ALL EMPLOYEES
The Postal Service's current contract with the relocation
management firm (RMF) provides the following services:
• marketing assistance.
• finding assistance.
• Movement and storage of household goods.
• purchase (EAS-19 and above).
• Mortgage assistance.
Employees whose PS Form 178, Specific Travel
Order - Relocation & Relocation Agreement, and PS
Form 8059, Request for Relocation Management Firm
(RMF) Service, are received and processed by the San
Mateo Accounting Service Center (SMASC) on or after
April 29, 2002, will receive the following additional services
from the RMF:
• Relocation policy counseling.
• Relocation accounting, including processing and
payment of vouchers.
• Assistance in locating temporary quarters.
• Buyer Value Option Purchase, a program
through which nonbargaining unit employees
(EAS-18 and below) can present outside offers they
have obtained to the RMF to be treated as
"amended" sales. This program will allow employees
to obtain equity as soon as the RMF receives all
financial data and to avoid being present at the actual
property closing.
Outsourcing of policy counseling will ensure that all
employees receive uniform information on authorized relocation benefits, and it will relieve the area and district
offices of their responsibility for this function. Employees
also will be able to file relocation claims electronically, with
the assistance of RMF accounting personnel, resulting in
prompter payment of benefits.
Note: These changes apply only to employees beginning the relocation process who are initiated into the program on or after April 29, 2002. Employees who are
currently in the process of relocating will continue to receive
policy guidance from the area and district offices and must
file vouchers for reimbursement through the SMASC.
To initiate relocation benefits, continue using PS Forms
178 and 8059. Your immediate PCES manager should
complete and approve these forms and send them to the
SMASC, where they will be processed and forwarded to the
RMF electronically. The RMF will contact you within 24
hours of receiving the forms.
- Accounting, Finance, 4-18-02
This office
will be closed
Monday,
May 27, 2002,
to observe
Memorial Day
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