Daycos News

The price of fuel was $2.86 per gallon as reported on Monday, March 1, 2010 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 3/15/10 through 4/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB - 4%
GSA Domestic HHG - $0.36
GSA International HHG and BAG - $0.36

The price of fuel was $2.78 per gallon as reported on Monday, February 1, 2010 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 2/15/10 through 3/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB - 3%
GSA Domestic HHG - $0.28
GSA International HHG and BAG - $0.28

The price of fuel was $2.80 per gallon as reported on Monday, January 4, 2010 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 1/15/10 through 2/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB - 3%
GSA Domestic HHG - $0.29
GSA International HHG and BAG - $0.29

The price of fuel was $2.77 per gallon as reported on Monday, December 7, 2009 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 12/15/09 through 1/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB - 3%
GSA Domestic HHG - $0.27
GSA International HHG and BAG - $0.27

Our billing form and AccuBill have recently been updated to include the following HTOS and GSA-01 tariff updates that were effective 11-01-09 for Department of State invoicing. The changes that were provided to the Industry and updated in our systems are as follows:

HTOS and GSA-01 had no rate changes or increases for this tariff cycle.

A: Changes made to the billing form for billable weight changes when a shipment is reweighed include:

1. All shipments, DOM, INT, BAG with pickup less than 11-01-09, utilize
reweigh weight. (this is regardless if higher or lower)

2. DOM only, 11-01-09 to current, utilize lower of the two.

3. DOM only all, if origin weight is over 18000, utilize lower of the two.

Note: Daycos is awaiting final clarification from GSA as to whether these specific rules apply to INT/BAG; or if INT/BAG stays at the current process of using reweigh weight always (the billing form remains unchanged for INT/BAG for now).

B: New ServCode for DOM and INT (not BAG) for TVCARTON, eff. 11-01-09, billable at $105.00 flat rate, no percentages apply.

C: Sit delivery charge change from 30 to 50 for DOM GSA – already at 50, not 30, so no further changes were needed.

D: Previously implemented the addition of split country rates for Australia, split officially effective with 11-01-09 RFO.

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the delays with invoices processing to payment in PowerTrack. Initially, users were having problems getting with PowerTrack accepting manual and electronic updates to existing invoices in PowerTrack. The issue with making manual updates has been corrected, however, to date, we are still unable to submit a corrected invoice to electronically make changes to a previously submitted invoice. We have been in contact with PowerTrack/Syncada daily and understand they have escalated the issue, but are uncertain of when it will be resolved.

For those billing customers that utilize our PT follow-up service, our staff has been manually working the invoices in PowerTrack to make the necessary changes for Audit Exception invoices to pay. We will continue to do so until we receive further word from PowerTrack/Syncada that this issue has been resolved.

We were advised by Syncada/PowerTrack mid-week last week that invoices previously submitted to PowerTrack that had changes or corrections made to them in PowerTrack last week, either manually through the PowerTrack User Interface, or electronically via EDI, were not maintaining the updates that had been made.

We have been monitoring the situation closely, as we submit a number of corrected invoices daily from our office to match Audit Exception invoices as part of our follow-up service to our billing customers. Since updates have not been working, this has temporarily halted the payment of invoices that have gone into Audit Exception status.

We have been in continued contact with Syncada/PowerTrack to resolve this issue and received word from them this morning that the ability to make manual updates was fixed over the weekend and that their technical team is reviewing the remaining issues to resolve them as quickly as possible. We will keep you posted on any further updates we receive.

The price of fuel was $2.81 per gallon as reported on Monday, November 2, 2009 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 11/15/09 through 12/14/09 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB - 4%
GSA Domestic HHG - $0.30
GSA International HHG and BAG - $0.30

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the DW09 changes found in the D-17 Solicitation that went into effect for Domestic shipments with pickup dates of 11/01/09 and after.

The changes are as follows:

DOM – new tariff updates (D-17)

The listed ‘Summary of Changes’ for the new tariff contain verbiage changes, no programming required.

1. Added wording to Item 402 (packing and unpacking): The PPSO may also authorize crating for any size flat screen television but the cost of crating will not exceed the $105.00 charge for the corrugated carton designed specifically for flat screen televisions. If the crating cost is less than $105.00 TSP will bill the lesser cost.

2. Item 420 – Fuel Surcharge (Linehaul Only) – Verbiage added for Clarification.

Please Note: No rates have been increased or updated within this Tariff. As well, there are no additional Changes or Amendments posted for Tariff D-17 at this time.

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the IW09 changes found in the I-23 Solicitation that went into effect for International shipments with pickup dates of 10/01/09 and after.

The changes are as follows:

INT/BAG – new tariff updates (I-23)

1. Updated rate for Extra Pickup/Delivery Overseas, excluding Alaska and Hawaii to 29.10 was 14.10.

2. Updated rate for excess over 100 Miles Extra Pickup/Delivery to .20 was .10.

3. Item 513 – Fuel Surcharge (CONUS, Including Alaska and Hawaii) – Verbiage added for Clarification only.

CHANGE 1 to I-23 –effective 10-01-09
1. Item 432 – clarified authorization to allow reimbursement for VACIS charges.

2. Appendix 10B – Corrected typographical error for country of Kazakhstan, Astana.