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Note: This article is part of a series on changes to the 2012 400NG and International Tender. (To view the entire series of articles, click here.) Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or …

Note: This article is part of a series on changes to the 2012 400NG and International Tender. (To view the entire series of articles, click here.) Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or …

Note: This article is part of a series on changes to the 2012 400NG and International Tender. (To view the entire series of articles, click here.) Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or …

Note: This article is part of a series on changes to the 2012 400NG and International Tender. (To view the entire series of articles, click here.) Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or …

At first glance, it may appear that the newly released 2012 tariffs contain only minor revisions to the 2011 versions. And while it is probably true that there are less significant changes this year in comparison to previous years, TSPs should not assume that there are not important changes that they need to be aware of in the 2012 400NG and the 2012 International Tender….
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Update (1/2/12) SDDC has contacted us to state the the 45 day requirement only applies to publishing the rate filing schedule, not the publication of the solicitation. We are doing some further research on the topic, and we wil have a full blog post on the topic later this week, but we wanted to post this update from SDDC.
Update (12/29/11) The 2012 400NG and International tender have finally been posted on the SDDC website. They are the second …

SDDC has posted the 2012 400NG baseline rates, which will be used on all domestic DPS shipments scheduled for pickup after May 15, 2012. The rates, in a downloadable Excel spreadsheet…, are currently available on the Personal Property section of the SDDC website.
The rates contain a 2.5% increase over the previous 400NG baseline rates. This general price adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the CEU Index, which according to the 400NG tariff is based

Note: See update posted at end of article.
Change 2 to the International Tender was posted yesterday, and in addition to some wording on special solicitations, the only changes involved reweighs. Item 505A on page 86-87 of the Tender used to read as following:

The TSP will reweigh the shipment prior to delivery when requested to do so by the PPSO. The reweigh charge of $62.04 (sixty two-dollars and four cents) applies.
a.    The lower of the two net scales …

Today marks the first full day of Round 1 of the 2011 DPS rate filing.  In light of this, we thought it might be helpful to provide a complete list of our tariff changes posts, along with other posts related to the 2011 400NG and International Tender:
Tariff Changes Posts

• Delivery Out of SIT Mileage Based on Block 18
• Code 2 Added to the Domestic Program
• Shorthaul Calculations Simplified in 400NG
• Did SDDC Change the 400NG Linehaul Mileage Calculation?
• SDDC

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Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA.…
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