Novice

Interested in becoming a Contract Delivery Service (CDS) business owner or a CDS suppliers delivery employee, these steps will help you most moving forward!

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These Steps Will Help Guide You Through Your Self Training

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1. Intro to CDS

CDS Supplier Responsibilities, CDS Supplier Requirements and How to Become a Supplier.

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2. Small Business Association

The U.S. Small Business Association provides valuable information and steps to take in starting and maintaining a successful CDS business.
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3. Internal Revenue Service

Is your company bookkeeping set up correctly in paying local, state and federal taxes? Is your company and employees classified correctly?

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4. Department of Labor

Do you know and understand the Service Contract Act and the DoL WD prevailing wage requirements set for CDS contracting and the consequences CDS suppliers face for failure to comply?

Advance to the Next Level

Now that you have decided to take on the responsibility of operating a CDS Supply Business  you are ready to advance to the next level Mid-Level. These personalized guide steps are for users just starting out in your CDS Supply Business.

Modern Day Pony Express

Terry Stumpff, CDS Solutions Expert, joins the Charlie Boots Show to talk his business. This is truly incredible, something many people don’t know, how does the postal system work!? Watch below!

We go the last mile to get you the answers!

The information that you will receive as a member has been put together from digital sources from the USPS HQ’s, USPS CDS office, USPS Postal Operations, Office of Inspector General USPS, US Postal Inspection Services, Department of Labor, Small Business Association, the IRS and a contracting legal counsel expert.

CDS Solution’s resident expert also shares inside industry knowledge acquired through trial and error of operating over 200 CDS Contracts, as well as one on one interactions with USPS and DoL personnel.

Become a CDS Supplier

Follow the link below and send an email directly to the United States Postal Service Contract Delivery Office in Aurora, Colorado at the email listed below. Make the subject line read "Prospective Supplier" and ask to be added to their solicitation list for a specific state, group of states, or the nation.

Email cds@usps.gov

“Whenever I have needed advise or guidance as to what to do or how to handle certain things Terry has been right there to help me, always supportive and willing to teach me about it all.”
TERESA FARMER – CDS Contractor