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B-230430 1 (1989-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnku0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OIA4F/2P # The Comptroler General of the United Stae Washlng to, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Baggett Transportation Company--Transportation Overcharges File: B-230430 Date: April 12, 1989 DIGEST A carrier filed a supplemental claim for additional charges with the General Services Administration (GSA) on the theory that the articles transported were not sensitive within the meaning of the rate tender originally applied, and, therefore, the rate from that tender did not apply. GSA's disallowance of the claim is sustained, since the articles required signature and tally record service, a separate category of articles also specifically covered by the tender, regardless of whether the articles are sensitive. DECISION Baggett Transportation Company requests review of audit action taken by the General Services Administration (GSA). We sustain GSA's action. GSA disallowed a claim for additional amounts presented by Baggett relating to a shipment transported on Government Bill of Lading (GBL) S-8018028. The GBL describes the articles shipped as 29 packages of torpedo tube mechanisms (firing mechanisms), and it refers to Baggett's rate tender, BAGT AEF-0020 (Tender 20). The GBL shows that the shipper, the transportation officer, Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, Nevada, requested constant surveillance service and signature and tally record service. Baggett's claim is based on the premise that the rates it originally charged based on Tender 20 were not applicable because firing mechanisms were not among the general categories listed in Tender 20's Block 10B, Description of Articles, which describes the items to which the tender applies. For this reason Baggett argues it is due an additional amount based on the applicability of higher rates published in a different tariff. GSA's disallowance was based on the contention that the articles transported were 0.4: 5 )/ 39l /I

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