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B-244702 1 (1992-01-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Wshngton, DC, 20548 Decision Matter of: Clerrwater Trucking, Inc. File: B-244702 Date: January 3, 1992 DECISION Clearwater Trucking, Inc. requests that we review the General Services Administration's (GSA) audit actions on more than 1,000 Government Bill of Lading (GBL) transactions under a freight consolidation program developed by the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), We find that GSA generally used the proper billing basis in its audit, although we are remanding the matter to the agency for further review of the record. BACKGROUND In August 1988, WTMC solicited offers to participate in moving traffic under the Guaranteed Traffic Program's Enhanced DLA Distribution System (EDDS). Clearwater was awarded traffic for 2 years as the EDDS carrier for the Los Angeles region. Clearwater began receiving, consolidat- ing, and transporting freight and performing other services as the EDDS carrier on November 30, 1988. Under its con- tract, Clearwater consolidated DLA traffic originating at various DLA depots and storage sites located throughout the country and destined for Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD customers located in certain destinations in California, Arizona and Nevada. DLA used other carriers to transport shipments to Clearwater's Los Angeles area Consolidation and Distribution Center, and Clearwater then prepared the GBL and other documentation prior to distribution to destination. The dispute between GSA and Clearwater involves how much freight must be consolidated under individual GBLs, as required by Item 24A of EDDS Rules Publication No. 600,000. The focus of the dispute is the interpretation of the word activity in Item 24A. The item states:

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