Suddath Companies has filed an injunction against the US government over its failed bid to deliver US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)’s Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) for moving military personnel and their families.
Suddath is protesting over the much longer than expected implementation timeline for the GHC, which, it says, would have had an impact on the costings in its initial bid.
The legal action has the potential to stop shipments by the bid winner, HomeSafe Alliance, which started to roll out domestic movements in 16 initial locations in nine states in September. These cover the military transportation offices servicing bases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia that can issue orders for government-arranged household goods shipments under the GHC. The first international shipments under the contract will begin ‘no earlier’ than September 2025, according to USTRANSCOM.
Meanwhile, there has been speculation that significant price rises and increased volatility globally since the GHC was first put out to tender has put HomeSafe under significant financial pressure, with the company already making cost cuts.
