The moving season for all types of moves, military, commercial and private is the same. It has been historically based on the school year. Under current conditions, there is a lack of capacity in critical channels during the peak of the moving season, the summer months when school is not in session. As all of you are aware, commercial moves pay higher rates than military moves. It doesn't take a genius to figure out which shipments will move during peak times if there is no competition among movers and forwarders.
Competition is the backbone of American political and economic institutions.
This country has long adhered to the principle that competition is good. Awarding a contract to a single large entity does not create competition for the best price to the military, nor the best service to the military family being moved. As stated earlier, the contract awarded under the Hunter model went to the highest bidder and the projected cost per move appears to have risen substantially higher than anything under the current program. Maintaining small business firms in the relocation industry are the key to competition. Conversely, their very existence depends on their ability to compete with the large entities in our industry.