Services & Rates Manual
BUSINESS REPLY MAIL

Business Reply Mail (BRM) service is a First Class accountable mail service enabling Rice departments to receive first-class mail without the respondent providing postage. Each receiving department is required to pay postage and handling fees on returned pieces only.

Delivery Services pre-pays all charges for returned BRM pieces. Charges include the appropriate first-class postage plus a handling charge of 21¢ for each BRM piece returned.
Examples: 1 oz letters returned: 39¢ postage + 21¢ BRM handling charge = 60¢ per return. Post cards are charged at 24¢ + 21¢ handling fee = 45¢ postage per return.

Reference the USPS Publication 95, Special Services Guide, for details.

• The reply piece may be a postcard, envelope, or flat in size. Special artwork for the return address and permit design is required to meet the USPS Business Reply Mail standards. Artwork requirements for the BRM format, including the 11-digit barcode, should be obtained from Delivery Services
• Business Reply Mail must be returned to one of the university's P O Box numbers. BRM mail addressed to 6100 Main Street will not be received.
• Each P O Box, mail piece size, AND each department carry a unique four-digit extension on the zip code and 11-digit barcode. None of the extensions are regularly used zip codes for daily mail. 
  
  

  P.O. Box	Post Card	Letter	Flat
  1892	77251-9725	77251-9955	77251-9599
  2932	77252-9715	77252-9900	77252-9955
  2666	77252-9716	77252-9899	--
  1515 Bissonnet St.	77005-9878	77005-9879	77005-9880