B-261127: Feb 15, 1996

The General Services Administration (GSA) requested a decision on a contract carrier's claim for additional charges under a Navy transportation contract. GSA and the carrier contended that the carrier accepted and extended its contract based on an understood definition of a shipment, and it would be unfair to retroactively change the definition, which would significantly reduce the amounts due the...

B-261127: Feb 15, 1996

A guaranteed traffic solicitation issued by the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) specified that charges for local services are to be calculated on a "shipment" basis. The carrier's interpretation of a "shipment" as consisting of the articles under each transportation control number (TCN) listed on an individual government bill of lading governs when the TCN method of billing is a reasona...