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                        GRANTED:  March 29, 1993
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                              GSBCA 12162
 
                         EVELYN K. SANTA CRUZ,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Evelyn K. Santa Cruz, Tucson, AZ, appearing for Appellant.
 
        Jack  Christensen,   Assistant  Regional   Counsel,  General
   Services   Administration,   San  Francisco,   CA,   counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), NEILL, and DeGRAFF.
 
   DeGRAFF, Board Judge.
 
        Appellant, Evelyn K. Santa Cruz, submitted a bid to purchase
   a   1988  Chevrolet  Caprice  sedan  from  the  General  Services
   Administration (GSA).   Appeal  File, Exhibit 3.   On  August 31,
   1992, GSA  notified Ms. Santa  Cruz that it  accepted her bid  of
   $1,579.  Appeal File, Exhibit 3.  On September 3, 1992, Ms. Santa
   Cruz  sent   a  letter   to  GSA  and   asserted  that   GSA  had
   misinterpreted her  bid.   In her letter,  Ms. Santa  Cruz stated
   that her bid was $579, not $1,579.  Appeal File, Exhibit 4.
 
        GSA  treated Ms.  Santa Cruz's  letter  as a  claim and,  on
   September  24,  1992,  the GSA  contracting  officer  denied that
   claim.     The   contracting   officer   determined  that   GSA's
   interpretation of Ms. Santa Cruz's bid was correct.  Appeal File,
   Exhibit 7.   On October 2, 1992, GSA  assessed liquidated damages
   of $315.80 against Ms.  Santa Cruz for failing to  pay $1,579 and
   to take possession of the Chevrolet.  Appeal File, Exhibit 8.
 
        On  November 2,  1992, Ms.  Santa  Cruz mailed  a notice  of
   appeal to the  Board.  She requested relief  from the contracting
   officer's  decision  that  GSA's interpretation  of  her  bid was
   correct and she  also requested relief  from GSA's assessment  of
   liquidated damages.   On February 1, 1993, the  Board ordered GSA
   to supplement the appeal file with the abstract  of bids or other
   evidence to  establish  the  number of  bids  submitted  for  the
   Chevrolet and the amount of each  of those bids.  In response  to
   the Board's order, GSA sent the  Board a Notice of Confession  of
   Judgment  which  states,  "Please take  notice  that  the General
   Services  Administration   herewith  files  this   Confession  of
   Judgment,  and consents to the entry  of Judgment in favor of the
   Appellant."
 
 
                                Decision
 
        For the reasons set forth above, the appeal is GRANTED.
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                                      MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   STEPHEN M. DANIELS                 EDWIN B. NEILL
   Board Judge                        Board Judge