Don’t let management of troops’ household goods moves become next privatizing mess: lawmaker

The new contract will aim to address problems that came to a head in 2018 with service members’ belongings being damaged, lost or delayed.

TRANSCOM officials previously said the new system, which will involve putting the day-to-day management of household goods shipments in the hands of a single move manager contractor, would be implemented in the Fall of 2022. The contract is scheduled to be awarded this fall, in the September time frame, Lyons told lawmakers, and given that timeline, “we’d want to implement that in the peak season of 2022.” Peak season is generally mid-May through September. This year’s household goods moves aren’t affected.

The contract process was delayed for a year after the Government Accountability Office ruled in favor of two unsuccessful bidders and sent TRANSCOM back to the drawing board late last year. This new contract process follows a heavily contested contract which had been awarded in April, 2020. That contract had a potential cost of $19.9 billion over nine years. Sources said at least one of the previous bidders had a lower bid.