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B-190700 1 (1978-08-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadght0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ff*GENERA- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION .*D§=T'0E UNITED BTATEB IT FILE: B-190700 DATE: MATTER OF:Trans Country Van Lines, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Carrier race tender covering electronic equipment applies on shipments of various types of electrical equipment which are not (1) personal effects or property, (2) incident to a base closing or (3) do not require the specialized handling usually employed in moving household goods. 2. Where offer in Tender'l-W is conditioned to apply only in absence of an applicable Tender, existence of applicable individual tender 150 prevents acceptance of Tender -14. 3. Electronic equipment is a generic name whicn gives information as to nature or class of an article. 4. Commodity description in tender contains no language which would serve to limit the words eLectronic equipment to a . narrower definition than its all inclusive meaning. 5. The words electronics equipment are unambiguous and must be accorded their ordinary meaning. Trans Country Van Lines, Inc. (Trans Country), in a letter dated November 12, 1977, requests the Comptroller General of the United States to review the General Services Administration's (GSA) action in disallowing five of its claims for a total of $5,259.70. See section 201(3) of the General Accounting Office Act of 1974, 49 U.S.C. 66(b) (Supp. V, -1975). GSA disallowed the claims on the basis of a settlement certificate or by a letter to Trans Country sustaining an original disallowance. Under regulations implementing section 201(3) of the Act, the disallowance of a claim constitutes a reviewable settlement action /4 C.FR. 53.1(b)(2) and 53.2 (1977)./; Trans Country's letter complies with the criteria for requests for review of that action. 4 C.F.R. 53.3 (1977), GSA reports that the five shipments were transported by Trans Country for the account of the Government from and to various points in the United States. The Government bill of lading (GBL) number for each shipment and the commodity transported is as follows: I 4 0

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