What:

The Bakersfield Mail Processing and Distribution Center will handle hundreds of millions of pieces of mail and packages this holiday season. We will open up our doors to the media for one evening only.

We will show high-speed letter sorting operations and large bins of parcels being separated and sorted on the most advanced equipment in the country.

The Bakersfield P&DC has two automated parcel and bundle sorters (APBS) and a low-cost universal sorter (LCUS) to help handle the expected volume increase.

This industrial environment provides great visuals of high-tech, high-speed processing, automated systems, and employees moving equipment.

The processing facility is 205,000 square feet with approximately 350 employees.

When:

Wednesday, November 10
5:00 pm. to 7:00 p.m.

Where:

Bakersfield Processing & Distribution Center
3400 Pegasus Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93380

RSVP ALERT: To secure credentials and obtain facility entry instructions, to the Bakersfield mail processing center, please send an email to me no later than Noon on Monday, November 8, 2021.

Also, due to the industrial nature of the facility, please do not wear open-toed or heeled shoes. Facemasks are required.

Background:

USPS is Ready.  #WeAreReady. We’ve been hard at work:

• Hiring 40,000 employees for Peak Season
• Deploying more than 100 hi-speed package sorters and 50 additional systems to help sort larger packages
• Redesigned processing network to improve mail flow
• Added 75 peak season package annexes
• Shifting mail away from unreliable third-party air transportation to our more reliable surface transportation network
• Learn more about our 10-Year Delivering for America Plan.

Deadlines:

The Postal Service recommends customers in the U.S. observe the following mailing and shipping deadlines to ensure that deliveries are made in time for Christmas:

Dec. 9 – Priority Mail Destined for Overseas Military
Dec. 17 – First- Class Cards and Letters
Dec. 18 – Priority Mail
Dec. 23 – Priority Express Mail

Holiday Facts:

HOLIDAY FACTS AND INFORMATION

• BUSIEST MAILING, SHIPPING AND DELIVERY WEEK - Dec. 13-18
• MORE THAN 12 BILLION TOTAL PIECES OF MAIL AND PACKAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PROCESSED AND DELIVERED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON - THANKSGIVING TO NEW YEAR'S DAY
  (2020: 13B | 2019: 13B | 2018: 16B | 2017: 15B | 2016: 16B | 2015: 15.5B)
• THE POSTAL SERVICE IS PROJECTING BETWEEN 850 AND 950 MILLION PACKAGES WILL BE DELIVERED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON (2020: 925M | 2019: 810M | 2018: 955M | 2017: 870M | 2016: 750M | 2015: 660M)
• APPROXIMATELY 200 MILLION PACKAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED DURING THE BUSIEST WEEK, AND ABOUT THE SAME THE WEEK PRIOR - ROUGHLY 29 MILLION PACKAGES EACH DAY
• MORE THANK 9.7 MILLION PACKAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED EACH SUNDAY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BEGINNING NOV. 28 (2020: 10M | 2019: 8M | 2018: 8M | 2017: 6M | 2016: 5M | 2015: 5M)
• APPROXIMATELY 2.3 BILLION PIECES OF MAIL, INCLUDING GREETING CARDS AND PACKAGES, ARE EXPECTED TO BE PROCESSED AND DELIVERED DURING THE BUSIEST WEEK
• MORE THAN 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE VISITING USPS.COM EACH DAY OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

USPS.COM/HOLIDAYNEWS

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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