B-4 Seamless Acceptance

Seamless Acceptance verification data is located on the Seamless tab of the Mailer Scorecard but is only displayed in the eDoc Submitter view. Mail Owners will only be able to see results for pieces in which they are identified as the Mail Owner in eDoc.

An Undocumented piece error is logged when a piece cannot be associated with a valid eDoc submission over the past 45 days. This error is logged at the piece level.

This error is derived from scans.

# of MPE Undocumented pieces + Sampling Undocumented Pieces

# of MPE Undocumented Pieces + Sampling Undocumented Pieces + Pieces in eDoc that received an MPE Scan

Each piece in error above the error threshold will be assessed the current month average postage paid by mail class for the CRID to which the undocumented piece has been associated. If the current month average postage cannot be determined for the mail class and CRID then the previous month average postage should be used. If an average postage paid cannot be determined for either the current or previous month for a mail class for the CRID then the average postage by mail class for all eDoc Submitters for the previous month will be used.

Delivery Point

A Delivery Point Error is logged when the delivery point provided in eDoc is either not valid or contains generic + 4 information with an address record type that is not General Delivery.

This error is derived from eDoc only.

# of Seamless Acceptance Pieces with Delivery Point Errors

# of Seamless Acceptance Pieces Submitted in eDoc

Each piece in error above the error threshold will lose the automation discount and will be charged the appropriate non-auto rate for the mail class, processing category, and weight as identified in eDoc.

The assessment will calculate the difference between the original piece postage and the new piece postage.

Nesting / Sortation

(Mail Processing Equipment)

A Nesting/Sortation (MPE) error is logged when the piece scanned is nested in a different tray or bundle than the tray or bundle that was identified in eDoc.

This error is derived from scans.

# of Seamless Acceptance Pieces with Nesting/Sortation Errors

# of Seamless Acceptance Pieces Submitted in eDoc

Each piece in error above the error threshold will be charged at the appropriate mixed rate (Mixed Automatic Area Distribution Center (AADC) /Mixed Area Distribution Center (ADC)) by mail class, processing category and weight as identified in eDoc.

The assessment will calculate the difference between the original piece postage and the new piece postage.

A Postage Error is logged when the postage recorded by the FS-IMD scan is less than the postage affixed specified in eDoc.

This error is derived from scans.

Sum of Adjusted Postage for Pieces Sampled with Statistically Significant Sampling Errors (Postage, Weight) + eDoc Postage for Pieces Sampled not in Error + eDoc Postage for Pieces with Sampling Errors not Statistically Significant

Sum of eDoc Postage for all Sampled pieces

If the postage affixed on the piece is different than the postage affixed in eDoc, the additional postage for each piece will be determined by calculating the delta between the postage affixed and the eDoc postage. If the eDoc claimed that postage was affixed and the sample postage payment method does not require postage to be affixed, then additional postage due will be the amount of affixed postage claimed in eDoc.

Ad percentage is not recalculated

The new piece rates will be factored into the PAF calculation. For more information on how the PAF is calculated and assessed, please refer to the Seamless Guide.

Weight
(Sampling)

General PAF

1.05***

A Weight Error is logged with the weight recorded by the FS-IMD scan is more than the weight specified in eDoc.

This error is derived from scans.

Sum of eDoc Postage for all Sampled Pieces

Pieces in error will be charged using the rate of sampled piece weight by mail class and processing category as identified in eDoc.

The new piece rates will be factored into the PAF calculation. For more information on how the PAF is calculated and assessed, please refer to the Seamless Guide.

Mail Characteristic
(Sampling)

PAF

1.05***

A Mail Characteristic Error is logged when the Processing Category or Mail Class recorded in the FS-IMD Scan does not match what was submitted in the eDoc submission.

This error is derived from scans. The PAF will be calculated at the mail owner level, and the Mail Characteristic PAF will be aggregated and assessed at the eDoc submitter level.

Sum of Adjusted Postage for Pieces Sampled with Statistically Significant Sampling Errors + eDoc Postage for Pieces Sampled not in Error + eDoc Postage for Pieces with Sampling Errors not Statistically Significant

Sum of eDoc Postage for all Sampled Pieces

Processing Category errors: Piece price is recalculated using the sampled processing category.

USPS Marketing Mail Eligibility errors: Will be charged at First-Class rate.

Nonprofit Eligibility errors: Will lose the Nonprofit discount.

The new piece rates will be factored into the PAF calculation. For more information on how the PAF is calculated and assessed, please refer to the Seamless Guide.

** Note: As of July 1, 2015, the Undocumented Error threshold has been reduced to 0.3%.

*** Note: Two PAFs -- General (for sampling Postage Errors, and Weight Errors) and Mail Characteristic — are applied to Seamless Acceptance sampling verification.