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Update Notice

Purchasing Manual (PM)
Issue 2 (January 2002)

How to Use This Update Notice

Use the two tables in this update notice to find out about updates to the manual, which were published in the Postal Bulletin.

In the first column, find the affected chapter, subchapter, part, or section and read across the other columns to find specific information about that revision.

(Note: The vertical bars adjacent to the text in the online Purchasing Manual (PM) indicate
Postal Bulletin updates have been incorporated.)

The Purchasing Manual (PM), originally published January 1, 1997, has been updated with Postal Bulletin articles through April 18, 2002, as follows:

This chapter, sub- chapter, part, or section... titled... was updated to... in Postal Bulletin issue number... with an issue date of...
Chapter 2, Purchase Planning
2.1.6c, Item 4
Noncompetitive Purchase Method
Change the discussion of
required review and approval of noncompetitive purchases.
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