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B-206542.2 1 (1984-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER OENURAL OEC1BION O P THE UNITHO STATUS WASHIN TON. 0.C. 2054I FILE: B-206542.2 DATE: September 5, 1984 MATTER OF: Checker Van Lines-- Request for Reconsideration DIGEST: Claimant may not be paid for temporary storage of household goods of member of Armed Services for a period in excess of 180 days, in view of illegality of such pay- ments, even if claimant's contracts with the government did not refer to the regulatory 180-day limitation and claimant had no actual knowledge of it. Checker Van Lines requests reconsideration of oyr decision Checker Van Lines, B-206542, September 7, 1 1982, in which we sustained our Claims Group's settle- ment of December 4, 1981, disallowing Checker's claim for $12,321.50 (Claims Group file No. Z-2834507-0). The claim is for charges for thestara*wia.ezcefts af 180 days of personal property belongtrrg-to-membecs af the U.S. Army. We denied the claim becazs'oa1uy-, temporary storage of the property was authorized and the government's liability for such storage is limited by regulation to a period of 180 days, for which the claimant has been paid. In addition, we stated that although the terms of Checker's contracts with the Army were unclear, it appeared to have been the under- standing of the parties that storage at government expense was limited to 180 days or, at the very least, that Checker was aware of the 180-day limitation and had agreed to those terms. This conclusion was based upon correspondence from Checker to the Army in whic- Checker referred to certain shipments as exceeding the 180 days allotted by expired contract or as left in our care beyond the 6-month stipulation of the con- tract. In its recuest for reconsideration, Checker argues that our decision contains an error of fact and an error of law. Checker maintains t.hat we erred as a factual matter because Checker did not know of, nor ,0(- ltm(

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