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                       Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
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             DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: November 5, 1998
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                            GSBCA 14030-COM
 
                     NORTH FLORIDA SHIPYARDS, INC.,
 
                                      Appellant,
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
 
                                      Respondent.
        James  A. Kelley  of Bastianelli,  Brown,  Touhey &  Kelley,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Jerry  A.  Walz,  Kenneth Lechter,  and  Catherine  A. Shea,
   Office of General  Counsel, Contract Law Division,  Department of
   Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   VERGILIO, Board Judge.
                                 ORDER
 
        Under a   contract  with the  respondent, the Department  of
   Commerce, the appellant, North Florida Shipyards, Inc., performed
   modifications  and repairs  to the  ALBATROSS IV,  a ship  of the
   National Oceanic and  Atmospheric Administration.   North Florida
   was unsuccessful in  obtaining various amounts it  sought through
   requests for equitable adjustments and through a certified claim.
   On  December 2,  1996,  the  Board  received this  appeal;  North
   Florida seeks additional money under the contract.
        As stated in  a stipulation of dismissal  without prejudice,
   submitted by the parties to the  Board on November 4, the parties
   have  settled all issues involved in  the appeal. The stipulation
   specifies, "Counsel for Appellant will advise the Board by letter
   to  dismiss  with  prejudice  upon  receipt  of  the  agreed-upon
   settlement; anticipated within the next  14 days."  The appeal is
   DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, pursuant to Rule 127(c).  Thus,  the
   parties  need not inform the Board  further of the receipt of the
   agreed-upon  settlement; the dismissal becomes one with prejudice
   upon the expiration  of 180 calendar  days from the date  of this
   dismissal,  unless either party  requests a  reinstatement within
   that time.
 
 
 
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                                      JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
                                      Board Judge