4 USPS Supplying Practices Process Step 4: Deliver and Receive Requirements

4 USPS Supplying Practices Process Step 4: Deliver and Receive Requirements

4-1 Ordering

4-1.1 Ordering and Requisitioning Channels

4-1.2 Federal Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedure

4-1.3 Contract Vehicles for Ordering

4-1.4 Orders Against Indefinite-Delivery Contracts

4-1.4.1 General

4-1.4.2 Single Indefinite-Delivery Contracts

4-1.4.3 Multiple Indefinite-Delivery Contracts

4-1.5 Orders against Ordering Agreements

4-1.5.1 General

4-1.5.2 Competition

4-1.6 Ordering Agreements and Task Orders

4-1.7 Fixed-Price Task Orders

4-1.8 Performance-Based SOW

4-1.9 Order Content

4-1.10 Order Pricing

4-1.11 Order Issuance

4-1.12 Other Topics Considered

4-1.13 Clauses and Provisions

4-2 Shipping

4-2.1 Mailable Items

4-2.2 Postal Freight

4-2.3 Transportation Management Service Provider Freight

4-2.4 Supplier-Owned Transportation

4-2.5 Free-On-Board Destination

4-2.6 Shipping Requirements

4-2.7 Shipping Requests

4-2.8 Demurrage, Detention, and Storage

4-2.9 Receiving and Responsibility of Shipping

4-2.10 Delays

4-2.11 Early Delivery

4-2.12 Controlling Shipping Costs

4-2.13 Internal Shipping Procedures

4-2.14 Global Sourcing

4-2.15 Other Topics Considered

4-2.16 Clauses and Provisions

4-3 Receipt and Inspection

4-3.1 Designated Receiving Points

4-3.2 Receiving Process

4-3.3 Loss and Damage Reporting

4-3.4 Receipt Control, Stock Records, and Documentation

4-3.5 Supplier’s Responsibilities

4-3.6 Inspecting Goods

4-3.7 Inspecting Services

4-3.8 Other Topics Considered

4-3.9 Clauses and Provisions

4-4 Acceptance

4-4.1 Acceptance

4-4.2 Acceptance Based on Supplier Certification

4-4.3 Revocation of Acceptance in Whole or in Part

4-4.4 Transfer of Title and Risk of Loss

4-4.5 Surveillance or Audit of the Work in Progress

4-4.6 Delayed Acceptance

4-4.7 Rejection

4-4.8 Correction or Replacement

4-4.9 Nonconforming Supplies or Services

4-4.10 Acceptance with Limitations

4-4.11 Other Topics Considered

4-4.12 Clauses

4-5 Returns

4-5.1 Defects, Nonconformance, and Warranty

4-5.2 Warranties

4-5.3 Inappropriate and Erroneous Deliveries

4-5.4 Return Actions

4-5.5 Supplier Responsibilities

4-5.6 Corrections

4-5.7 Replacements

4-5.8 Simple Returns

4-5.9 Repairable Parts and Internal Return Procedures

4-5.10 Electronic Return Program

4-5.11 Exceptions

4-5.12 Documentation

4-5.13 Other Topics Considered

4-5.14 Clauses and Provisions