Notice2025-17097
Competitive Postal Products
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Published
September 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is recognizing a recent Postal Service filing requesting the addition of a new Business Partner--Non-Published Rates Product (BPNPR-1) to the Competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 171 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43242-43243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17097]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2025-1622 and K2025-1653; Order No. 9134]
Competitive Postal Products
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recent Postal Service filing
requesting the addition of a new Business Partner--Non-Published Rates
Product (BPNPR-1) to the Competitive product list. This notice informs
the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: September 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at <a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>. Those who cannot submit comments
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202-789-6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction and Overview
II. Postal Service Requests
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On August 29, 2025, the Postal Service filed a request to add a new
Fulfillment Non-Published Rates (BPNPR-1) to the Competitive product
list pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3633, and 39 CFR 3035.105(a),
3041.320, and 3041.325.\1\
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\1\ Docket Nos. MC2025-1201 and K2025-1201, USPS Request to
Establish New Fulfillment Non-Published Rates Product (BPNPR-1) and
Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal, August 29, 2025 (Request);
see Request at 1 n.1.
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II. Postal Service Requests
Background. The Commission adopted rules for streamlined option
rulemakings in Docket No. RM2023-5 to ``address elements of 39 U.S.C.
3642 review and 39 U.S.C. 3633 pre-implementation review that are
broadly applicable to qualifying [negotiated service agreements
(NSAs)], and not particular to individual qualifying NSAs.'' \2\
Specifically, such proceedings are used to establish eligibility
criteria specifying the ways in which qualifying NSAs will be permitted
to vary from existing offerings, to review a proposed financial model
for qualifying NSAs that accounts for the financial impact of any such
variations, and to establish minimum rates for qualifying NSAs. Order
No. 7353 at 4.
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\2\ Docket No. RM2023-5, Final Order Amending Rules Regarding
Competitive Negotiated Service Agreements, August 9, 2024, at 4
(Order No. 7353).
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Non-Published Rates. Requests to add conforming NPR NSA products to
the Competitive product list are reviewed in public proceedings, and,
if approved, one or more included contracts using the same contract
template may be subsequently added to the product without requiring
further approval from the Commission. See 39 CFR 3041.320.
The Postal Service describes the Request as one to establish a new
set of contracts under the Fulfillment Non-Published Rates product
within the Mail Classification Schedule (MCS), to be labeled Business
Partner--Non-Published Rates (BPNPR) and approve the associated BPNPR-1
contract template. Request at 1. The Postal Service states the proposed
BPNPR group consists of fulfillment contracts with domestic customers
and will be based on the existing FFNPR financial model and minimum
rates, previously approved by the Commission in Order No. 8787 in
Docket No. RM2025-7.\3\ The
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Postal Service states that the Request includes a contract template
which ``reflects an updated and consolidated version of the four FFNPR
templates originally presented in Docket Nos. MC2025-1201 and K2025-
1201.'' Request at 3. The Postal Service also states that the template
includes common operative components, specifically, the terms that
address the applicability of future surcharges, time-limited price
changes, appeals, confidentiality, duration (1-3 years), mutual
termination for convenience upon a negotiable notice period, and lack
of provided packaging. Id.
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\3\ Id.; Docket No. RM2025-7, et al., Order Authorizing
Streamlined Review for Eligible Fulfillment Standardized Distinct
Products and Non-Published Rates Products and Adding Non-Published
Rates Products to the Competitive Product List, April 11, 2025
(Order No. 8787); see Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, June
16, 2025 (Order No. 8910).
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The Postal Service states that the BPNPR-1 template also contains
optional provisions for customers to utilize one of three pricing
mechanisms: (1) tiered annual pricing; (2) tiered previous quarter
pricing; and (3) tiered rolling quarter pricing. Id. The Postal Service
asserts that ``selection of one of these optional provisions will not
be inconsistent with the standards of 39 U.S.C. 3633, as the pricing
mechanisms will not have any effect on the underlying financials of any
given BPNPR contract, and all included contracts will remain consistent
with the financial model submitted in Docket No. RM2025-7.'' Id. at 3-
4. The Postal Service further asserts that ``none of the pricing
mechanisms will introduce any new cost element, establish a new service
offering, or impose any specific new requirements on the customer.''
Id. at 4.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2025-1662 and K2025-1653
for consideration of matters raised by the Request. Interested persons
may submit comments. Comments are due no later than September 10, 2025.
More information on the proceedings may be accessed via the
Commission's website at <a href="https://www.prc.gov">https://www.prc.gov</a>.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Samuel Robinson is designated as an
officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in these proceedings. The Public
Representative does not represent any individual person, entity or
particular point of view, and, when Commission attorneys are appointed,
no attorney-client relationship is established.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2025-1662 and K2025-
1653 for consideration of the matters raised by the USPS Request to
Establish New Fulfillment Non-Published Rates (BPNPR-1) and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal, filed August 29, 2025.
2. Comments by interested persons are due no later than September
10, 2025.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Samuel
Robinson to serve as an officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in
these dockets.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-17097 Filed 9-5-25; 8:45 am]
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