Updates from the Office of the Secretary of Defense on Installation Access and Cyber-Security

Our partners at the National Defense Transportation Association have passed along three new documents coming out of the Office of the Secretary of Defense that are of interest to DoD-Approved Transportation Service Providers (TSPs). The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics provided a bulletin dated 23 July on Motor Carrier Installation Access. Additionally, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment has provided a handful of slides describing what they are calling Project Spectrum; along with a more detailed Project Spectrum Capabilities Statement.

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.

USTRANSCOM Non-Peak Season Call (7 Oct)

Notes and slides from today’s (7 Oct) Non-Peak Season Call are attached. This was the first non-peak call. USTC conducted the call via TEAMS. This non-peak call will happen the first Thursday of each month up to April. Some hot topics were discussed…transit times and missed RDDs. And USTC published another round of draft 2022 business rules at move.mil/sme under the header of “2022 Business Rules” on the front page below the “Advisories: section. They are looking for any industry comments on this round of draft rules by 15 Oct (next Friday). Those comments, like the original round of comments, are required to be submitted using a comment resolution matrix (CRM).

Update 2021 Crate Rate Increase and Liftvan/Packing Surcharge for Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Shipments

Update Number 21-0072C
USTRANSCOM Extended the Crate Rate Increase and Liftvan/Packing Surcharge through 31 December 2021. See Advisory #21-0072C for full details.

Update Discontinue Use of CONUS Non-DoD Approved (NDA) Storage in Transit (SIT) Facilities for 2021 Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Shipments

Update Number 21-0081B
USTRANSCOM has alerted industry via advisory #21-0081B, that they’ve updated guidance for the use of CONUS Non-DOD Approved (NDA) Storage-in-Transit (SIT) facilities. Of note, changes include that for shipments already in NDA warehouses, TSPs have until 31 December to deliver those shipments to customers. But no new shipments are allowed to be placed in NDA warehouses after 1 October. See the entire advisory for all the changes.

SDDC System Response Center (SRC) Contact Changes

Update Number 21-0109
USTRANSCOM sent out advisory #21-0109 to alert industry to changes in the System Response Center (help desk) contact information. There is a new address, new fax, and new local phone number as a result of a change in the contractor for the help desk.

USTRANSCOM J9 Conditions Based Movement Call (5 Oct)

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