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B-224046 1 (1987-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmwl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: International Household Goods Forwarders - File: Supplemental Claims - Statute of Limitations B-224046 Date: September 25, 1987 DIGEST Forwarders' supplemental bills for single factor ocean rate adjustments were received in the General Services Administration (GSA) more than 3 years after delivery and original payment dates. They are not barred from consideration and payment by the GSA where, under the Military Traffic Management Command's (MTMC) rate adjustment procedures, forwarders' claims do not accrue until MTMC approves forwarders' requests for adjustment, and under GSA's regulations claims are received when received either by GSA or by the agency out of whose activities the claims arose. The forwarders' claims were received in GSA within 3 years of the dates on which MTMC approved the rate adjustments, and MTMC received the requests for rate adjustments within 3 years of the original payment dates. DECISION A certifying officer of the General Services Administration (GSA)l/ requests an advance decision to resolve doubts concerning the question of whether the agency is barred by 31 U.S.C. S 3726 (1982), a statute of limitations, from settling certain claims for ocean rate adjustments received from international household goods forwarders. We conclude that the claims are not barred since they were received within 3 years of the dates on which they accrued. BACKGROUND Supplemental bills have been submitted by certain household goods forwarders more than 3 years after delivery and original payment to the forwarders for International Through Government Bill of Lading (ITGBL) movement of several household goods shipments. The claims are based on adjustments approved by the Military Traffic Management 1/ Michael D. Hipple, Director, Transportation Audit Division, GSA. tzD/o/

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