Effective November 14, 2013, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 623.1 to remove the following reason for the Postal Service to disqualify a Global Direct Entry (GDE) wholesaler: that the wholesaler, a subsidiary, an affiliate, an agent, or a company of the wholesaler operates or participates in the equivalent of a GDE Wholesaler Program that is in direct competition with the Postal Service.
This revision will provide the Postal Service with additional opportunities to increase USPS® revenue and volume.
In addition, the Postal Service is revising sections 622.2 and 622.3 to reflect the new mailing address for applications and change the title of “manager of Regional Business Development” to “manager of Global Direct Entry.”
Although effective on November 14, 2013, we will incorporate the following revisions into the online IMM on January 26, 2014.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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6 Special Programs
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620 Global Direct Entry Wholesaler Program
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622 Qualifying as a GDE Wholesaler
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622.2 Letter of Request
[Revise 622.2 and 622.3 to read as follows (indicating changes to the address and the manager’s title — we are using bold text in this article to indicate the few places where revisions occur, but the text in the actual revised IMM will not appear in bold):]
Any company desiring to be a GDE wholesaler must submit a letter of request to the following address:
Manager, Global Direct Entry
US Postal Service
475 L’Enfant Plz, SW, RM 2P020
Washington DC, 20260-4017
The letter must affirmatively certify the following:
a. The company meets the eligibility criteria listed in 622.1.
b. The company is not disqualified from being a GDE wholesaler for any of the reasons listed in 623.1.
Approval of a GDE wholesaler is subject to the discretion of the Postal Service. If the Postal Service rejects a company’s request to participate in the GDE Wholesaler Program, the Postal Service’s manager of Global Direct Entry will notify that company by email that the request is not approved. A wholesaler who receives such notification may, within 7 days of receiving such notification, submit an appeal by email to the Postal Service’s executive director of Global Business Management at globaldirect@usps.com. The decision of the Postal Service’s executive director of Global Business Management concerning the appeal is administratively final.
622.3 Length of Qualification — Approval Period
Each GDE wholesaler will be qualified for a period of 1 year. At the end of that 1-year period, the GDE wholesaler must submit another letter of request to the Postal Service’s manager of Global Direct Entry in accordance with 622.2.
623 Disqualification as a GDE Wholesaler
623.1 Determining Factors
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[Revise the second paragraph (which starts with “Also”) to read as follows:]
Also, the Postal Service will disqualify a wholesaler, subsidiary, affiliate, agent, or company of the wholesaler as a GDE wholesaler for either of the following reasons:
a. Being an entity on the System of Award Management (SAM), available at www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.
b. Being in arrears for any amount due to the Postal Service.
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Although effective on November 14, 2013, we will incorporate these revisions into the online IMM that will be published on January 26, 2014. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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