GSA’s new Transportation Management Solution (TMS), also known as TransPort Integrator, is a well established and proven Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) product powered by JDA Software Group Inc. that has been in use for over 25 years with more than 250 implementations across retail, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution. GSA has partnered with IBM to provide this offering in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model hosted on IBM's Federal Community Cloud (FCC).
How does TransPort Integrator fit within GSA’s Transportation Program?
GSA's Center for Transportation Management (QMCC) offers freight and household goods transportation services for federal civilian agencies and is the sole agency mandated to procure and negotiate transportation rates on behalf of all federal civilian agencies. TransPort Integrator will enable GSA to offer transportation service providers the ability to submit rates, accept or reject shipment offers, and execute freight shipments.
TransPort Integrator features a new process requiring transportation service providers to confirm charges upon proof of delivery.
During this stage of the shipping process, TSPs have the opportunity to work with the agency to get new charges approved and added to the BOL after delivery, but before Proof of Delivery (POD). This new process promotes consistency between the shipping documentation that TransPort Integrator sends to PayPort Express and the invoice submitted by the TSP, which results in quicker payment of invoices.
TransPort Integrator enables transportation service providers to provide electronic, in-transit shipment status updates, which provides customers with increased in-transit visibility and potentially reduces manual shipment status inquiries.
Are there costs associated with TransPort Integrator?
There are no additional costs for using TransPort Integrator beyond the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) which GSA requires for each shipment offered under this Standard Tender of Services (STOS).
GSA will conduct role specific training so that end users are taught only the functions that they will need to know to perform their jobs. Training will be delivered in the classroom or via web conference.
Users are also provided with the following, role specific training material: work instructions, classroom training presentations, process flows, and quick reference guides.
If you are a transportation service provider interested in participating in the Freight Management Program (FMP) visit the Freight TSP Approval Requirements page.
