GRANTED IN PART: December 19, 1996
                                                      


                                GSBCA 14035


                       LEHRER McGOVERN BOVIS, INC.,

                                             Appellant,

                                    v.

                     GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

                                             Respondent.

     Jon M. Wickwire, Stephen B. Hurlbut, and Timothy B. Harris of
Wickwire Gavin, P.C., Vienna, VA, counsel for Appellant.

     Joshua Roth, Office of Regional Counsel, General Services
Administration, New York, NY, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), PARKER, and HYATT.

DANIELS, Board Judge.

     Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (LMB), entered into a contract
with the General Services Administration (GSA) to design and build
the United States District Courthouse in White Plains, New York. 
The contract price was originally $32,586,850.

     On December 20, 1994, LMB filed with GSA a "notice of change"
requesting, among other things, damages and equitable adjustments
to the contract price in the amount of $7,108,277 and extension of
the contract completion date by 314 days.  LMB certified this claim
on April 13, 1995, and later modified the amount sought to be
$7,949,257.

     On December 9, 1996, LMB filed with this Board an appeal of
the GSA contracting officer's alleged deemed denial of this claim. 
The case was docketed as GSBCA 14035.

     On December 19, 1996, LMB and GSA jointly filed an agreement
which settles LMB's claim; a claim in the amount of $1,048,500
asserted by GSA against LMB; "any and all known and/or unknown
claims of LMB arising, directly or indirectly, under or related to
the contract as of the date of this Settlement Agreement"; and
matters relating to completion of "Final Completion Items."  One of
the items agreed to by the parties is that GSA will pay to LMB, and
LMB will "accept in full settlement of . . . GSBCA No. 14035," (a)
the sum of $2,825,000, and (b) if payment is made later than
December 31, 1996, "interest on the Settlement Amount at the rates
set by the Secretary of the Treasury (pursuant to Public Law 92-41
(85 Stat. 97) for the Renegotiation Board) [from] January 1, 1997
until paid."

     The settlement agreement provides that, upon its execution,
the parties shall submit GSBCA 14035 to the Board for decision in
accordance with the agreement's terms.  The parties filed, along
with the settlement agreement, certificates of finality as to such
a decision.

                                 Decision

     The appeal is GRANTED IN PART.  GSA shall make payment to LMB
as provided in the settlement agreement and described above.  Rule
136(e).





                                   _________________________
                                   STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                   Board Judge

We concur:





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ROBERT W. PARKER                   CATHERINE B. HYATT
Board Judge                        Board Judge