§ 6103.1 - Scope [Rule 301].

(a) Authority. Section 202(o) of the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, Public Law 104-316, transfers certain functions of the Comptroller General contained in 31 U.S.C. 3726(g)(1) to the Administrator of General Services, who has redelegated those functions to the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals.

(b) Type of claim; review of claim. These procedures are applicable to the review of claims made by a carrier or freight forwarder pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726(g)(1). The Board will issue the final agency decision on a claim based on the information submitted by the claimant, the Audit Division of the General Services Administration Office of Transportation and Property Management (the Audit Division), and the department or agency (the agency) for which the services were provided. The burden is on the claimant to establish the timeliness of its claim, the liability of the agency, and the claimant's right to payment.