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You must have a valid Business Reply Mail permit before youcan mail. You may apply for a BRM permit at any time by filling out PS Form 3615, Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile, and paying the annual permit fee. Note: PS Form 3615 is a simple form requiring you to know the company name, address where the mail will be returned, contactperson, and telephone number. The forms are available at your local Post Office or Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU).

A BRM permit number is issued at the Post Office where the PS Form 3615 is filed, generally where the mail is returned, and requires a fee. The fee is paidannually by cash, check or money order. Note: Checks must bemade out to the US Postal Service or Postmaster. The BRM permit holder should establish a Postage Due Account with the local delivery post office. There is no cost or fee to establish a Postage Due Account.

Full-Service mailers have the opportunity to use the same permit at any location via the Mail Anywhere program. Entry into the Mail Anywhere program is limited to mailers who meet the quality thresholds for Full-Service electronic verification.

Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats (Pub 685) contains the policies and processes for the verification of eligible business mailings using tools provided by Intelligent Mail Full-Service, eInduction, and Seamless Acceptance.

The Mailer Scorecard provides a dashboard view of the results of the letter and flat mailing activity with the Postal Service over a calendar month. This view is available to both the mailer who submitted the electronic documentation for the mailing (eDoc submitter) and the mail owner/mail preparer.

The USPS Customer Registration ID (CRID) is a unique number that identifies a specific business location involved in a mailing. In order to submit electronic documentation (and receive Full-Service benefits), customers must have a customer registration ID assigned to their business location.

To participate in Full-Service Intelligent Mail, mailers must submit information electronically. This computer-consumable version replaces existing hardcopies and includes the following: postage statement and qualification report.

Mail permits are used by businesses and organizations to send bulk mail. They are often used in conjunction with "permit imprints," a method of stamping that actually pays for the postage of sending the items. The permit itself is simply U.S. Postal Service, or USPS, permission to mail mail a certain way. When someone applies for a mail permit, they are given a number associated with their account. This number is imprinted on mail sent using the permit. This number is the method for tracing mail permit numbers, and you must have it available when you go to the post office.

To apply for a mail permit, complete USPS Form 3615, Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile. There is no fee to apply for a mail permit, although you must pay a one-time fee to set up a permit to mail with permit imprint. This one page form also includes instructions; applicants need to provide their information, as well as the business's, and specify the type of mail permit desired. The post office will then issue a mail permit number for the account.

Mail permit labels, which specify that a piece of mail is being mailed using a mail permit holder's account, indicate the mail permit number. To trace a mail permit number, a piece of mail containing a mail permit label is helpful, as it shows the post office the specific permit number you desire to trace. You can also jot down the mail permit number from the label, although this may be tricky, as there may be many numbers written on the label, making it difficult to pinpoint which you need.

Take a piece of mail bearing a mail permit imprint to the post office and ask the postal worker to trace the mail permit number. You will need to verify that you are either the bearer of the mail permit--the sender--or the recipient of the piece of mail bearing the mail permit. Bring photo identification with you. The post office will be able to trace the mail permit number for you.

Business return mail preprinted envelopes and labels also bear information about mail permit numbers. If you have one of these labels, you can follow the same process for tracing the mail permit number to determine who is responsible for the permit. The mail features an Intelligent Mail Barcode, or IMB, with 31 digits. These numbers included coded identification such as the serial number and the mail's routing code.

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For an annual fee, the U.S. Postal Service issues mailing permits for the purpose of sending mailings. All permits have a particular number assigned, which must appear on all envelopes and postcards when used. Generally, the holder of mailing permits has money on deposit with the U.S. Postal Service under the permit number. When a mailing is deposited at the post office for a particular permit number, the postage cost of that mailing is withdrawn from the permit account.

UCLA Mail Services is exclusively for official University business and use must be in accordance with this Policy. Fees may be charged in order to provide mail services to the campus. See Attachment A for Mail Services Locations and Hours of Operation.

Mail Services are reserved for official University business only. Personal mail, personal bills, and personal e-commerce (e.g., personal online purchases) are not considered official business, and may neither be received in campus departments nor sent out at UCLA expense.

All Mail Services should be centralized to allow UCLA to maximize volume-based postal discounts, minimize the rental of postage meters and mail processing equipment, establish proper controls, and ensure that postage is applied according to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) regulations.

Such requests for approval will be considered only in situations when use of the Mail Services meter is physically impractical, such as remote off-campus locations not serviced by Mail Services or due to extraordinary circumstances as determined by UCLA Mail Services. See Attachment B for more information.

Mail Services will maintain an inventory (i.e. stamps), which a Mail Services Client may purchase to meet special mailing needs. A Mail Services Client may retain such an inventory only for urgent mailings and must maintain auditable records of usage. A sample Monthly Stamp Inventory form that may be used for department use is available at www.mdds.ucla.edu.

Mail Services and Bulk Mail Services rates are set to recover all operating costs and are reviewed and approved per UCLA Policy 340: Sales and Service Activities. Charges for services rendered are processed monthly.

All Mail Services Clients are charged for the total amount of postage on outgoing U.S. mail, international mail, business reply permit mail, and postage due permit mail, plus a surcharge for handling. All outgoing mail sent through UCLA Mail Services must contain an official UCLA return address. See Attachment C: Procedures for Outgoing Mail and Attachment D: Examples of Addressing Mail.

The following services are available: mailing list preparation and/or cleansing; bulk mail permit preparation; and the capability to address, stuff, fold, collate, insert, and sort. Mail Services Clients desiring bulk mail preparation services should contact Bulk Mail Services. Mail houses are contracted by Bulk Mail Services when deemed necessary.

The Messenger Service unit provides messenger services, such as the pick-up and delivery of urgent documents and materials, from both on- and off-campus locations. Mail Services Clients will be charged for services rendered. For more information, see UCLA Procedure 310.5: UCLA Messenger Service.

Postage (i.e., stamps, Express Mail, handling of special service mail, etc.) are provided with a surcharge added. Mail Services Clients that utilize the UCLA FAU system for expenses are required to purchase postage from Mail Services (see Section II.C). Shipping and mailing supplies (i.e., USPS flat rate envelopes and boxes, forms, etc.) are stocked centrally at Mail Services and are available to Mail Services Clients at no charge.

Distribution and delivery of mail once per day for campus departments is provided at no charge to most 19900-funded campus departments. Self-supporting entities, as defined by the annual Eligible Rechargeable Entity List provided by UCLA Academic, Planning & Budget, and other sundry debtors identified by MDDS, pay for incoming mail service via direct recharge in the form of a combined mail piece charge (based on mail counts) and monthly mail stop charge. All departments requesting additional mail stops will be recharged a monthly fee.

Mail Services assigns campus mail codes to Mail Services Clients. The six-digit campus mail code is unique to a campus department and should be used on all internal campus mail. Campus mail codes consist of a four-digit code assigned to a department (ZIP+4) and a two-digit mail route number. Four-digit department mail codes are uniquely assigned and permanent. Two-digit routing numbers may change if operationally necessary.

Business reply mail is a USPS program that allows you to prepay postage for responses to your direct mail campaigns. You pay an annual USPS business reply mail permit fee, along with a fee for each piece of return mail you receive. Business reply mail comes in several forms, including: