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B-221608 1 (1986-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . 'THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION. OF THE UNITEO ETATES WA HINGTON. D. C. 20548 JI TI FILE: B-221608 DATE: June 2, 1986 MATTER OF: ABF Freight System, Inc. DIQEST: Where the delivering/billing carrier had the appropriate authority to serve the origin and destination points, offered the government direct service between the points at single-line rates, and the Government Bills of Lading were issued to that carrier, the General Services Administra- tion's determination that the higher joint-line rates charged and collected by the carrier were inapplicable is sustained, even though other carriers provided the pick-up service. The billing carrier's mere denial of an agency rela- tionship and the absence of a written agency agreement do not rebut the presumption that the government followed its usual practice, called the carrier shown on the bills of lading, and looked to that carrier for performance of through single-line service. ABF Freight System, Inc. (ABF), asks the Comptroller General to review deduction actions taken by the General Services Administration (GSA) against the carrier to recover overcharges collected for the transportation of various government shipments.l/ The GSA's overcharge claims were based on lower single-line rates which it deemed applicable 1/ The requests for review covered by this decision were contained in several letters dated December 17 and 18, 1985, and January 7, 1986, involving the following 41 Government Bills of lading: S7008451 S4314960 R0575005 S8400137 S8400167 S2640465 S5894900 S5626626 BP0765961 EP0844195 S7008455 S7008844 BP0766255 BP0766961 BP0766968 BP0767237 BP0766839 BP0767415 BP0767765 BP0768042 BP0766242 FP0018269 BP0838767 S5510715 EP0844182 BP0766251 BP0765924 BP0765317 BP0767359 BP0767235 BP0767324 BP0766893 BP0767073 BP0767275 BP0766460 BP0767526 BP0767409 BP0766509 BP0767732 BP0768479 S6815374

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