Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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                        DISMISSED:  May 22, 2000
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                            GSBCA 15048-COM
 
 
                          THE AUSTIN COMPANY,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Timothy J.  Bloomfield  and David  P. Metzger  of Holland  &
   Knight LLP,  Washington, DC, counsel for appellant.
 
        Jerry  A. Walz,  Office of  General  Counsel, Department  of
   Commerce,  Washington,  DC;  and Kenneth  A.  Lechter,  Office of
   Administration, National  Institute of Standards  and Technology,
   Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD, counsel for Respondent.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
        This appeal was filed by appellant by Notice of Appeal dated
   June 15, 1999, from  a contracting officer s decision dated  June
   9,  1999, denying  appellant s  claim in  the  amount of  $87,861
   arising from its contract with respondent for the construction of
   the  Advanced  Chemical  Sciences  Laboratory  in   Gaithersburg,
   Maryland.   The  parties entered  into an  agreement to  have the
   dispute resolved by alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in which
   the  panel chairman,  acting  as Board  Neutral,  would render  a
   binding, non-appealable decision.
   On February 8,  2000, a decision was issued  to the parties which
   was not  made available  to  the public  at  the request  of  the
   parties.
 
 
        On  May 17,  2000,  the  parties filed  a  joint request  to
   dismiss the appeal.  
 
        Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED.
 
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                                 ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                 Board Judge