# 2025-08436: A New USPS Shipping Contract Arrives, Right on Schedule

2025-08436, Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement, is a Federal Register notice from Postal Service published 2025-05-14, effective 2025-05-14; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08436
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08436
- Title: Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Postal Service
- Citation: 90 FR 20524
- Published: 2025-05-14
- Effective: 2025-05-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-19

## In one line

A New USPS Shipping Contract Arrives, Right on Schedule

## Summary

The Postal Service is adding a new shipping deal for Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage to its special contract list starting May 14, 2025. This change affects businesses using these services by offering new negotiated rates and options. It’s a smart move to keep shipping competitive and save money for customers who ship a lot.

## Abstract

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

## Effects PRIA read

- USPS Adds Negotiated Shipping Contract 736: mixed, low. On May 8, 2025 the Postal Service filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add "Priority Mail & USPS Ground Advantage Contract 736" to the Competitive Product List of Negotiated Service Agreements. The required notice date is May 14, 2025 and the filing is available at prc.gov under…

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## Sources
- [2025-08436 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08436/product-change-priority-mail-and-usps-ground-advantage-negotiated-service-agreement)
- [2025-08436 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08436.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08436 (as of 2026-10-19).