Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405


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           DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  December 2, 2004
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                           GSBCA 15076


                    ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC.,

                                             Appellant,

                                v.

                 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

                                             Respondent.

     Robert G. Watt and Erica S. Beardsley of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P.,
McLean, VA, counsel for Appellant.

     Dalton F. Phillips, Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration,
Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

DeGRAFF, Board Judge.

                              ORDER
     
     On July 20, 1999, St. Paul Companies, Inc., filed a notice of appeal in connection with
a dispute under contract number GS-06P97GYC1007(N), for the renovation of the United
States Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa.  On December 2, 2004, the parties filed a joint
motion to dismiss with prejudice stating that the parties have settled their dispute.

     Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  Rule 128(a).




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                                   MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                   Board Judge