The CA is responsible for promoting competition in the Postal Service. The CA must maintain a program that includes identifying, tracking, and following up on actions to remove barriers to competition. The CA is responsible for the following:
The CA is appointed by the vice president, Supply Management (SM) (see Appendix A) and the CA’s role and responsibilities are defined in 2-10, Determine Extent of Competition, of the Postal Service’s Supplying Principles and Practices (SPs and Ps), and Management Instruction (MI) SP S2-2015-1, Noncompetitive Purchases.
The complete SPs and Ps can be found internally on the USPS® intranet site: http://blue.usps.gov/policy/ and externally at: http://about.usps.com/manuals/spp/html/welcome.htm.
The MI is available internally on the Postal Service intranet site: http://blue.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/manage/sps2151.pdf. See Appendix E for a copy of the MI.