Postal Commission Reviews New Mid-Market Negotiated Rate Option
Published Date: 10/15/2025
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Summary
The Postal Service wants to add a new special pricing option called Mid-Market Non-Published Rates (MMNPR-3) to its competitive products. This change affects businesses using negotiated postal rates and could impact how much they pay. The public can comment on this proposal until October 14, 2025, before it moves forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
New MMNPR-3 pricing for mid‑size shippers
The Postal Service has requested to add a new Mid-Market Non-Published Rates product called MMNPR-3 for mid-size customers who ship Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, and/or USPS Ground Advantage packages. The MMNPR-3 contract template includes optional tiered pricing mechanisms (tiered annual pricing; tiered previous quarter pricing; tiered rolling quarter pricing) and contract terms such as 1–3 year duration, negotiable notice for mutual termination, applicability of future surcharges, time-limited price changes, appeals, confidentiality, and no provided packaging.
USPS says pricing options won’t add costs
The Postal Service states that the three optional MMNPR-3 pricing mechanisms will not affect the underlying financials of any MMNPR-3 contract, will not introduce any new cost element, establish a new service offering, or impose specific new requirements on customers.
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