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              DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  January 28, 1993
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                     BRASWELL SERVICES GROUP, INC.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        William A. Scott, General Counsel of Brawell Services Group,
   Inc., Charleston, SC, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Jerry  A.  Walz  and  F. Jefferson  Hughes,  Office  of  the
   Assistant General  Counsel for Finance and Litigation, Department
   of Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   HENDLEY, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On August  31, 1992, the  Board docketed an appeal  filed by
   Braswell  Services  Group,  Inc.  from  a  contracting  officer's
   decision of June 8,  1992, denying appellant's claim  for $10,512
   for its  warranty  repairs  to  the NOAA  [National  Oceanic  and
   Atmospheric  Administration] Ship  CHAPMAN under  contract number
   50-EANA-2-00013,  which   was  awarded   to   appellant  by   the
   respondent, U.S. Department of Commerce.   On September 30, 1992,
   the appellant elected to proceed under the accelerated procedure,
   Board Rule 14.
 
        In response to the Board's order on proceedings, the parties
   elected a merits hearing for February 1993.  On January 27, 1993,
   the  Board received  the parties'  joint  request for  dismissal,
   dated January 15, which states:
 
             The  underlying dispute in  the subject appeal has
        been  settled   pursuant  to  a   Settlement  Agreement
        executed by Appellant on 11 January 1993.  The  parties
        jointly  request that  the  Board  dismiss the  subject
 
        appeal with prejudice.
 
        Accordingly,  this appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  Rule
   28(a).  
 
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                                     JAMES W. HENDLEY
                                     Board Judge