[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16170-16171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06459]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Open Season Announcement for the Defense Personal Property 
Program (DP3)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command 
(SDDC) will officially have an Open Season thru April 25, 2017. New 
entrants will be sought for Hawaii and certain Interstate channel 
combinations where origins/destinations have demonstrated shortage of 
capacity as determined by SDDC and the Military Services.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications no later than April 25, 2017 to Military 
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at 
[email protected]. Application forms will be 
available from this office or on our Web site listed below. 
Applications will also be accepted by mail at Military Surface 
Deployment and Distribution Command, ATTN: AMSSD-PP, 1 Soldier Way, 
Scott AFB, IL 62225-5006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PP Operational and Quality Support 
Team, [email protected], (618) 220-6789, (618) 
220-5775, (618) 220-5407.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Transportation Service Providers (TSPs)

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interested in applying during this open season must comply with the 
following:
    (1) TSPs must meet all requirements set forth in SDDC Regulation 
55-4, Transportation Service Provider Qualifications.
    Additional requirements:
    (2) New entrant applications will be accepted for the following 
Interstate origin rate areas: District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, 
Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, New Mexico, Montana, North 
Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, North 
Carolina. Accepted new entrants will be able to file rates from the 
Origin Rate Areas identified above to all Regions (224 of 833 
channels).
    (3) New entrant applications will be accepted for the International 
origin rate area of Hawaii. Accepted new entrants will be able to file 
rates from Hawaii to ALL channels in all codes of service.
    (4) Currently approved TSP's will be able to expand their current 
scope to only the Interstate/International channel combinations as 
stated above.
    (5) New entrant applicants must declare domestic and/or 
international Common Financial and/or Administrative Control (CFAC) 
with any current DP3 TSP or potential new entrant. TSPs declaring CFAC 
cannot compete in the same rate channel in the same code of service in 
either the domestic or international markets.
    (6) New entrant applicants must be a Motor Carrier if applying for 
the Interstate market or Freight Forwarders if applying for Hawaii.
    (7) New entrant applicants must have a suitable warehouse (not 
shared with a TSP currently in the program) and equipment in-rate area/
bordering rate area. See Appendix D of the DTR Part IV for general 
guidelines.
    (8) New entrant applicants will serve a probationary period of 
three years and may be granted authority to file for additional 
channels within the Interstate market within 3 years of entry into the 
DP3 program upon SDDC approval. The intent is for SDDC to progressively 
transition a successful new entrant into an unrestricted interstate 
participant within 3 years of program entry, subject to any other 
existing program rules and requirements.
    (9) Change of Ownership novation's for New Entrants will not be 
accepted, reviewed or approved for New Entrant's within the first 3 
years of entry.
    (10) New entrants must perform the following at the offices of the 
TSP independent of any other person, firm, or corporation: (1) Shipment 
management; (2) coordinating operational functions. Only outsourcing of 
claims and invoicing is permitted.
    (11) TSPs disqualified, revoked or that have voluntary withdrawn 
from the DP3 program prior to July 20, 2015 may apply as new entrants 
and will be assessed on a ``Case by Case'' and upon the discretion of 
SDDC.
    References: SDDC Regulation 55-4; Defense Transportation Regulation 
Part IV Appendix D.
    Miscellaneous: This announcement can be accessed via the SDDC Web 
site at: http://www.sddc.army.mil/.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-06459 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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