US Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO) has started rolling out domestic shipments under its new Global Household Goods Contract (GHC), having selected 16 initial locations in nine states around the country.
As of September, military transportation offices servicing bases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia can issue orders for government-arranged household goods shipments under the GHC.
USTRANSCOM said it was also carrying out a limited number of moves ‘between select GCG-live locations’.
It expects Department of Defense (DOD) shipment volumes under GHC during September to account for around four per cent of the today monthly domestic average. It plans to add more bases and increase shipment volumes monthly to achieve full domestic coverage of GHC by spring 2025. The first international shipments under the contract are expected to begin ‘no earlier’ than September 2025.
All plans for the GHC phase-in are subject to change, and USTRANSCOM will share updates as they become available.
Andy Dawson, DPMO director, said: ‘The positive feedback received from both customers and our transportation offices shows that we are headed in the right direction. This summer provided us the opportunity to validate new business processes and IT systems for GHC on a smaller scale while customers experience the new programme. Overall, we are satisfied with how things have gone so far and anticipate continued progress as GHC volume increases this fall.’
