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B-188227 1 (1979-12-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhub0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON.D.C.20548 FILE: B-188227 DATE: December 10, 1979 MATTER OF: District Containerized Express-- C. 5 . % ,Reconsideration DIGEST: Where carrier submits evidence of air freight charges paid, part of which were improperly diverted from American- flag air carrier contrary to the Fly America Act, its bill for through door-to-door transportation charges, less air freight charges improperly diverted as determined by the mileage proration formula in 56 Comp. Gen. 209 (1977), may be certified for payment. District Containerized Express (District) requests reconsideration of our decision of May 8, 1978, B-188227. In that decision, we held that District's bill for addi- tional freight charges of $237.50 allegedly due for the door-to-door through transportation of part of the personal effects of an employee of the General Accounting Office (GAO) from a warehouse in Bladensburg, Maryland, to Frankfurt, Germany, could not be certified for payment since on the record before us District was not billing in the name of the principal carrier contrary to regula- tions issued by the General Services Administration. '7 Also, contrary to regulations implementing Section 5 of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act of 1974, 49 U.S.C. 1517 (1976) (Fly America Act), District presented no evidence justifying the use of a foreign-flag air carrier for part of the transportation when an American-flag air carrier was available. District's bill number is DCE 1032. The employee's travel orders authorized the trans- portation of 875 pounds of air freight from his official station in Washington, D.C., to Frankfurt at the Govern- ment's expense. In August 1976, District was authorized under Government bill of lading No. K-0283598 to transport about 875 pounds of freight from Sterling, Virginia, to Frankfurt, Germany. District has been paid $553.75 which covered the through door-to-door transportation of

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