GovCon & Trade

MARCH 13, 2024

BIS reached an administrative settlement with CargoSave, a freight shipper, which seems to have been granted “credit” for assisting in an investigation of a third party. Second, the Department of Justice (DOJ) disrupted two separate sanctions evasion schemes with individuals entering guilty pleas.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Transportation Command has awarded DecisionPoint a $30 million contract to provide Global Freight Management, or GFM, system sustainment, enhancements and cloud-native refactoring services to the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.

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Select GCR

MAY 21, 2024

To address cash flow challenges due to longer payment terms in government contracts, trucking companies can utilize freight factoring services, and for broader business growth, networking within the industry and leveraging financing options are essential strategies. The solution?

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

billion contract for military freight transportation services, saying U.S. Government Accountability Office has thrown out Maersk's protest over the shipping giant's rejection from a $2.3 Transportation Command wasn't obligated to tell it its pricing was too high.

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Government Contracts

MAY 28, 2024

Transportation Command solicitation for freight services, saying the company effectively attempted to relitigate an already decided dispute over the General Services Administration's audit authority. A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected Crowley Government Services Inc.'s s protest over the terms of a U.S.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 15, 2024

s challenge to a 2022 Surface Transportation Board ruling that the freight railroad company can't control Virginia's Belt Line, which opened it up to an antitrust suit from rival CSX Transportation Inc. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear Norfolk Southern Railway Co.'s over its rate-setting.

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WashngtonExec

JUNE 11, 2024

TSA’s Security Operations is responsible for the security of the nation’s transportation systems, and for ensuring all modes of transportation, including freight railroad, passenger rail, mass transit, maritime and pipelines, [.]

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The shipping addresses vary, but are typically commercial addresses accessible by the public, such as short-term storage companies, warehouses or freight forwarders. Payment is usually guaranteed within 30 calendar days of the goods having been received. When the U.S.-based

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Regional managers for UPS and FedEx Freight took the stand in Colorado federal court Thursday to explain why a popular ski town's new ordinance barring trucks from a pedestrian mall area is a big problem for their operations, complicating their ability to make deliveries.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 7, 2024

PI5251-23, 20 October 2023 Elizaveta Mikaelyan, RAC, ITA Reporter for the RAC A dispute from a forwarding contract for a freight transportation organization. The Respondent failed to comply with the contract procedure for written notification in the event of defective goods delivery; nor was this evidence presented during the arbitration.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners. Perhaps 30 days of inventory isn’t enough in times of crisis, and terms should be updated. Setting expectations ahead of a crisis is critical to reducing risk, avoiding liability claims and mitigating potential losses.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners. For example, Kunnummal referenced a supplier claiming “force majeure” to hold companies responsible for freight costs, even if disruption prevented goods from being shipped.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners. For example, Kunnummal used the example of a supplier claiming “force majeure” to hold companies responsible for freight costs, even if disruption prevented goods from being shipped.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Read more about AWS for state and local government: Georgia DHS establishes a cloud strategy through a multiyear modernization journey Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip How the Port of Long Beach addresses supply chain challenges with AWS Transporting people and freight more efficiently with cloud-based (..)

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

C&FFO is a shipping term which stands for Cost and Freight Free Out meaning that generally the sellers pay for the shipping charges and the costs of unloading the goods at their destination. In this case, Mundra, India, was the discharge port, such that the price included transportation to and unloading at Mundra.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Sourcing optimization technology , once reserved for complex categories such as freight, has been simplified and can be found embedded in leading sourcing technologies. Leveraging technology with integrated diverse supplier discovery increases the competitiveness of sourcing events.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S.

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VWV

APRIL 23, 2020

At the end of 2018, the government tried to rely upon this exception to award contracts to ferry operators for the provision of additional freight capacity between the UK and continental Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. There have been many cases where extreme urgency has been argued, but to date none have been successful.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

He said his company had tried other methods too, like transporting some shipments by rail or freight, but quickly abandoned them. “We Military movers, he said, need expertise in the market and “soft skills” to manage members’ expectations. We tried rail service back in the early 2000s, and it was a nightmare.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Background The award in the underlying proceeding ordered Procesadora Rengo SpA (“Defendant”) to pay US$15,000 to Ashlock Company, Division of Vista Corporation (“Claimant”), for each year of use of eight leased machines, plus interest, readjustments, costs and freight in accordance with the lease contract concluded between the parties.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 17, 2024

million face value for freight services. and Canada and supporting the Defense Freight Transportation Services program. Transportation Command contract modification with a $239.5 Contract work is expected

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Import and Trade Remedies

APRIL 25, 2024

The petition cited specific conduct alleged to target the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector, including “by directing mergers between favored state-owned companies, disapproving alliances by foreign competitors, denying berthing rights to foreign-owned ships, controlling freight rates and capacity allocations, supporting the development (..)

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Bonfire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Funding includes upgrades and maintenance of America’s passenger rail system and freight rail safety, but nothing for high-speed rail. $65 In addition to construction and repair, the funding also helps pay for transportation research at universities, funding for Puerto Rico’s highways, and “congestion relief” in American cities. $66

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Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Funding includes upgrades and maintenance of America’s passenger rail system and freight rail safety, but nothing for high-speed rail. $65 In addition to construction and repair, the funding also helps pay for transportation research at universities, funding for Puerto Rico’s highways, and “congestion relief” in American cities. $66

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ivalua

APRIL 22, 2021

Factors such as longer supply chains and reliance on long-distance shipping and freight operations can create big problems when disruptions, such as the Coronavirus pandemic, come about. .

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Import and Trade Remedies

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New Parcel Shipping Regime Under the new Windsor Framework regime, from 30 September 2024 onwards, the arrangements for moving parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will depend on the type of movement being made.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Examples of these causes are (1) acts of God or of the public enemy, (2) acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, (3) fires, (4) floods, (5) epidemics, (6) quarantine restrictions, (7) strikes, (8) freight embargoes, and (9) unusually severe weather. FAR 52.249-14(a).

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GovCon Wire

JULY 1, 2024

The DOD said Friday Crowley Government Services will perform Freight All Kinds services within the continental U.S., Crowley‘s government services business will provide the Department of Defense with transportation services under a $613.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Transportation Command.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Simplified Import Custom Clearance System for Small-lot Shipments In light of the nature of small-lot shipments requiring prompt customs clearance, a simplified import customs clearance system was established to allow businesses handling large volumes of ocean freight that meet certain conditions to omit certain declaration items (e.g.,

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 13, 2025

CueBid Technologies in its appeal argued that NAICS code 484110 (General Freight Trucking, Local) with its $30 million size standard, would be a better fit. .” It was set aside for SDVOSBs and included NAICS code 532490 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing) which had a size standard of $40 million.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For size determination purposes, the only exclusions from receipts are those specifically provided for in this paragraph. All other items, such as subcontractor costs, reimbursements for purchases a contractor makes at a customer’s request, investment income, and employee-based costs such as payroll taxes, may not be excluded from receipts. (1)

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

Supply Chain Realignment Generally speaking, going into 2023, supply chains have significantly improved, alleviating some of the inflationary pressure caused by previous disruptions. ” [85] In March to April 2022, McKinsey & Co. 86] Hence, supply chain realignment is well underway.

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