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B-221609, FEB 28, 1986

B-221609: Feb 28, 1986

THE CLAIMANT CARRIER CONTENDS THAT HIGHER JOINT-LINE RATES WERE APPLICABLE BECAUSE OTHER CARRIERS PICKED UP THE SHIPMENTS. GSA CONCLUDED THAT THE ORIGIN CARRIERS WERE MERELY THE CLAIMANT'S AGENTS. GSA'S ACTIONS ARE SUSTAINED ON THE BASIS OF RECENT COMPTROLLER GENERAL PRECEDENT IN SIMILAR CASES. ABF (ETMF) BILLED AND WAS PAID TRANSPORTATION CHARGES BASED ON JOINT-LINE RATES. WERE APPLICABLE. ON THE...

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[Question Concerning GSA Deduction Actions To Recover Overcharges]

B-221609: Feb 28, 1986

A firm requested a review of the General Services Administration's (GSA) deduction actions on several government bills of lading to recover overcharges from monies otherwise due it, contending that because different carriers picked up the shipments at the origin and interlined with them, it was due joint-line rather than single-line rates. GAO found that: (1) GSA had determined that lower single-l...

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