Various equipment and supply items across Postal Service commodities are stocked internally and ordered directly through the MDC, the CPC, the E&PMSC, MES, and elsewhere.
Overhauling or repairing defective parts is often the most effective way of meeting client needs. Items with defective parts that must be overhauled and repaired are designated during the ILSP process in Section 1-18, Develop Logistics Support Strategy. These items are addressed in different ways (e.g., local activity repair [on-site at the same facility], central depot repair [sending the item offsite to the Central Repair Facility in Topeka, Kansas, or to the Indianapolis Repair Facility in Indianapolis, Indiana], or supplier repair [directed shipment to the original manufacturer or other commercial source]). Specific procedures regarding managing repairables and the ways they are addressed are outlined in Handbook MS-63, Maintenance Operations Support, and in current Repair Part Bulletins.
All Postal Service facilities ordering parts, supplies, or equipment from the MDC may request authorization to return excess items that are new, properly marked, and properly packaged. Returned supplies must be of the current edition date and bulk pack quantity. Postal Service facilities that later obtain authorization for returns will not generate credits for items that were initially procured with capital funds. Authorized capitalized returns will be accepted at zero credit and averaged into wholesale inventory.
Items ordered or shipped in error from one of these or other central supply sources (e.g., GSA or Defense Logistics Agency [DLA]) will follow the procedures and instructions for returning supplies to these organizations found in Publication 247, Supply and Equipment Catalog, and in Handbook AS-701, Material Management.
