---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 47.104-1"
title: "48"
number: "47.104-1"
heading: "Government rate tender procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/47.104-1"
---

# §47.104-1. Government rate tender procedures.

- (a) 49 U.S.C. [10721](/usc/49/10721.md) and [13712](/usc/49/13712.md) rates are published in Government rate tenders and apply to shipments moving for the account of the Government on—
  - (1) Commercial bills of lading endorsed to show that total transportation charges are assignable to, and will be reimbursed by, the Government (see the clause at 52.247-1, Commercial Bill of Lading Notations); and
  - (2) **Government bills of lading.**
- (b) Agencies may negotiate with carriers for additional or revised 49 U.S.C. [10721](/usc/49/10721.md) and [13712](/usc/49/13712.md) rates in appropriate situations. Only personnel authorized in agency procedures may carry out these negotiations. The following are examples of situations in which negotiations for additional or revised 49 U.S.C. [10721](/usc/49/10721.md) and [13712](/usc/49/13712.md) rates may be appropriate:
  - (1) **Volume movements are expected.**
  - (2) Shipments will be made on a recurring basis between designated places, and substantial savings in transportation costs appear possible even though a volume movement is not involved.
  - (3) **Transit arrangements are feasible and advantageous to the Government.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 204, Jan. 3, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 204, Jan. 3, 2006]