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B-199805 1 (1980-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaditn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES /A SH IN G TO N , .C . 205 4 8 FILE: B-199805 DATE: December 29, 1980 MATTER OF: Yellow Freight System, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Definition of less than truckload, LTL, as published in National Motor Freight Classifica- tion, controls interpretation of LTL rate or class in quotation, since quotation is ex- pressly governed by Classification. 2. Abbreviation, LTL, under scale column of tariff's rate table means quantity of freight of less than 500 pounds; LTL, as well as other weight groups, expressly made subject to LTL classes. 3. Applicability of quotation, referring to currently applicable class 55 LTL rates in tariff, not limited to class 55 LTL rates on LTL weight line of rate table but extends to class 55 LTL rates corresponding to any weight scale of less than truckload quantity. 4. GSA properly based deduction action on quota- tion which offers rates on all less than truckload quantities, as term is defined in governing Classification. Yellow Freight System, Inc. (Yellow Freight), initially requested review of settlement action taken by the General Services Administration (GSA) on 36 less than truckload (LTL) shipments of Government property which were transported between pints listed in item 3860 of U.S. Government Quotatie-n ICC RMB Q15-D (Quotation RMB 15). See 49 U.S.C. 66(b) (1976) and 4 CFR 53 (1979). By letter of November 3, 1980, the carrier amended its request by adding 88 bills. QIits audit of Yellow Freight's transportation bills the GSA determined that the carrier collected over- charges in the total amount of $3,296.42 on the 36 LTL shipments. GSA's report, which recommends that its ac- tion be sustained, represents that the circumstances ~ i114039

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