EX-101 Instance Document

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

036

3. EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

5. PROJECT NO.

(If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY

(IF OTHER THAN ITEM 6)

ALAINA EARL

Air Transportation CMC

United States Postal Service

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW

Room 1P 650

Washington DC 20260-0650

(202) 268-6580

Air Transportation CMC

Air Transportation CMC

United States Postal Service

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 1P650

Washington DC 20260-0650

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State, and Zip Code)

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

3610 HACKS CROSS ROAD

MEMPHIS TN 38125-8800

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

   x

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

ACN-13-FX

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

04/23/2013

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning                  copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment number. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12.    ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA      (If Required)

         See Schedule

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

THIS CHANGE BY CLAUSE IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify Clause) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF: THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

OTHER (such as no cost change/cancellation, termination, etc.) (Specify type of modification and authority): THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

By Mutual Agreement of the Contracting Parties

E. IMPORTANT:     Contractor ¨ is not, x is required to sign this document and return          1           copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this modification is to incorporate the following into the ACN-13-FX contract:

A) Effective with the January 2016 Operating Period (OP 28), the aviation supplier will accept [*] cubic feet per week at distribution by day of week, origin and destination as set out in Attachment 18, Volume Acceptance Worksheet.

B) The Required Delivery Times (RDT) for First Class Mail to markets identified in Attachment 19, First Class Mail Required Delivery Times will be adjusted for up to 20% of the market volumes by operating day and will be mutually agreed upon as part of the planning process.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER

(Type or print)

Paul J. Herron, Vice President

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

(Type or print)

    Brian Mckain

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

/s/ PAUL J. HERRON

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

08/28/15

16B. CONTRACT AUTHORITY

    /s/ BRIAN MCKAIN

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

08/31/15

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CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

ACN-13-FX/036

AWARD/ EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

    UNIT    

AMOUNT

C) Lines 573 – 575 of the Ordering Process – Non-Peak – Day Network section will be changed as follows:

FROM:

[*]

TO:

[*]

D) The aviation supplier will make an additional [*] cubic feet per day available to the Postal Service during Peak beginning with Peak 2016. Peak Tier Five pricing will apply to Peak Season 2015 and 2016. The contracting parties will discuss possible adjustments to the pricing and distribution of the additional volume beginning with Peak Season 2017.

Therefore, lines 624 – 625 of the Ordering Process – Peak – Day Network section will change as follows:

FROM:

The aviation supplier will make available at least [*] cubic feet of capacity per week for the Peak Operating Period for the Day Network.

TO:

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AWARD/ EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

    UNIT    

AMOUNT

The aviation supplier will make available at least [*] cubic feet of capacity per week for the Peak Operating Period for the Day Network.

E) The following is inserted at Line 640, Section: Ordering Process – Peak – Day Network:

If either party is more than 10 days late in providing the requests and responses set forth in this paragraph, the other party may elect to use the preceding year’s Peak Planned Capacity for the Peak period in question.

F) Lines 831 – 835, Reduction of Payment Section shall be changed

FROM:

a. All Handling Units delivered up to thirty (30) minutes late will be subject to a [*]% reduction of the Transportation Payment.

b. All Handling Units delivered from thirty-one (31) minutes up to one (1) hour to late will be subject to a [*]% reduction of the Transportation Payment.

TO:

a. All Handling Units delivered up to thirty (30) minutes late will not be considered for purposes of calculating reduction of the Transportation Payment, but will be considered in the overall service calculation.

b. All Handing Units delivered from thirty-one (31) minutes up to one (1) hour to late will be subject to a [*]% reduction of the Transportation Payment.

G) The table listed on line 2552, under Clause 4-1: General Terms and Conditions (July 2007) (Tailored), Section d. Termination on Notice will be change to reflect [*] as updated in the attached updated contract language.

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CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

ACN-13-FX/036

AWARD/ EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

    UNIT    

AMOUNT

H) The following has been added at Line 2572:

If the Postal Service terminates the contract under this provision, the Postal Service guarantees to provide the aviation supplier a

volume commitment through the effective date of the termination of not less than the daily average volume offered in the two most recently completed Operating Periods prior to the date of the receipt of the notice of termination, or, it two Operating Periods have not been completed when the notice of termination is received, the daily average volume offered shall at least equal to the average daily volume prior to the receipt of the written notice of termination.

I) Attachment 3, Operating Plan, Day Network is

update to include adjustments to the following Destinating Operation RDTs:

[*] have been [*] at ICT and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

[*] minutes have been [*] at SHV and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

[*] minutes have been [*] at BTS/CRW and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

[*] minutes have been [*] at ORF and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

J) The Required Delivery Times for 25% of the destination volume for the following locations will be adjusted when served as point-to-point flights as follows:

[*] have been [*] at OAK – ORD and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

[*] have been [*] at EWR – DFW and the Required Delivery Time has changed from

[*]

[*] have been [*] at OAK – DFW and the Required Delivery Time has changed from [*]

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CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

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AWARD/ EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

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AMOUNT

[*]

[*] have been [*] at OAK – ATL and the Required Delivery Time has changed from [*]

K) The RDTs for the last 25% of the destination volume for the following fly-truck combinations will be [*] as follows:

Truck to or from OAK to or from SFO

[*]

Truck to or from OAK to or from SMF

[*]

Truck to or from LAX to or from ONT

[*]

L) Attachment 3, Operating Plan, Day Network is update to include adjustments to the following Origin Tender Times:

BOI [*] from [*]

(Sunday Only)

GEG [*] from [*]

(Sunday Only)

OMA [*] from [*]

(Sunday Only)

SDF [*] from [*]

(Daily)

M) The RDTs for the following locations will be adjusted when served as the second stop on multi-stop flights:

BIL [*] from [*]

MIA [*] from [*] (except PBI)

MSP [*] from [*]

PHL [*] from [*] (except MDT)

N) An updated Attachment 10 has been included.

O) The Postal Service will establish goals and develop action plans to increase the bypass rate to 25% on Tuesday – Saturday and 15% on Sunday. The Postal Service will communicate these plans with their field operations and the Terminal

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CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

ACN-13-FX/036

AWARD/ EFFECTIVE DATE  

01/04/2016

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

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AMOUNT

Handling Supplier (THS) stressing the importance of increasing bypass rates.

P) The Postal Service agrees to include the aviation supplier in the early stages of all performance measurement and billing system modifications to allow joint programming changes.

The Postal Service will allow the aviation supplier a commercially reasonable amount of time to make all required changes to the aviation supplier’s systems prior to implementation.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

Sub Rept Req’d: Y Carrier Code: FX Route Termini

S: Various Route Termini End: Various Payment Terms:

SEE CONTRACT

Delivery: 12/01/2014

Discount Terms:

See Schedule

Accounting Info:

BFN: 670167

FOB: Destination

Period of Performance: 12/01/2014 to 09/30/2020

Change Item 1 to read as follows:

Day Network

Account Number: 53503

This is for estimation purposes only and is not a guarantee of contract value.

RDT Needed
for 0800 at
all plants

ABQ

ANC

ATL

AUS

BDL

BHM

BIL

BNA

BOI

BOS

BWI

CLE

CLT

CMH

CRW

CVG

DEN

DFW

DSM

DTW

ELP

EWR

FSD

GEG

GFK

GRR

GSO

GTF

HNL

IAD

IAH

ICT

IND

JAN

JAX

JFK

LAS

LAX

LBB

LIT

MCI

MCO

MEM

MHT

MIA

MKE

MLI

MOB

MSP

MSY

OAK

OKC

OMA

ONT

ORD

PDX

PHL

PHX

PIT

RDU

RIC

RNO

ROC

SAN

SAT

SDF

SEA

SFO

SGF

SHV

SJU

SLC

SMF

SPI

STL

TPA

TUL

TYS