B-230873: Nov 21, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Contract Disputes - Shipment costs - Freight charges DIGEST: Where a carrier's tender supplement that was in effect when a particular shipment moved provided that "shipments accorded exclusive use-of-vehicle service" will be "rated" under an identified rate table. The intent of the supplement was to combine rate factors for both line haul and exclusive- use services into one charge....

B-230873: Nov 21, 1988

A carrier requested a review of the General Services Administration's (GSA) denial of its claim for a supplemental bill for exclusive-use charges, contending that the charges were allowable under the tender in effect when it moved the shipment. GAO held that the carrier: (1) transported the shipment before the tender's effective date; and (2) had already rated its exclusive-use shipment on the app...