DISMISSED: February 14, 1997
                                                   


                              GSBCA 13846-COM


                          FEDERAL BUILDERS, LLC,

                                             Appellant,

                                    v.

                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,

                                             Respondent.

     Charles P. Leder of Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, Denver, CO,
counsel for Appellant.

     Jerry A. Walz and Cecilia R. Jones, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for
Respondent.

DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).

                                   ORDER

     Federal Builders, LLC, contracted with the Department of
Commerce to lease facilities which would serve as the Duluth,
Minnesota Weather Forecast Office.  Disputes arose between the
parties.  They led to a contracting officer's decision which
Federal Builders appealed to this Board, claiming that the agency
was obligated to pay an additional $130,897.50 under the contract.

     The parties agreed to submit the case to alternative dispute
resolution (ADR), with the panel chairman serving as neutral.  At
an ADR session held three weeks later, the parties resolved their
differences, with the agency agreeing to pay the contractor $91,700
"as a full and complete settlement of all claims which the
Contractor asserted or could have asserted against the Government
in connection with the Lease."  The parties subsequently submitted
a joint motion to dismiss the appeal.

     The motion is granted.  The appeal is DISMISSED.





                                   _________________________
                                   STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                   Board Judge