[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13412-13413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6046]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army


MTMC's Consideration to Employ Full-Service Contracts to Improve 
the Department of Defense Personal Property Program

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command, DOD.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The evolving Defense environment encompasses a smaller 
uniformed force, less overseas basing, reducing funding, and diminished 
staffing of support activities. These changes will directly affect 
quality of life issues for the military service members and their 
families. In light of these significant changes in the defense 
environment, the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) is engaged 
in an effort to simplify current processes, control program costs, and 
ensure quality of service by performing a reengineering of the existing 
DOD Personal Property Program. This reengineering effort will adopt, to 
the fullest extent possible, commercial business processes 
characteristic of world-class customers and suppliers and relieve 
carriers of DOD unique terms and conditions. It will also focus on the 
customer, reward results, foster competition, and seek excellence of 
vendor performance.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 12, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command, ATTN: 
MTOP-Q, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ann Gibson, MTOP-QS, (703) 756-1590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An alternative business process being 
considered is competitively acquiring personal property services 
through use of long-term, full-service contracts under the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Under this alternative, MTMC would 
competitively select full service contractor(s) for defined regions. 
The contractor(s) selected for each region would be responsible for all 
management, administrative, and operational functions currently 
performed by PPSO (Personal Property Shipping Offices), PPPOs (Personal 
Property Processing Offices), and carriers. PPSO and PPPO functions 
includes, but are not limited to, service member counseling, shipping 
document preparation, management report generation, arranging movement 
of all types of domestic and international outbound shipments, 
[[Page 13413]] managing the storage and delivery of all types of 
domestic and international inbound shipments, managing long term 
storage, and evaluation of performance and customer satisfaction. 
Carrier functions include, but are not limited to, pre-move surveys, 
shipment packaging, onward shipment movement, storage-in-transit, long 
term storage, shipment delivery, shipment unpacking, and claims 
settlement.
    Under this proposed contracting approach, subcontracting goals will 
be included to ensure capability (particularly during the peak season) 
and continued visibility of small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned 
carriers.
    In formulating comments, the following issues should be considered: 
The ability to expand operations during emergencies or during peak 
shipping season; subcontracting, specifically to small, small and 
disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses; the ability to manage the 
movement of all types of personal property shipments, to include, but 
not limited to, unaccompanied baggage, household goods, mobile homes, 
and boats; the ability manage administrative processes, to include, but 
not limited to, methods for billing and payment of transportation and 
transportation related charges, direct settlement with property owners 
for loss and/or damage claims; establishment of rate structures; 
establishment of performance evaluation criterion; and management of 
long and short term storage.
    If this alternative business practice is pursued, the carrier 
industry will also be afforded the opportunity to comment on a draft 
solicitation, as well as to attend pre-solicitation and pre-proposal 
conferences.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-6046 Filed 3-10-95; 8:45 am]
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