Contract Access Retail System (CARS) is a mailing system that has been implemented at selected performance-based contract postal units (CPUs). The deployment of CARS to 888 CPU locations was completed on January 30, 2008. CARS will continue to be deployed in new performance-based CPU locations.
CARS produces a postage label with the barcode on the right side as opposed to the left side. All CARS postage labels will have the letters “CPU” with the letters “PB” and the identifying number “1P” directly under the “CPU” letters.
Please post copies of this label on Postal Service™ bulletin boards so that employees can become familiar with these new labels, and please ensure that your employees are aware of the CARS postage labels now in use so that mail bearing this type of postage label does not encounter any delays.
