DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  October 5, 1995
                                                           
 
 
                              GSBCA 11900
 
 
           SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        George  J.   Affe  and   Anthony  L.   Cogswell  of   Sprint
   Communications Company Limited Partnership, Herndon, VA,  counsel
   for Appellant.
 
        John  C. Sawyer, Office of General Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        In early  1995 the parties  advised the Board that  they had
   reached a settlement  as to entitlement in this  appeal and would
   continue  their settlement discussions  to resolve quantum.   The
   parties  have made  a good  faith effort  to settle the  issue of
   quantum.  By letter dated August  17, 1995, the Board advised the
   parties that:
 
        [b]ecause  this  appeal  has  remained  pending for  an
        extended  period since the  Board was first  advised of
        the settlement, please  be advised that I  will request
        the parties to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, to
        be  converted  to  a dismissal  with  prejudice  if not
        reinstated  within  180  days, if  the  Board  does not
        receive a motion to dismiss the appeal by September 15,
        1995.
         
        Appellant's  counsel advised the  Board on October  2, 1995,
   that the parties will require at least two more months before the
   quantum issue is  settled and indicated that  appellant would not
   oppose a dismissal of the appeal without prejudice as proposed in
   the Board's letter.  Respondent  also does not oppose a dismissal
   without prejudice.  Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED WITHOUT
   PREJUDICE,  to be converted to  a dismissal with prejudice within
   180  days from  the date  of this  dismissal unless  either party
   moves  for reinstatement prior  to the expiration  of the 180-day
   period.  Rule 28(b).
 
                                      _______________________
                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge