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Hiring a Postal Employee for a Local Buy Contract

Don’t Contract with a Colleague

  • A Postal Service employee can’t award a cleaning, lawn care, snow removal or maintenance contract to a fellow employee.
  • Contracts with postal employees or their family members is against the rules in the Postal Service’s Supplying Principles and Practices and the Administrative Support Manual.

Not awarding a local buy contract to a Postal Service employee maintains the integrity and reputation of USPS as a fair and honest business.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance.