IDS Mail Operations is a work partner with the U.S. Post Office. We are here to advise all government agencies in the Denver Metro area and southern regions, including Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Canon City, on selecting envelopes, materials, printing, and postal options that will obtain processing and postage efficiencies for state mailers. We can assist in choosing the appropriate class of mail, obtaining maximum postage discounts, and preparing mail to meet USPS regulations.

The State of Colorado is now using the Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB), developed and recently implemented by the USPS, in an effort to give customers greater visibility into the mail stream. OneCodeConfirm™ combines the capabilities of the POSTNET and PLANET barcodes with additional data into a single barcode. As of January 13, 2012, all discounted mailings must use the IMB in order to continue to get your mailing discounts.


IDS Mail Operations provides a cost effective mail operation for the State.

• Educating to government agencies for proper mail preparation.
• Sorting and delivery of incoming and interoffice mail and packages.
• Ensuring maximization of postal discounts.
• Acting as a centralized mail information source for all departments.
• Providing transport and processing of mail in a timely and accurate manner.
• Keeping abreast of technological advances within the mailing and distribution industries.

IDS Mail Operations is here to assist in all aspects of mailing. Please contact us during your planning stages and we can discuss design, types of service, general mailing requirements for automated and non-automated pieces, costs, and schedules that best meet your individual agency needs.
 
 

Services

• Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB)
    

  The State of Colorado now applies the Intelligent Mail barcode (formerly known as the 4-State Customer Barcode) is the next generation of USPS® barcode technology used to sort and track letters and flats. Intelligent Mail barcode technology, among other things, combines the capabilities of the POSTNET™ barcode.
  
  Starting January 28th 2013, the USPS will discontinue automation price eligibility based on the use of POSTNET on all types of mail. In order to continue to get discounted mail pricing you will have to use the IMB barcode on all types of mail.
  
   

• Address Quality Progams- NCOA , CASS, DPV, Suitelink, LacsLink

  
  State of Colorado is the first State to be its own NCOA vendor. NCOALink™ is a secure dataset of approximately 160 million change-of-addresses going back 48 months that enable mailers to update mailing lists with new addresses from individuals, families and businesses that have moved. NCOALink™ provides return codes that offer information about name and address records that do not exactly match the United States Postal Service® change-of address database. Cass Certification, Suitelink and LacsLink and DPV™ (Verifies Accuracy of Deliverable Addresses) are now included as part of NCOALink™ and DPV™. DPV™ allows you to target your mailings more efficiently to reduce list production and postage costs. DPV™ determines if the address exists down to an apartment or suite number and can be delivered by the USPS®. The State of Colorado is a approved secure facility approved for this process. 
  
   

• Discount Mailing Rates/Letter Sorting/Flat Sorting
  
  

  IDS Mail Operations, presorts it’s letters and flats to qualify for postage discounts. Presorting mail is essentially grouping it by ZIP Code™ or carrier route; all of the pieces going to the same destination get grouped into the same bundle or tray. We sort our letters on an automated sorter that processes up to 35,000 pieces per hour, saving the customer 7.6 cents per piece on a 1 ounce letter and 27.6 cents for a 2 ounce piece. We sort our flats on a manifesting machine to be able to save the customer anywhere from 30 cents to 50 cents per flat. We have a combined mailing agreement with USPS that allows us to combine all of the mail we process so that every agency qualifies for discounts, it doesn’t matter if an agency mails 5 letters or 500 letters, they all will get the discount on their mail.
    

• Inserting

  
  IDS Mail Operations is capable of automatically inserting both letters and flats. The high speed intelligent inserters can insert up to 15,000 pieces per hour depending on the number of sheets and the material going into the envelope.
   

• Ink Jet

  
  IDS Mail Operations can spray an address onto flats, letters or postcards at 5,000 pieces per hour. They are able to spray, tab, and sort for postal discounts all in one pass.
   

• Metering

  
  IDS Mail Operations meters at both first class and presort rate as well as flats, parcels, and certified mail. We have a First Class Mail pick-up by the United States Postal Service every evening at 7:00 p.m., making sure that all First Class Mail is processed and to the U.S. Postal Service same day.
   

• FedEx and UPS

  
  IDS Mail Operations processes packages from both Fed-Ex and UPS. They have a daily 5:30 p.m. pick up by both companies. 
   

All postal mailing options are available to our customers. Established permits for First Class, Presorted Standard, and Business Reply mail may be used by all government agencies. We process United Parcel Service (UPS) and Federal Express materials, and are integrated into their automated tracking systems.
 

Please contact IDS Customer Service to discuss options for printing and mailing that will reduce your postage costs and minimize service fees.