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B-150556 1 (1967-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbzd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DIGEST - NO (&ECLATION COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054 - JUN 16 IV86 g8-150556 RELEA ED J To the Heads of Departments (ether than the Department of Defense and its constituent military departments), Independent Establishments, and Others Concerned I Subjects Procurement of ocean freight transportation services The General Accounting Office has been concerned for some time that many ecean freight shipments made for the account of the United States by Geverment agencies, other than the Department of Defense, are moving on commercial oceen bills of lading, without the customery controls of the Govrnment bill of lading regarding preef of delivery and other administra# tive safeguards. Our analysis of the particular conditions involved in the ussal shipping arrangements for these agencies indicates that shipments are frequently consigned to a port agent for forwarding or holding for the Government, and that it is unusually difficult and tim consuming for ocean carriers ta bbtain accomplished bills of lading In such cases. We have also been advised that other documents for ocean shipments must be prepared by the ocean carriers in any event. Under these circumstances, we have developed procedures that are uutu- ally satisfactory to the Gevernment and to United States ocean carriers generally, whereby the particular problems encountered by ocean carriers in endeavoring to obtain delivery recetpts can be eliminated while retaining reasonable comliance with statutes designed for the protection of the Severnment and controlling payments for services rendered on ocean freight shipments. Effective Augut 1, 196 the provisions of 5 AO 3000 or the pro- cureant of ocean fre ght transportation services by Departments (other then the Department of Defense and its constituent military departments) and independent establishments, hereinafter called civil agencies, are therefore modifled insofar as they require: (1) the use of Governmant bits of lading, SF 1103, for procaring transportation services for the account of the United States Government and (2) the proper accomplishment of these bills of lading as a conditen of payment. Civil agencies will procure and pay for such services in accordance with the following proceduress 1. (a) Dean shipments mede by civil agencies for the account of the Vb. S. Severnment cmy, at the option of the agency, move: (1) on standard Government bill of lading forms or (2) on commercial bill of lading form overprinted or stomped with the provision, This shipment is made under all terms and conditions of the Standard Form Goverament 833 of Lading and is subject to the terms and procedures set forth in Camptretler General of the United States Circular letter 8*ISOSS6 dated JAne 16, 1967.

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