MTMC extends shipping contract six months.The Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a has extended its maritime liner service agreements within the Universal Service Contract 03 for six months. All contract holders will continue to provide ocean liner services with MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) when the original contract ends Sept. 1, said Craig Robinson, Contracting Officer A US military officer or civilian employee who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The individual has the authority to enter into and administer contracts and determinations as well as findings about such contracts. . "With the current contract working well, we felt the extension would give us greater time for process improvements for the Universal Service Contract 04," said Robinson. The contract allows for a single six-month extension. The extended contract, valued at $162 million, will move an estimated 50,000 containers. "We are definitely in the throes throe n. 1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain. 2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse. of Universal Service Contract 04," said Robinson. "Our draft solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual for the eventual contract was posted on the MTMC Web site June 12." The new contract will have more streamlining, said Robinson. Additional improvements may include further consolidation of the rate structure and streamlining evaluation criteria for bidders. Cargo volume targets and rates are expected to be similar to the current contracts, he said. Fourteen carriers participate in the contract. Of those, six carders will move the bulk of MTMC cargoes on designated routes. The six carders are U.S. Flag carders: American Roll-on Roll-off Noun 1. roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination Carders, APL (A Programming Language) A high-level mathematical programming language noted for its brevity and matrix generation capabilities. Developed by Kenneth Iverson in the mid-1960s, it runs on micros to mainframes and is often used to develop mathematical models. Limited, Central Gulf Lines, Farrell Lines (P&O Nedlloyd), Lykes Lines and Maersk Sealand. The contract under the Universal Service Contract 04 program will be awarded in time to be executed March 1. Robinson chairs the Integrated Product Team that is currently developing the solicitation. MTMC team members include operations and acquisition representatives. Other team members represent the U.S. Transportation Command, and through the partnership of the National Defense Transportation Association, several shipping firms. The final solicitation to carriers is expected July 29. Universal Service Contract 03 was awarded July 14, 2001. The $325 million best value contracts included shipments to more than 130 countries worldwide. The contracts had several substantial changes from their predecessors. The changes resulted in a 6-percent cut in contract cost for MTMC and a reduction in the number of overall contract rates from approximately 25,000 to 10,000. |
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