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B-244601 1 (1992-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Wskluatou, D,O, 20648 Decision Matter of: Intertrans Corporation rile: B-244601 Date: L4arch 30, 1992 DIGESTS 1. Rates and charges issued under a particular tender of service cannot be applied to a Government Bill of Lading (GBL) transaction where the tender of service required the participating agency requesting service under the tender to issue a GBL containing a statement that the services are to be performed in accordance with the rates, rules and provisions of the tender, and where the participating agency failed to prepare a GBL accordingly or failed to substantially comply with the requirement, 2, Higher charges for special services must be supported with an annotation of the Government Bill of Lading involved, or by a separate statement, containing the name of the carrier requested to perform the special service; the kind and scope of services ordered; and the signature of the person ordering such services. DECISION Intertrans Corporation, an air freight forwarder, requests review of the General Services Administration's (GSA) assessment of overcharges on 354 Government Bill of Lading (GBL) transactions involving shipments transported between 1985 and 1988. GSA applied Intertrans's rates and charges offered under the Department of State's Tender of Service No. 5-A (DOS 5-A), but Intertrans contends that the shipments did not fall within the tender's terms of service. We overrule GSA's actions except as specified below. In our view, Intertrans's primary argument is that GSA was in error by applying rates and charges Intertrans offered under DOS 5-A in lieu of higher rates/charges published in tariffs filed with the individual agency shippers.' GSA, however, describes transactions in this category as examples 'Shippers involved here included State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Army, and other government entities.

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