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§3050.24. Documentation supporting estimates of costs avoided by worksharing and other mail characteristics in the Postal Service's section 3652 report.

39 C.F.R. § 3050.24

(a)
The items in paragraphs (b) through (l) of this section shall be reported, including supporting calculations and derivations.
(b)
Letter, card, flat, parcel and non-flat machinable mail processing cost models with Delivery Point Sequence percentages calculated, which shall include:
(1)
Coverage factors for any equipment where coverage is less than 100 percent;
(2)
MODS productivities;
(3)
Piggyback factors and supporting data;
(4)
Entry profiles, bundle sorts, and pieces per bundle;
(5)
Bundle breakage, handlings, and density;
(6)
Mail flow density and accept rates;
(7)
Remote Computer Reader finalization costs, cost per image, and Remote Bar Code Sorter leakage;
(8)
Percentage of mail finalized to carrier route;
(9)
Percentage of mail destinating at post office boxes; and
(10)
Wage rates and premium pay factors.
(c)
Pallet cost models for Periodicals;
(d)
Sack cost models for Periodicals;
(e)
Bundle cost models for Periodicals;
(f)
Other container cost models for Periodicals;
(g)
Analysis of Periodicals container costs;
(h)
Business Reply Mail cost supporting material;
(i)
Mail processing units costs for Carrier Route, High Density, and Saturation mail;
(j)
Mail processing unit costs by shape and cost pool for each product and benchmark category;
(k)
Delivery costs by product, shape, presort level, automation compatibility, and machinability, including Detached Address Label cost calculations; and
(l)
Dropship cost avoidance models.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503, 3651, 3652, 3653.

Source

Source: 74 FR 20850, May 5, 2009, unless otherwise noted.