• 6.8 Claims and Disputes and Alternate Dispute Resolution
• 6.9 Contract Termination
• 6.10 Remedies and Damages

• 7.1 Bonds
• 7.2 Insurance
• 7.3 Taxes

• 8.1 General
• 8.2 Acquisition of Rights
• 8.3 Rights in Data

• 9.1 General
• 9.2 Convict Labor
• 9.3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
• 9.4 Construction Contracts and Lease Agreements
• 9.5 Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
• 9.6 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
• 9.7 Equal Employment Opportunity
• 9.8 Service Contract Act
• 9.9 Employment of the Handicapped
• 9.10 Veterans

• A.1 General
• A.2 Preparation
• A.3 Solicitation Provisions

• B.1 General
• B.2 Basic Contract Clauses
• B.3 Clauses