Beginning in September, troops and their families at 16 more military bases will begin doing local household goods shipments through a new private manager.
U.S. Transportation Command announced Tuesday that HomeSafe Alliance, the Defense Department’s overarching contractor for privatized household goods moves, will start arranging the local moves as well as the first interstate moves under the new system.
After years of delays that resulted from protests of the contract award, followed by setbacks in the development of two apps, HomeSafe Alliance began arranging “test moves” from 14 locations earlier this year. These moves stayed within their local areas to test out the process, including the new digital apps in which families and the moving companies will plan, document and track all the aspects of their permanent change of station, or PCS, moves.
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HomeSafe Alliance had completed 94 local moves within a 50-mile radius of their origin as of Aug. 20, according to the announcement. The moves from the 16 new locations will also stay in their local areas.
In its announcement Tuesday, Transportation Command added the following 16 installations across nine states, where household goods offices will start to issue task orders for local moves within the new system in September:
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Presidio of Monterey, California
- Naval…
