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B-224827.4 1 (1990-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C A/LOA Comptroler General eof th United States WahlngtoW, D.C 20548 Decision Matter of: American Ensign Van Service, Inc. File: B-224827.4 Date: November 21, 1990 DIGEST 1. Where correction notice to government bill of lading, providing for a stated lump sum released valuation, is mailed to carrier and delivered to carrier's agent prior to shipment, and freight bills and bills of lading accompanying shipment reflect release of shipment based on a lump sum valuation, the carrier's maximum liability for loss or damage to the shipment is contractually set at the amount of the lump sum valuation. 2. The government, in recovering under a contract with a carrier for loss or damage to a service member's household goods, is not limited in recovery to the amount it paid to the member under the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, 31 U.S.C. § 3721. 3. Where a carrier liable for damage to a shipment of household goods has been accorded the pre-offset procedural rights specified in the Debt Collection Act, collection by administrative offset is proper. DECISION American Ensign Van Service, Inc., appeals our Claims Group's denial of its claim for $12,000 as a refund of amounts the Marine Corps withheld from American Ensign for damage and loss sustained to Staff Sergeant William A. Hollis's household goods while being transported under a Government Bill of Lading (GBL). We affirm the Claims Group's determination, except-for $94.87 that we find is due the carrier. Sergeant Hollis's household goods were picked up at his residence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Pioneer Movers as agent for American Ensign and transported to Grandview, Missouri. Two days before the pick-up, Sergeant Hollis requested release of his shipment based on a lump sum valuation of $12,000 instead of the $1.25 per pound of released valuation provided in the GBL as issued. The cognizant transportation office immediately called Pioneer Movers and advised the carrier of the change, and mailed a GBL correction notice reflecting the change to American f'\C!,0-, % I *Tn j Z \

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