CHAMP Advisory Air Freight Surcharge Notice Effective 10-30-2020

Shifts in pricing for air shipments, including unaccompanied air baggage (UAB) shipments, have resulted in significant cost fluctuations for air freight services. The increase in air freight shipping can be attributed to demand for cargo space as the economy rebounds has resulted in pricing and capacity volatility worldwide.

UPDATE: USTRANSCOM Global Household Goods Contract

USTRANSCOM will thoroughly, fairly, and completely re-evaluate the four most competitive offers and select the one that presents the best overall benefit and the highest quality of service for our service members, DOD civilians, and their families. Each of the four finalists will be given the opportunity to submit a new written proposal and conduct an oral presentation and demonstration to the Source Selection Team in the course of this determination.

USTC J9 Conditions-Based Movement Call (27 Oct)

DoD Non-Temp Storage Retrograde Contract RFI

For those of you who were on the IAM Virtual Annual Meeting Session called “An Inside Look at DoD’s Personal Property Program” there was much discussion on the USTC J9 Request for Information (RFI) put out to industry with regard to climate controlled facilities for NTS Retrograde and the removal of the 50 mile radius requirement for facilities needing to be near Oakland and Norfolk.

Review and Request Comments on the 2021 Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) Business Rules Proposed Changes and Updates to the following documents: 400NG Tariff, International Tender (IT), Tender

2021 Air Force Personal Property Activity Special Interest Items

Each year, the Air Force Personal Property Activity sends out their Special Interest Items that they are focusing on for the new rate year. Attached are the Air Force’s 2021 Special Interest Items.

USTC J9 Conditions-Based Movement Call (2 Mar)

There were no major items of interest noted on the readahead slides from the 2 Mar meeting. Overall, the last two Tuesday meetings have ended in less than a half-hour. There were a few notes of interest on today’s call, however.

USTC J9 Conditions-Based Movement Call (23 Feb)

The Readahead slides on today’s DoD call were covered quickly with little new information noted. The number of reweigh violations was noted again, and industry was asked to focus their attention on reweigh requirements.

Two updates from GSA CHAMP

First, GSA sent out a summary of Intrastate Moves Research which provides information on regulated and deregulated states and policies for moving intrastate shipments under CHAMP. The information in the summary will become effective 1 May 2021. Second, GSA released an advisory on in response to impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on higher cost of air shipments by commercial carriers. If there are any questions, please reach out to Kim Chancellor at Kim.Chancellor@gsa.gov.

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Advances Inquiry into Detention and Demurrage Fees

As IAM has previously reported, member companies and the broader shipping community continue to contend with congestion issues at US ports of entry. Delays and congestion are leading to more frequent and higher charges of detention and demurrage, which has been further exacerbated by the global shipping crisis (See IAM's White Paper on this topic).

Update Use of Pullback and Cancel to prevent errors with Award of Special Solicitation (SS) Shipments for the 2020 Rate Cycle in the Defense Personal Property System (DPS)

UPDATE Change 4 to the 400NG and International Tender (IT) Addressing the DOD Stop Movement Adjustment

Change 4 to the 400NG and International Tender (IT) Addressing the DOD Stop Movement Adjustment

Extended Storage Request for Offers Cover Letter Aug 23 2018

Consolidated 2018-2019 CHAMP RFO 1

General Services Administration Domestic 500A–2018 Tariff

Household Goods Tender of Service (GSA HTOS)

2018 International Tender and Solicitation Infromation