Simplified Purchasing

• To help promote competition for small buys, we updated our policies and implemented a new process for simplified purchasing. Simplified purchasing is a streamlined competitive purchasing practice used to buy commercially available goods and services valued at $10K to $250K.
• Simplified purchasing can:
1. Reduce administrative costs.
2. Promote efficiency and economy in contracting.
3. Lessen unnecessary burdens on both the Postal Service and its suppliers.
• In 2012, purchases made using simplified purchasing process indicated that the cycle time was reduced from 67 days to 23 days, or 65%, using this streamlined process.