41 CFR § 109-40.306-1 - Recommended rate tender format.

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title: "41 CFR § 109-40.306-1 - Recommended rate tender format."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "109-40.306-1"
section_name: "Recommended rate tender format."
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "109-40"
part_name: "40—TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 161, as amended, 68 Stat. 948; 42 U.S.C. 2201; sec. 205, as amended, 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 121; sec. 644, 91 Stat. 585, 42 U.S.C. 7254."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 63265, Sept. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 109-40.306-1 Recommended rate tender format.

Only those rate tenders which have been submitted by the carriers in writing shall be considered for use. Carriers should be encouraged to use the format “Uniform Tender of Rates and/or Charges for Transportation Services” when preparing and submitting rate tenders to the Government. Rate tenders that are ambiguous in meaning shall be resolved in favor of the Government.