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B-203529.2 1 (1990-07-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: ABF Freight System, Inc. File: B-203529.2 Date: July 18, 1990 DIGEST Carrier's allegation that a helicopter blade lost in transit to destination in fact had been delivered but later was returned by the agency to origin does not rebut the government's prima facie case against the carrier for loss of the blade where the agency has been unable to verify delivery or return; the carrier has furnished no documentation to support the allegation or otherwise establish delivery; and the record as developed in response to the allegation contains no evidence to suggest receipt at destination or return. DECISION ABF Freight System, Inc., requests review of our Claims Group's Settlement Certificate dated May 2, 1989, disallowing ABF reimbursement of $22,445.12 offset by the Department of the Army from ABF's revenues to satisfy a claim for the loss of a helicopter blade. For the following reasons, we sustain our Claims Group's settlement. Army records show that the helicopter blade was not delivered after being tendered to ABF at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on April 15, 1983, for delivery to Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas. ABF contends that, even though there may be no documentation establishing delivery, the carrier in fact delivered the blade to Red River, and the Army later returned the blade to Fort Bragg. ABF alleges that it received oral information from someone at Fort Bragg that the blade was returned there on May 17, 1983, on document number 30957004, and acknowledged by a Jerome Goode. ABF further states that the delivery practices at Red River make it difficult for a carrier to prove that the item the government claims was lost actually was delivered. According to ABF, a carrier is not permitted to deliver freight and secure a delivery receipt at the time of delivery. Instead, the driver must leave the trailer at the depot for depot personnel to unload later and mark the carrier's bills for pickup by.a subsequent driver. ABF complains that this lack / nu

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