Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
                                                                   
 
                      DISMISSED:  August 10, 1999
                                                                   
 
 
                              GSBCA 14664 
 
 
                        TGMI/CONTRACTORS, INC.,
 
                                                Petitioner,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Joseph  C.  Kovars   of  Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes   &  Shriver,
   Baltimore, MD, counsel for Petitioner.
 
        Kevin J. Rice,  Office of General Counsel,  General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge. 
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  August  7,  1998,   petitioner,  TGMI/Contractors,  Inc.
   (TGMI),  filed a  petition to  direct the contracting  officer to
   issue a  final decision on its claim.   The Board issued an order
   on August 11,  1998, which  directed the  contracting officer  to
   issue  a final decision on TGMI's claim by September 10, 1998, or
   an explanation as to why one could not be issued by that time.
 
        On September 23,  1998, the Board convened the  parties in a
   conference  call  to  discuss the  possibility  of  attempting to
   resolve  this case through  alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
   The parties agreed to ADR  and the Board scheduled the proceeding
   for  December 15, 1998, which was subsequently changed to January
   20, 1999.  The ADR on January  20, 1999, was unsuccessful and the
   parties  agreed to  another attempt  at  ADR, which  was held  on
   February 9,  1999.  The  parties settled the dispute  during this
   proceeding. 
 
        On August 4, 1999, petitioner's counsel filed  a letter with
   the  Board  stating  that  the  petition  was  fully  settled and
 
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   satisfied and  that the case may  now be dismissed.   Counsel for
   respondent concurs with petitioner's request for dismissal.
 
        Accordingly, pursuant  to  Rule  128(a),  this  petition  is
   DISMISSED.
 
                                 ___________________________
                                 ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                 Board Judge