7 USPS Supplying Practices General Practices
7 USPS Supplying Practices General Practices
7-1 Appointment and Selection of Contracting Officers
7-1.1 Contracting Officer Levels
7-1.2 Educational Requirement
7-1.3 Professional Certifications
7-1.4 Contracting Officer Level Qualifications
7-1.5 Waivers and Interim Appointments
7-1.6 Continuing Professionalism
7-1.7 Termination
7-2 Develop Commodity Strategy
7-2.1 Requirements
7-2.2 Quadrant Analysis Tool — Value and Risk Assessment
7-2.3 Marketplace and Market Research
7-2.4 High-Level Logistics
7-2.5 Finalization and Benefits of Category Strategy Development
7-2.6 Quadrant Approach
7-2.6.1 Quadrant I: Noncore/Customized Purchases
7-2.6.2 Quadrant II: Core/Customized Purchases
7-2.6.3 Quadrant III: Noncore/Standard Purchases
7-2.6.4 Quadrant IV: Core/Standard Purchases
7-2.7 Other Topics Considered
7-3 Bonds, Insurance, and Taxes
7-3.1 Bonds
7-3.1.1 Annual Bonds
7-3.1.2 Patent Infringement Bonds
7-3.1.3 Fidelity Bonds
7-3.1.4 Contract Postal Unit Bonds
7-3.1.5 Performance Bonds
7-3.1.6 Payment Bonds
7-3.1.7 Performance and Payment Bonds for Construction Contracts
7-3.1.8 Deposit of Assets Instead of Surety Bonds
7-3.1.9 Execution of Bonds
7-3.1.10 Consent of Surety
7-3.1.11 Acceptable Sureties
7-3.1.12 Irrevocable Letter of Credit
7-3.1.13 Contract Management
7-3.1.14 Failure to Perform
7-3.1.15 Surety Takeover Agreements
7-3.1.16 Contract Completion
7-3.2 Insurance
7-3.2.1 Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance
7-3.2.2 General Liability Insurance
7-3.2.3 Automobile Liability Insurance
7-3.2.4 Self-Insurance
7-3.2.5 Errors and Omissions Insurance
7-3.2.6 Insurance Policies
7-3.2.7 Notice of Cancellation or Change
7-3.3 Taxes
7-3.3.1 Federal Excise Taxes
7-3.3.2 General Exemptions From Federal Excise Taxes
7-3.3.3 Request for Proposals
7-3.3.4 State and Local Taxes
7-3.3.5 Exemption From Tax
7-3.3.6 Matters Requiring Special Consideration
7-3.4 Clause and Provisions
7-4 Supplier Disagreement Resolution
7-4.1 USPS SDR Official
7-4.2 Initial Disagreement Resolution
7-4.3 SDR Official Disagreement Resolution
7-4.4 Other Disagreement Resolution Matters
7-4.5 Publication
7-4.6 Other Topics Considered
7-5 Emergencies
7-5.1 Unauthorized Contractual Commitments and Maverick Purchases
7-5.2 Emergency Purchases
7-5.3 Other Topics Considered
7-6 Deviations
7-6.1 Examples of Deviations
7-6.2 Deviations vs. Changes
7-7 Laws
7-7.1 Federal Laws Applicable to the Postal Service
7-7.1.1 Service Contract Act (Public Law 89-286, 41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.)
7-7.1.2 Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276(a) et seq.)
7-7.1.3 The Copeland Anti-Kickback Act (18 U.S.C. 874 and 41 U.S.C. 276(c))
7-7.1.4 Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. 107 et seq.)
7-7.1.5 Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270(a)—(f))
7-7.1.6 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327—333)
7-7.1.7 Prohibition on Convict Labor (39 U.S.C. 2201)
7-7.1.8 Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (41 U.S.C. 35—45,)
7-7.1.9 Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)
7-7.1.10 Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 201—219)
7-7.1.11 The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(a))
7-7.1.12 Architectural Barriers Act (42 U.S.C. 51)
7-7.1.13 Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 (ADRA) (28 U.S.C. 1491(b))
7-7.1.14 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 702 et seq.)
7-7.1.15 The Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46—48)
7-7.1.16 Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (38 U.S.C. 4212)
7-7.1.17 Contract Disputes Act (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
7-7.1.18 Prompt Payment Act, As Amended (39 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.)
7-7.1.19 Clauses and Provisions
7-8 Equal Employment Opportunity
7-8.1 Affirmative Action Program Requirements
7-8.2 Preaward Compliance Reviews
7-8.3 RFPs Language
7-8.4 Contract Language
7-8.4.1 Exceptions for Transactions of $10,000 or Less
7-8.4.2 Exceptions for Contracts With State or Local Governments
7-8.4.3 Exceptions for Contracts With Certain Educational Institutions
7-8.4.4 Exceptions for Work On or Near Indian Reservations
7-8.4.5 Exceptions for Contracts With a Religious Corporation, Association, Educational Institution, or Society
7-8.4.6 Contracts Exempted by the Vice President, Supply Management
7-8.4.7 Complaints
7-8.4.8 Enforcement
7-8.5 Clauses and Provisions
7-9 Material and Property Accountability
7-9.1 Accountability and Responsibility
7-9.2 Characterizing the Material and Property
7-9.3 Asset Transactions
7-9.4 San Mateo Accounting Service Center
7-9.5 Suppliers Working With or on Postal Service Property
7-9.6 Considerations About Special Tooling and Test Equipment
7-9.7 Other Topics Considered
7-9.8 Clauses and Provisions
7-10 Continuous Improvement
7-10.1 Responsibility
7-10.2 Supply Chain Advisory Council
7-10.3 Supply Chain Management Committee
7-10.4 Supply Management Infrastructure
7-10.5 Submitting Improvement Opportunities
7-11 Supplier Suspension, Debarment, and Ineligibility
7-11.1 Initiating a Request for a Debarment
7-11.2 Suspension and Debarment Coordinator
7-11.3 Supplier Recourse
7-11.4 Supplier Capability Analysis
7-11.5 Effect of Debarment or Suspension on Existing Contracts
7-11.5.1 Existing Contracts
7-11.5.2 Termination
7-11.5.3 Soliciting and Awarding Contracts
7-11.5.4 Request to Do Business with a Suspended, Debarred, or Ineligible Supplier
7-11.6 Other Topics Considered
7-12 Contracts With Former Postal Service Officers, Executives, and Employees, and Employees and Their Immediate Families
7-12.1 Exceptions
7-12.2 Contracts With Former Officers and Executives
7-12.3 Contracts With Other Former Employees
7-12.4 Clauses and Provisions
7-13 Supply Chain Security
7-13.1 General
7-13.2 Other Topics Considered
7-13.3 Clauses and Provisions
7-14 Privacy Considerations
7-14.1 General
7-14.2 Other Topics Considered
7-14.3 Clauses and Provisions