[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50426-50427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14179]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Establishment of a Transaction Fee for Transportation Services 
Provided for the GSA, Office of Global Supply

AGENCY: Federal Supply Service, GSA.

ACTION: Final Notice

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SUMMARY: GSA is amending the Freight Management Program (FMP), Standard 
Tender of Service (STOS), to incorporate a 4% transaction fee for 
transportation services provided for the GSA, Office of Global Supply. 
Transportation Service Providers (TSPs) will be required to remit a 4% 
transaction fee to GSA on a quarterly basis.

DATES: The effective date is January 1, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Anne Sykes, Transportation 
Programs Branch, by telephone at 703-605-2889 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final notice is applicable to the 
Freight Management Program (FMP), Standard Tender of Service (STOS), 
for transportation services provided to the Eastern Distribution Center 
(EDC), Burlington, NJ; Western Distribution Center (WDC), French Camp, 
CA; and the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH. It 
applies to all transportation service providers (TSPs) transporting 
these shipments. The final notice and implementation procedures take 
into account the comments received from transportation service 
providers (TSPs) in response to the notices published in the Federal 
Register at 70 FR 73248 on December 9, 2005, and an extension to that 
notice at 70 FR 76455 on December 27, 2005, soliciting comments on the 
establishment of a 4% transaction fee for transportation services 
provided for the GSA, Office of Global Supply. GSA published the 
response to the comments on the proposed rule in the Federal Register 
at 71 FR 38403 on July 6, 2006.
    The Transportation Management Services Solution (TMSS) pre-payment

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audit and payment modules will be operational by November 2006. GSA 
will start a phased-in implementation plan for the pre-payment audit 
and payment modules in November 2006. TSPs that provide transportation 
services for GSA, Global Supply, will be required to submit all 
invoices in TMSS either manually or via electronic data interchange 
(EDI).
    GSA will assess the 4% fee effective January 1, 2007, to ensure 
that the TMSS implementation phase is complete. TSPs will be required 
to remit the 4% fee for transportation invoices paid after December 31, 
2006, directly to GSA quarterly instead of deducting the 4% fee from 
each invoice via TMSS prior to payment. TSP's will be able to access 
TMSS to generate a quarterly report that lists each transaction, total 
transportation charges, and transaction fee. The first remittance will 
be due for the quarter ending March 31, 2007.

    Dated: August 22, 2006.
Susan T. May,
Acting Director, Travel and Transportation Management Division (FBL), 
GSA.
[FR Doc. E6-14179 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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