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B-203932 1 (1982-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkkc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: $ ~~ .TI COMPT~ROLLER OENERAL IECISION .o r HE U N IT ED S TAT ES/ IWASHFINGTON, D.0C. P0540E FILE: B-203932 DATIE: June 15, 1982 MATTR OF: American Farm Lines DIGEST: 1. Despite the absence of a declaration on Gov- ernment bills of lading indicating the value of the Army tractor tanks and lift trucks, the lower released value rates published in carrier's Tender 345 are applicable, and GSA's audit action is sustained, 2. While section (B) of item 30 of carrier's tender requires declaration of value on GBL as condition of applicability of rates to shipments of tractors and trucks, brmy trac- tor tanks, designed for combat, and lift trucks, deslgned for intra-plant industrial use, are not within section (B), because by adopting commodity descriptions identified to operating authority of carriers of motor vehicles, s ction (B) contemplates vehicles designed for over-the-hight#ay use, and Army tractor tanks and lift trucks are not designed for such use, 3. Arn tractor tallks and lift trucksr although it': commodities outside scope of section (B) of i,!; carrier's tender, are covered by section (A), which applies to commodities not listed in 'C. section (B) or (C), and section (A) relieves the Government from the requirement of making a declaration of value where GBLs are used. American Farm Linen, Inc. (AFL), initially requested review by the Comptroller General of settlement actions, TK-038052, S-4021731, arid TK-037837, taken by the General Services Administration (GSA) in connection with three I'I it.I , . % , .- -, .

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