{"id":28163,"date":"2020-02-08T11:42:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28163"},"modified":"2020-02-08T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:43:02","slug":"usps-says-be-prepared-major-changes-to-affect-ebuy2-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/02\/08\/usps-says-be-prepared-major-changes-to-affect-ebuy2-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Says Be prepared &#8211; Major changes to affect eBuy2 in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/eBuyPlusTransition_large-story-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/eBuyPlusTransition_large-story-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/eBuyPlusTransition_large-story-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/eBuyPlusTransition_large-story-1-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/eBuyPlusTransition_large-story-1-102x85.jpg 102w\" alt=\"Computer screen displaying a logo.\" width=\"520\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>The Postal Service will introduce eBuy Plus, its replacement for eBuy2, on Feb. 29.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 2\/7\/20 &#8211; If you use eBuy2 to purchase supplies and services for USPS, you\u2019ll want to know about important changes that will occur before the requisition system is replaced by eBuy Plus at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 21 will be the last day that eBuy2 will be available for new \u201con catalog\u201d and \u201coff catalog\u201d orders, except for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Solution for Enterprise Asset Management (SEAM) items:<\/strong>\u00a0Money orders, ReadyPost items, expedited shipping supplies and miscellaneous mailing tags and labels<\/li>\n<li><strong>Material Distribution Center items:<\/strong>\u00a0Tools, supplies, forms, publications, posters and related items and any item shipped from the Material Distribution Center in Topeka, KS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emergency supplies:\u00a0<\/strong>Water, ice melt and biohazard detection system cartridges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beginning Feb. 29, the Postal Service\u2019s new requisition system \u2014 eBuy Plus \u2014 will be\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2020\/01\/13\/purchasing-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open to all users<\/a><\/em>. You can use the new system to purchase on catalog and off catalog items, along with utility and equal employment opportunity invoice submissions.<\/p>\n<p>The eBuy2 system will be available until March 31 for reporting and historical transaction purposes. You should download all necessary data from the system before this date.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service wants all eBuy2 users to plan ahead to ensure they aren\u2019t caught short-handed from Feb. 21-29. If you must place an emergency order during this period, you must contact the buying group for the needed item and place the order with the appropriate supplier.<\/p>\n<p>A list of buying groups is available on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/uspshelp.custhelp.com\/app\/home_pssc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPS Help website<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the system will not accept new off-catalog requests, the system will continue to process requisitions seeking approvals until March 20. Any off-catalog requisition not fully approved by March 20 will suspend, and the user will be required to write a new off-catalog requisition in the new eBuy Plus system.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/supplymanagement\/eBuyPlus_homepage.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eBuy Plus Blue page<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has more information, including FAQs and a detailed plan to transition from eBuy2 to eBuy Plus.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, email them to\u00a0<a><em>eBuyPlus@usps.gov<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postal Service will introduce eBuy Plus, its replacement for eBuy2, on Feb. 29. USPS News Link &#8211; 2\/7\/20 &#8211; If you use eBuy2 to purchase supplies and services for USPS, you\u2019ll want to know about important changes that will occur before the requisition system is replaced by eBuy Plus at the end of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28166,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28163\/revisions\/28166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}