Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
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                             March 3, 1998
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                            GSBCA 14234-RATE
 
 
               In the Matter of McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC.
 
        Jim Wharton,  McKenzie Tank  Lines,  Inc., Tallahassee,  FL,
   appearing for Claimant.
 
        Jeffrey J.  Thurston,  Director,  Office  of  Transportation
   Audits,   General   Services  Administration,   Washington,   DC,
   appearing for General Services Administration.
 
        Col. James  F. Quinn,  Staff  Judge Advocate,  Headquarters,
   Military  Traffic Management  Command,  Department of  the  Army,
   Falls Church, VA, appearing for Department of Defense.
 
   DeGRAFF, Board Judge.
 
        McKenzie Tank  Lines, Inc.  (MCKE) asks  us to review  post-
   audit  deductions that were  taken from payments  it received for
   hauling fuel from  Eglin Air Force Base to  Duke Field.  Although
   MCKE's submission to us mentions a number of invoices, the Office
   of Transportation Audits (OTA) says that only two of the invoices
   were for hauling  fuel between those two  points.  MCKE does  not
   dispute OTA's  statement.  The Government Bills  of Lading (GBLs)
   associated with the two invoices are numbered  D-3,135,678 and D-
   3,135,693.   OTA says  that MCKE never  filed a protest  with OTA
   concerning either of  these two GBLs, and MCKE  does not disagree
   with OTA.
        The  statute   and  regulations   that  govern   claims  for
   transportation services provide that MCKE must present OTA with a
   protest before asking  us for review.  41  CFR 101-41.503 (1996).
   When MCKE presents its  protest to OTA, it should  ensure that it
   provides   OTA  with   sufficient   information,  including   all
   amendments  to its  tariff, to  enable  OTA to  review the  claim
   properly.  If MCKE is not satisfied with OTA's decision, MCKE can
   then ask us  to review that decision.   Delcher Intercontinental,
   GSBCA 13904-RATE, 97-1 BCA   28,698 (1996).
 
 
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                                      MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                      Board Judge