Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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                   GRANTED IN PART: December 8, 2000
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                              GSBCA 13841
 
 
                     JACKSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        John  P. Davey  of Davey  & Davey,  Canton, MA,  counsel for
   Appellant.
 
        Robert C. Smith, Office of General Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges NEILL, DeGRAFF, and GOODMAN.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
        Appellant, Jackson Construction Company (Jackson), filed its
   appeal  with the  Board on  September  9, 1996.   Jackson  sought
   reimbursement of additional  costs in the amount  of  $514,882.62
   incurred in connection with a contract  with the General Services
   Administration (GSA) for the renovation of a Federal building and
   United States courthouse in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Respondent
   filed a  motion for  summary relief,  and thereafter the  parties
   agreed to  attempt to resolve  the dispute by use  of alternative
   dispute resolution (ADR), with the panel chair  as Board Neutral.
   An ADR proceeding  was conducted on October 13,  1999.  After the
   ADR  session, further discussions  were held between  the parties
   and  the Board Neutral.  When it  appeared that the parties could
   not reach a resolution of the appeal, a hearing on the merits was
   scheduled to commence on September 26, 2000.  
 
        On the day  of the hearing, the parties  requested to resume
   the ADR proceeding, with the panel chair again presiding as Board
   Neutral.   This proceeding  resulted in a  settlement between the
   parties.
 
        On December  6, 2000, the  parties filed a Joint  Motion for
   Entry of Final  Consent Judgment pursuant  to Board Rule  136(e).
   The motion read, in part:
 
             [A]ppellant   Jackson   Construction  Company
             ("Jackson") and  respondent General  Services
             Administration ("GSA") . . .  hereby move the
             Board  to enter  final judgment  in  favor of
             Jackson requiring resolution of all claims of
             Jackson related to the  contract.  Payment is
             to  be made to Jackson from the Judgment Fund
             in  accordance with 31  U.S.C.   1304  and 41
             U.S.C.   612.
 
             The Parties further move that the Board adopt
             the Settlement Agreement as part of the final
             judgment.  .  .  . [T]he  Parties,  by  their
             undersigned counsel  and in  accord with  the
             Settlement Agreement, affirm  that neither of
             the Parties shall seek  reconsideration of or
             relief from  the final judgment  or otherwise
             appeal the final judgment.
 
        The settlement agreement read in relevant part:
 
             GSA  agrees to  pay,  and  Jackson agrees  to
             accept, the  lump sum of  $325,000, inclusive
             of  costs, interest  and attorneys'  fees, in
             full settlement of all disputes arising under
             or  related  to  the  Appeal,  the  Contract,
             and/or the  project.  GSA shall  pay interest
             to  Jackson at  the  rate established  by the
             Secretary of the Treasury under Section 12 of
             the  Contract  Disputes Act  of  1978 on  the
             $325,000 if payment  is not made by  November
             30,  2000.  Any such interest on the judgment
             shall  begin  December  1, 2000,  and  accrue
             according to the Contract Disputes Act, until
             the United  States pays the  judgment amount,
             $325,000. 
             . . . 
 
 
                                Decision
 
        Rule  136(e)  provides  that  the Board  may  so  adopt  the
   parties' stipulation, by decision,  and that such decision  is an
   adjudication of the appeal on  its merits. E.g., Flintco, Inc. v.
   General  Services Administration, GSBCA 13618, 97-1 BCA    28,738
   (1996).   Pursuant  to  the  agreement of  the  parties and  Rule
   136(e), the  Board adopts the  parties' stipulation for  entry of
   judgment and enters judgment as requested. This appeal is GRANTED
   IN PART to  be paid from the permanent  indefinite judgment fund,
   31 U.S.C.   1304 (Supp. III 1997) in the amount of $325,000, with
   interest  to  be   paid  pursuant  to  the   parties'  settlement
   agreement.
 
    
 
 
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                                     ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                     Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                         MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
   Board Judge                            Board Judge