2 Participation

2-1 Eligible Mailers

The bulk proof of delivery program is available to the following mailers:

1. Mailers who participate in the Express Mail Manifesting (EMM) program.
2. Mailers who use the Signature Confirmation service electronic option program.
3. Mailers who use return receipt service with Certified Mail service, Registered Mail service, insured mail (more than $200), collect on delivery (COD) mail, or Signature Confirmation service with labels that include the mailer’s DUNS number (i.e., Signature Confirmation labels that mailers have printed themselves or that mailers have had printed on their behalf by the Postal Service or a third-party designee).
4. Mailers who use return receipt service with Certified Mail service, Registered Mail service, insured mail (more than $200), COD mail, or Signature Confirmation service with labels that include the DUNS number of a third-party designee (consolidator or vendor). In these instances, the third-party designee must submit an electronic file with the client’s DUNS number placed in the Client DUNS number field in Record Position 122–130 in Detail Record 1.

Additional information on electronic file transmission and the Client DUNS number field is included in Publication 91, Confirmation Services Technical Guide.

Mailers who use labels procured from a Postal Service retail location (i.e., labels that do not contain the mailer’s or third-party designee’s DUNS number) cannot participate in the bulk proof of delivery program.

Some tasks that an applicant must complete are noted in Exhibit 2-1 and discussed later in this chapter.

Exhibit 2-1 

1. Participation ChecklistObtain a mailer ID number (or use a DUNS number already known by the Postal Service).
2. Receive certification (or use a certified third–party designee) for printing labels and/or sending/receiving files.
3. Designate whether the mailer or third–party designee will receive the records.
4. Complete PS Form 5053, Bulk Proof of Delivery Application.
5. Complete PS Form 5054, Bulk Proof of Delivery Application Payment Authorization (if applicable).