Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
 
                                                                   
 
                     GRANTED IN PART: March 2, 2000
                                                                   
 
 
                              GSBCA 14962
 
 
                           TWIGG CORPORATION,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Stacie  Broadwater,  General Counsel  of  Twigg Corporation,
   Upper Marlboro, MD; and Ronald J. Garber of Shapiro Fussell Wedge
   Smotherman & Martin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Gerald  L.  Schrader,  Office  of  General Counsel,  General
   Services Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), NEILL, and HYATT.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge.
 
        The  General Services  Administration (GSA)  contracted with
   Twigg  Corporation (Twigg) for  the renovation of  Federal Office
   Building  #6  in  Washington,  D.C.    Twigg  subcontracted  with
   Performance   Contracting,  Inc.   (PCI),   to  perform   certain
   mechanical insulation for the project.  Twigg and PCI bid the job
   with the understanding  that the contract required  insulation of
   supply  air ductwork  only from  the outdoor  air intakes  to the
   variable  air   volume  (VAV)  boxes.    During   the  course  of
   construction, GSA directed that this ductwork be insulated beyond
   the VAV  boxes, all the way to room  outlets.  Twigg claimed that
   this direction constituted a change  to the contract and that the
   agency was obligated to pay the contractor $378,611 for providing
   and installing the additional insulation.  Twigg appealed to this
   Board from the  GSA contracting officer's  deemed denial of  this
   claim.
 
        The parties submitted the case to mediation, with the  panel
   chairman  acting as mediator.  As  a result of the mediation, the
   parties agreed  that GSA will pay to Twigg, in settlement of this
   claim,  the  sum  of  $185,000,  inclusive  of  interest  through
   December 31, 1999,  as well as interest  at the rates set  by the
   Secretary  of the  Treasury (pursuant  to Pub.  L. No.  92-41, 85
   Stat. 97  (1951)) from January 1, 2000,  until paid.  The parties
   have asked the Board  to issue a decision in  accordance with the
   terms of the  agreement.  They have also stated that within seven
   calendar days  after their receipt of the  Board's decision, they
   will submit certificates of finality as to the decision.
 
 
                                Decision
 
        The appeal  is GRANTED  IN PART, as  agreed by  the parties.
   GSA shall pay to Twigg the sum of $185,000 plus interest thereon,
   at  the rates set  by the Secretary of  the Treasury (pursuant to
   Pub.  L. No.  92-41, 85 Stat.  97 (1951))  from January  1, 2000,
   until  the  principal  amount  is  paid.   Rule  136(e)  (48  CFR
   6101.36(e) (1999)).
 
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                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                     CATHERINE B. HYATT
   Board Judge                             Board Judge