B-266292,B-266293,B-270862: Jun 25, 1996

A carrier requested review of its denied claims for additional charges on certain Army shipments. GAO held that the: (1) carrier was not entitled to additional charges on the shipments, since the bills of lading notation of "full carrier liability" was not sufficient to invoke excess value provisions on the shipments; (2) Army was required to state a specific value on the bills if it wanted to dec...

B-266292,B-266293,B-270862: Jun 25, 1996

A carrier's claim for excess valuation charges for potential liability above the default released value is denied where the government bill of lading notes "FULL CARRIER LIABILITY" but the carrier fails to determine what that value is prior to movement and the carrier billed as if the default valuation applied. The common issue for each of these GBLs is whether the carrier is entitled to additiona...